Behaviour of free-range laying hens in distinct outdoor environments
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, laying hen, natural behaviour, preference, range, shelter
2017
Both feather peckers and victims are more asymmetrical than control hens
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: development, feather pecking, fluctuating asymmetry, laying hen, skeletal traits
2017
Feather-pecking and injurious pecking in organic laying hens in 107 flocks from eight European countries
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, clinical scoring, free range, layers, management, poultry
2017
Friends give benefits: autumn social familiarity preferences predict reproductive output
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: brown-headed cowbird, familiarity, fission–fusion dynamics, reproduction, social dynamics, social network, social niche
2017
Provision of a resource package reduces feather pecking and improves ranging distribution on free-range layer farms
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, feather pecking, laying hens, range use, welfare
2017
The skin microbiome of cow-nose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) in an aquarium touch-tank exhibit
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: 16s rrna gene, cow-nose ray, elasmobranch, microbiome, touch-tank
2017
Animal welfare initiatives improve feather cover of cage-free laying hens in the UK
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, feather loss, hen, industry, policy
2016
Animal welfare: a social networks perspective
Publication/Journal: Science Progress
Keywords: behavior, complex networks, dominance, education, entire male pigs, feather, fin damage, laying hens, multidisciplinary sciences, optical-flow patterns, pecking, scientific disciplines, single-sex groups, transmission
2016
Application of video recording technology to improve husbandry and reproduction in the carmine bee-eater (Merops n. nubicus)
Development of physical activity levels in laying hens in three-dimensional aviaries
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: accelerometer, aviary, development, laying hens, locomotion, physical activity
2016