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Vigilance and roosting behaviour of laying hens on different perch heights

Authors: Christina Brendler, Silke Kipper, Lars Schrader

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: antipredator hypothesis, laying hens, perch height, roosting behaviour, vigilance

Year: 2014

Owner perceptions of companion dog expressions of positive emotional states and the contexts in which they occur

Authors: E. L. Buckland, H. A. Volk, C. C. Burn, S. M. Abeyesinghe

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, companion dogs, owner assessments, positive emotion, survey

Year: 2014

Equine on-farm welfare assessment: a review of animal-based indicators

Authors: E. Dalla Costa, L. Murray, F. Dai, E. Canali, M. Minero

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based indicator, donkey welfare, equine welfare, horse welfare, on-farm welfare assessment protocol

Year: 2014

Tests of unconditioned anxiety — Pitfalls and disappointments

Authors: A. Ennaceur

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiolytics, avoidance, fear, gabaa, grooming, mice, novelty, preference, rats, rearing, stress

Year: 2014

Temperamental turkeys: Reliability of behavioural responses to four tests of fear

Authors: Marisa Erasmus, Janice Swanson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, fear tests, fearfulness, temperament, turkeys

Year: 2014

Effects of stocking rate on measures of efficacy and welfare during carbon dioxide gas euthanasia of young pigs

Authors: K. J. Fiedler, R. L. Parsons, L. J. Sadler, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, carbon dioxide, euthanasia, pigs, stocking rate

Year: 2014

Docking the value of pigmeat? Prevalence and financial implications of welfare lesions in Irish slaughter pigs

Authors: S. Harley, L. A. Boyle, N. E. O'Connell, S. J. More, D. L. Teixeira, A. Hanlon

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, carcase, economics, meat inspection, pig, tail-biting

Year: 2014

Pets and pests: vervet monkey intake at a specialist South African rehabilitation centre

Authors: A. Healy, V. Nijman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cercopithecus, chlorocebus, human–wildlife conflict, pest primates, primate rehabilitation, vervet monkey

Year: 2014

Effects of restraint with or without blinds at the feed barrier on feeding and agonistic behaviour in horned and hornless goats

Authors: Edna Hillmann, Sandra Hilfiker, Nina Maria Keil

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behaviour, dominance rank, feed barrier, feeding duration, goat, horns

Year: 2014

Pre-feeding behaviour in UK leisure horses and associated feeding routine risk factors

Authors: J. Hockenhull, E. Creighton

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, horse, management, nutritional supplements, stereotypies

Year: 2014