Author: Healy, Michael Published: 2007 Description: Animal Welfare Essay: Discusses recent developments in our understanding of pain in cattle, and overall implications for cattle welfare of recent findings
Author: Hing, Stephanie Published: 2007 Description: Animal Welfare Essay: Explores the stressors of giant pandas in captivity, and how enrichment can alleviate this stress.
Author: Ritchie, Zita Published: 2007 Description: Animal Welfare Essay: Examines the social and stereotypic behaviour of captive polar bears and the implications for their management and enclosure design.
Author: Dwyer, Susan Published: 2007 Description: Animal Welfare Essay: Discusses the practice of Rollkür, used in the training of horses for dressage, and its welfare implications.
Author: Ambler, Verity Published: 2007 Description: Animal Welfare Essay: Looks at the management of such factors as exhaustion, disease and poor body condition in horses working in hot and stressful conditions.
Author: Chong, Amanda Published: 2008 Description: Investigates different ideas for reducing heat stress in large production animals.
Author: Crowter, Philippa Published: 2007 Description: Animal Welfare Essay: Looks at ways in which diet, stocking density, flock size, management and other factors combine in the development of feather pecking in laying hens.
Author: Hoekman, Brita Published: 2008 Description: A discussion of stress in laboratory rats. Methods of measuring stress are discussed, especially new behavioural and physiological parameters that have potentila welfare benefits for laboratory housed rats.
Author: Baker, Lawrence Published: 2007 Description: Animal Welfare Essay: Investigates how improvements to group housing practices in piggeries can reduce aggressive behaviour and improve reproductive performance
Author: Poyzer, Liisa Published: 2008 Description: Examines the loose farrowing system as a way of providing improved welfare in pigs. This system allows more space so pigs can express normal behaviour, while still not compromising production.
