Creating Public Awareness of How Goats Are Reared and Milk Produced May Affect Consumer Acceptability
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: consumer attitudes, goats, milk production
2016
Evaluation of the efficacy of a non-penetrating captive bolt to euthanase neonatal goats up to 48 hours of age
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, electroencephalogram, euthanasia, goats, insensibility, non-penetrating captive bolt
2016
Feasibility and validity of animal-based indicators for on-farm welfare assessment of thermal stress in dairy goats
Publication/Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology
Keywords: ambient-temperature, animal-based indicator, biophysics, cattle, cold, cold stress, comfort, dairy goat, environmental sciences, heat stress, low-temperatures, meteorology & atmospheric sciences, milk production, physiological-responses, physiology, sheep, thermal, thermoregulatory behavior, welfare assessment, winter
2016
Impact of structural and cognitive enrichment on the learning performance, behavior and physiology of dwarf goats (Capra aegagrus hircus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: cognitive enrichment, dwarf goat, open field, saliva cortisol, structural enrichment, visual-discrimination learning
2016
Judgement bias in goats (Capra hircus): investigating the effects of human grooming
Publication/Journal: Peerj
Keywords: emotional states, goats, grooming, judgement bias
2016
On-farm Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dairy goats in different housing conditions
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy goat, indoor housing, inter-observer reliability, pasture, qualitative behaviour assessment
2016
Positive and negative gestational handling influences placental traits and mother-offspring behavior in dairy goats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behavior, goats, handling, placenta, prenatal stress
2016
Validity and feasibility of Human-Animal Relationship tests for on-farm welfare assessment in dairy goats
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: avoidance distance, behavioural tests, dairy goats, human-animal relationship, welfare assessment
2016
Autonomic nervous system reactivity in a free-ranging mammal: effects of dominance rank and personality
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: avoidance, behaviour, goats, heart rate, hierarchy, rmssd, sociability
2015
Condensed tannins reduce browsing and increase grazing time of free-ranging goats in semi-arid savannas
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: feeding behaviour, foraging, herbivore, polyethylene glycol
2015