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Defining and assessing animal pain

Authors: Lynne U. Sneddon, Robert W. Elwood, Shelley A. Adamo, Matthew C. Leach

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal welfare, invertebrates, nociception, pain, vertebrates

Year: 2014

Fresh wood reduces tail and ear biting and increases exploratory behaviour in finishing pigs

Authors: Helena Telkänranta, Marc B. M. Bracke, Anna Valros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, fattening pigs, oral-nasal manipulation, point-source enrichment, redirected behaviours, welfare

Year: 2014

Measuring fear in dogs by questionnaires: An exploratory study toward a standardized inventory

Authors: Andrea Temesi, Borbála Turcsán, Ádám Miklósi

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: demography, dog behaviour, fear, noise phobia, questionnaire, separation-related behaviour

Year: 2014

Mean fecal glucocorticoid metabolites are associated with vigilance, whereas immediate cortisol levels better reflect acute anti-predator responses in meerkats

Authors: Irene K. Voellmy, Ines Braga Goncalves, Marie-France Barrette, Steven L. Monfort, Marta B. Manser

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: adrenal activity, alarm calls, anti-predator behavior, communication, cortisol, fecal glucocorticoids, meerkats, suricata suricatta, vigilance

Year: 2014

What do calves choose to eat and how do preferences affect behaviour?

Authors: Laura E. Webb, Bas Engel, Harma Berends, Cornelis G. van Reenen, Walter J. J. Gerrits, Imke J. M. de Boer, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dietary preference, holstein-friesian calves, milk replacer, solid feed, welfare

Year: 2014

Environmental enrichment and cafeteria diet attenuate the response to chronic variable stress in rats

Authors: N. Zeeni, M. Bassil, G. Fromentin, C. Chaumontet, N. Darcel, D. Tome, C. F. Daher

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: acth, blood lipids, body adiposity, corticosterone, dietary intake, palatable diet

Year: 2015

Effects of prepartum housing environment on abnormal behaviour, the farrowing process, and interactions with circulating oxytocin in sows

Authors: Jinhyeon Yun, Kirsi-Marja Swan, Claudio Oliviero, Olli Peltoniemi, Anna Valros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: farrowing duration, farrowing environment, oxytocin, sow, stereotype, stillbirth

Year: 2015

Investigating anhedonia in a non-conventional species: Do some riding horses Equus caballus display symptoms of depression?

Authors: Carole Fureix, Cleo Beaulieu, Soizic Argaud, Céline Rochais, Margaret Quinton, Séverine Henry, Martine Hausberger, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anhedonia, depression, depression-like conditions, dsm-v, horses, reduced engagement with environment

Year: 2015

The effects of witnessing managemental procedures during the light versus the dark phase of the light cycle on behaviour, performance and welfare of laboratory rats

Authors: Usama A. Abou-Ismail, Radi A. Mohamed, Sherif Z. El-Kholya

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: laboratory rats, managemental procedures., time of witnessing, welfare

Year: 2015

Evaluating the effect of semi-group housing of rabbit does on their offspring’s fearfulness: can we use the open-field test?

Authors: Stephanie Buijs, Frank André Maurice Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anxiety, novel object, novelty, open field, pre-natal effects., sociality

Year: 2015