The accurate measurement of emotional or affective states in animals is a key goal in animal welfare science.
Integrating cognitive challenges into animal housing to improve the welfare of captive animals.
Regrouping unfamiliar pigs is a common and unavoidable on-farm practice and results in aggressive behaviour with dominance hierarchies formed through vigorous fighting.
Play behaviour is commonly observed in young mammals.
New technology has the potential to advance and automate the early detection of animal welfare problems.
Being able to recognize if animals are in pain is essential if we want to treat or prevent pain.
Identifying whether farmers beliefs, attitudes and personality are associated with uptake of new practices to improve animal health and welfare is key to successful knowledge exchange.