Welfare assessment protocol for practical application in long-term dog shelters
02.11.2016
The risks for dogs’ health and welfare when housed in shelter environment, especially for long... >>
Quick, accurate, smart: 3D computer vision technology helps assessing confined animals’ behaviour
02.11.2016
Behavioural indicators are among the preferred parameters to assess welfare. However, behavioural recording (usually from... >>
How home pen design affects the welfare of laboratory dogs
02.11.2016
A new publication in the Journal of Toxicological and Pharmacological Methods compares the effect of... >>
Separation anxiety in dogs: the implications of predictability and contextual fear for behavioural treatment
26.10.2016
Separation anxiety (SA) is one of the most common canine behaviour problems and can have... >>
Goat see, goat do? – Social learning in goats
07.10.2016
Anyone who has interacted with a goat knows that they are full of character. Now... >>
Insect emotion and consciousness
02.10.2016
There is growing interest in the possibility that insects and other invertebrates could have emotion-like... >>
Developing a Collaborative Agenda for Humanities and Social Scientific Research on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare
30.09.2016
This paper outlines the collaborative process used to develop an agenda for new social science... >>
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.... >>
Measuring Animal Emotions Workshop Report: 12th July 2016
02.08.2016
Dr Liz Paul and Professor Mike Mendl did a brilliant job organising the recent ‘Measuring... >>
