Tight nosebands: can they cause harm?
Author: Griffin, Renae Published: 2018 Description: Discusses the welfare implications associated with overly tightened nosebands in competition horses
Essay Tag: Stress
Welfare of Teleosts in Transit: Advances in Stress Minimisation Techniques in the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Welfare of Teleosts in Transit: Advances in Stress Minimisation Techniques in the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Author: Grima, Michael Anthony Published: 2016 Description: Management of transit-induced stress in rainbow trout
Recent Research Evaluating Stress in Transported Lambs
Recent Research Evaluating Stress in Transported Lambs
Author: Lumley, Cleo Published: 2015 Description: Examines three studies that may aid in improving mechanisms for measuring and/or preventing stress in lambs during transportation.
Monitoring and reducing canine stress in animal shelters
Monitoring and reducing canine stress in animal shelters
Author: Bridges, Melissa Published: 2014 Description: Discusses potential practical methods shelters and pounds can use to monitor and alleviate stress in dogs in their care.
Should cats be housed separately or with conspecifics?
Should cats be housed separately or with conspecifics?
Author: Wiley, Abigail Published: 2014 Description: This paper considers the desirability of keeping cats with other cats by examining studies that assess their stress levels when singly or multiply housed in different environments.
Reducing Stress in Shelter Dogs by Modifying Shelter Management
Reducing Stress in Shelter Dogs by Modifying Shelter Management
Author: Thurtell, Grace Published: 2013 Description: Explores the application of different management techniques to reduce stress in shelter dogs.
Physiological and Behavioural Validation of Stress in Horses: the Implications for Equine Welfare and Training
Physiological and Behavioural Validation of Stress in Horses: the Implications for Equine Welfare and Training
Author: Caruso, Melissa Published: 2013 Description: Discusses the importance of reliable behaviour-scoring systems to assess and evaluate stress in horses
Welfare implications of husbandry procedures for lambs in Australia
Welfare implications of husbandry procedures for lambs in Australia
Author: Wilkins, Sabine Published: 2012 Description: Discusses whether psychological and physiological stressors alter the acute pain response to routine husbandry procedures, such as docking and mulesing, in lambs.
Heat Shock Proteins in Farmed Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata): The Key to assessing their Welfare?
Heat Shock Proteins in Farmed Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata): The Key to assessing their Welfare?
Author: Ashley, Katherine Published: 2011 Description: Examines the use of heat shock proteins to assess stress in farmed fish.
Reducing stress in shelter dogs: Ameliorative effects of the dog-human bond
Reducing stress in shelter dogs: Ameliorative effects of the dog-human bond
Author: Elliot, Rosemary Published: 2000 Description: Discusses how human contact in the early shelter experience can reduce stress in dogs.