Playful pigs: Evidence of consistency and change in play depending on litter and developmental stage
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: growth, litter differences, piglet, play, weaning
2018
Acute social stress-induced immunomodulation in pigs high and low responders to ACTH
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: catecholamines, cortisol, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, neuroimmunomodulation, pig, stress
2017
Aggressive behaviour at regrouping is a poor predictor of chronic aggression in stable social groups
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, cluster analysis, fighting, lesion, pig, social
2017
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: The Common Swine Industry Audit: Future steps to assure positive on-farm animal welfare utilizing validated, repeatable and feasible animal-based measures
Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science
Keywords: agriculture, audit, dairy & animal science, euthanasia, finishing pigs, sows, swine, system, united-states, welfare
2017
The backtest in pigs revisited—Inter-situational behaviour and animal classification
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: backtest, behaviour tests, classification, coping, personality, pigs
2017
A comparison of inferential analysis methods for multilevel studies: Implications for drawing conclusions in animal welfare science
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, mixed effect models, pig, sample size, study design
2017
Determination of swine euthanasia criteria and analysis of barriers to euthanasia in the United States using expert opinion
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, decision-making, education, euthanasia, swine, timeliness
2017
Docking piglet tails: How much does it hurt and for how long?
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behaviour, nociception, pain, pig, tail docking, vocalisation
2017
The effect of age and method of gas delivery on carbon dioxide euthanasia of pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: age, animal welfare, behaviour, carbon dioxide, euthanasia, pigs
2017
Effects of environmental enrichment on decision-making behavior in pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, barren environment, decision-making, enriched environment, hair cortisol, salivary cortisol, stress
2017