Current Research Findings (published)
Paperwork and the decoupling of audit and animal welfare: The challenges of materiality for better regulation
19.08.2016
This paper explores farmers’ record-keeping practices and why they do not analyze and use the... >>
Stress is cool: skin temperature reveals the intensity of acute stress in hens
03.08.2016
Acute stress triggers peripheral vasoconstriction, causing a rapid, short-term drop in skin temperature in homeotherms.... >>
A Novel Home Cage Monitoring System for Group housed mice
02.08.2016
Under laboratory conditions mice are housed in small groups, in caging where they can carry... >>
Behavioural differences between weaner pigs with intact and docked tails: An interview with Dr Rick D’Eath (SRUC)
27.07.2016
Rick D’Eath, hello and congratulations to your paper on tail biting in pigs, recently published in... >>
Behavioural indicators of welfare exhibited by the common European cuttlefish
26.07.2016
The common European cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) is frequently found in public aquaria in Europe.Knowing the ... >>
Cuttlefish in captivity: An investigation into housing and husbandry for improving welfare
26.07.2016
On the first of January 2013 all cephalopods became protected when used in science in... >>
Staring pain in the face: Sheep Pain Facial Expression Scale (SPFES)
25.07.2016
Sheep do not overtly express signs of pain as a prey species, making the recognition... >>
Environmental enrichment in captive juvenile thornback rays
25.07.2016
There are few published welfare studies using animals seen in public aquaria yet welfare may... >>
Public Attitudes, Perceptions and Behaviours Towards Production Diseases Associated with Farm Animal Welfare
18.07.2016
We conducted a systematic review of public attitudes towards farm animal welfare, with a specific... >>
Could goats become our new best friend?
18.07.2016
Goats were trained to remove a lid from a box to receive a reward. In the... >>
