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Behaviour, stress and welfare of Sprague Dawley rats (Rattus norvegicus) on diet board feeding for 24 months

Authors: Sakari Laaksonen, Timo Nevalainen, Jukka Ketola, Jann Hau, Pentti Nieminen, Kristiina Haasio, Iiris Kasanen, Hanna-Marja Voipio

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, diet board, rat, refinement, welfare

Year: 2017

Towards a taxonomy of stereotypic behaviours in the American mink (Neovison vison), a model Carnivore: Homogeneous or heterogeneous?

Authors: Andrea Polanco, Dana L. M. Campbell, María Díez-León, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, american mink, animal welfare, behavioural sequence, ethogram, stereotypic behaviour

Year: 2017

Why pace? The influence of social, housing, management, life history, and demographic characteristics on locomotor stereotypy in zoo elephants

Authors: Brian J. Greco, Cheryl L. Meehan, Jennifer L. Heinsius, Joy A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, elephants, epidemiology, stereotypic behavior forms, zoo

Year: 2017

Effects of group size on behaviour, growth and occurrence of bite marks in farmed mink

Authors: Heléne M. K. Axelsson, Steffen W. Hansen, Jenny Loberg, Lena Lidfors

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, bite marks, group housing, growth, mink

Year: 2017

Some like it varied: Individual differences in preference for feed variety in dairy heifers

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, curiosity, foraging behaviour, individual differences, neophobia, preference

Year: 2017

Inter- and intra-observer reliability of different methods for recording temperament in beef and dairy calves

Authors: Anina Vogt, Edit Lesa Aditia, Imke Schlechter, Susanne Schütze, Katrin Geburt, Matthias Gauly, Uta König von Borstel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cattle, inter-observer reliability, intra-observer reliability, temperament assessment, visual analogue scale

Year: 2017

Influence of enrichment material and herbal compounds in the behaviour and performance of growing pigs

Authors: Nicolau Casal-Plana, Xavier Manteca, Antoni Dalmau, Emma Fàbrega

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, herbal compounds, pigs, stress

Year: 2017

Gangs of piglets: Welfare and growth of imprinted and guided weaners

Authors: Nikolina Mesarec, Maja Prevolnik Povše, Dejan Škorjanc, Janko Skok

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, domestic pig, growth, imprinting, post-weaning aggression, weaning

Year: 2017

Provision of a resource package reduces feather pecking and improves ranging distribution on free-range layer farms

Authors: Isabelle C. Pettersson, Claire A. Weeks, Christine J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, feather pecking, laying hens, range use, welfare

Year: 2017

Both feather peckers and victims are more asymmetrical than control hens

Authors: Fernanda M. Tahamtani, Björn Forkman, Lena K. Hinrichsen, Anja B. Riber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, feather pecking, fluctuating asymmetry, laying hen, skeletal traits

Year: 2017