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Does positive reinforcement training affect the behaviour and welfare of zoo animals? The case of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Authors: Caterina Spiezio, Stefano Vaglio, Consuelo Scala, Barbara Regaiolli

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal well-being, captive primate behaviour, lemur catta, training programme

Year: 2017

Why do dogs play? Function and welfare implications of play in the domestic dog

Authors: Rebecca Sommerville, Emily A. O’Connor, Lucy Asher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, domestic dog, function, play

Year: 2017

Barren diets increase wakeful inactivity in calves

Authors: Laura E. Webb, Bas Engel, Kees van Reenen, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, inactivity, stereotypies, veal calves

Year: 2017

Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)

Authors: Sophie Brajon, Nadine Ringgenberg, Stephanie Torrey, Renée Bergeron, Nicolas Devillers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour

Year: 2017

Dairy goats prefer to use different flooring types to perform different behaviours

Authors: Mhairi A. Sutherland, Gemma L. Lowe, Trevor J. Watson, Colleen M. Ross, Delphine Rapp, Gosia A. Zobel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bacteriology, bedding, behaviour, flooring, preference, welfare

Year: 2017

Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) displaying self-injurious behavior show more sleep disruption than controls

Authors: Lauren L. Stanwicks, Amanda F. Hamel, Melinda A. Novak

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: nighttime activity, self-injurious behavior, sleep

Year: 2017

Faecal cortisol metabolites as an indicator of adrenocortical activity in farmed silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Authors: Anne Lene Hovland, Anne Marit S. Rød, Marit Skog Eriksen, Rupert Palme, Janicke Nordgreen, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: acth stimulation, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, handling, silver fox, stress, validation

Year: 2017

The effects of mining machinery noise of different frequencies on the behaviour, faecal corticosterone and tissue morphology of wild mice (Mus musculus)

Authors: Karen F. Mancera, Allan Lisle, Rachel Allavena, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, circling, high frequency, low frequency, mining, stress

Year: 2017

A protocol for training group-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) to cooperate with husbandry and research procedures using positive reinforcement

Authors: Caralyn Kemp, Harriet Thatcher, David Farningham, Claire Witham, Ann MacLarnon, Amanda Holmes, Stuart Semple, Emily J. Bethell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: 3rs, group training, macaque, positive reinforcement training, primates, stationing

Year: 2017

A comparison of inferential analysis methods for multilevel studies: Implications for drawing conclusions in animal welfare science

Authors: Kara N. Stevens, Lucy Asher, Kym Griffin, Mary Friel, Niamh O'Connell, Lisa M. Collins

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, mixed effect models, pig, sample size, study design

Year: 2017