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Animals  

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Volume 9 Number 1 Part January Year 2019

30 articles in this issue 

Douglas J. Aldridge, Kaushik Luthra, Yi Liang, Karen Christensen, Susan E. Watkins and Colin G. Scanes

This observational study was conducted to characterize the thermal micro- climate that broilers experienced in commercial poultry transporters under various weather conditions and typical management practices in the South Central USA. We continuously moni... see more

 

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Shihai Zhang, Jinghui Heng, Hanqing Song, Yufeng Zhang, Xiaofeng Lin, Min Tian, Fang Chen and Wutai Guan

Maternal nutrition plays a vital role in fetal development, early development of neonates, and lactation and regulates the lifetime productivity of offspring. During pregnancy, maternal nutrition alters expression of the fetal genome and the development o... see more

 

Lisa van Dijk, Henry J. Buller, Harry J. Blokhuis, Thea van Niekerk, Eva Voslarova, Xavier Manteca, Claire A. Weeks and David C. J. Main

The Hennovation project, an EU H2020 funded thematic network, aimed to explore the potential value of practice-led multi-actor innovation networks within the laying hen industry. The project proposed that husbandry solutions can be practice-led and effect... see more

 

Rachel S. E. Peden, Irene Camerlink, Laura A. Boyle, Faical Akaichi and Simon P. Turner

Several animal welfare issues persist in practice despite extensive research which has been linked to the unwillingness of stakeholders to make changes. For example, most farmers do not perceive pig aggression to be a problem that requires action despite ... see more

 

Anna Gergely, Eszter Petró, Katalin Oláh and József Topál

We tested whether dogs and 14–16-month-old infants are able to integrate intersensory information when presented with conspecific and heterospecific faces and vocalisations. The looking behaviour of dogs and infants was recorded with a non-invasive ... see more

 

Hrefna Sigurjónsdóttir and Hans Haraldsson

We explore how herd composition and management factors correlate with frequencies of social interactions in horse groups. Since the welfare of horses correlates with low aggression levels and social contact opportunities, information of this kind is impor... see more

 

Constança Carvalho, Augusta Gaspar, Andrew Knight and Luís Vicente

Basic and applied laboratory research, whenever intrusive or invasive, presents substantial ethical challenges for ethical committees, be it with human beings or with non-human animals. In this paper we discuss the use of non-human primates (NHPs), mostly... see more

 

Rachel S. E. Peden, Faical Akaichi, Irene Camerlink, Laura A. Boyle and Simon P. Turner

Aggression between pigs remains an important animal welfare issue despite several solutions existing. Uptake of livestock welfare research relies on various stakeholders being willing to recommend or adopt changes to farm structure or management (e.g., ve... see more

 

Dana L. M. Campbell, Sally J. Haynes, Jim M. Lea, William J. Farrer and Caroline Lee

Grazing cattle can both negatively and positively impact riparian zones, dependent on controlled grazing management. Virtual fencing technology, using collar devices that operate via GPS can provide audio cues and electrical stimuli to temporarily exclude... see more

 

Anne Fawcett, Vanessa Barrs, Magdoline Awad, Georgina Child, Laurencie Brunel, Erin Mooney, Fernando Martinez-Taboada, Beth McDonald and Paul McGreevy

This article, written by veterinarians whose caseloads include brachycephalic dogs, argues that there is now widespread evidence documenting a link between extreme brachycephalic phenotypes and chronic disease, which compromises canine welfare. This paper... see more

 

Heather M. Crawford and Michael C. Calver

Surgical desexing of cats is typically carried out after six months of age (Mature Age Desexing, MAD); between 4–6 months (Traditional Age Desexing, TAD); or before four months (Early Age Desexing, EAD). We complemented existing surveys of veterinar... see more