A5075634175- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Animal testing and alternatives
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Livestock and Poultry Management
- Ethics in medical practice
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Surgical Sutures and Adhesives
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Polyomavirus and related diseases
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Immunotoxicology and immune responses
- Bone Metabolism and Diseases
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
University of Surrey
2015-2025
British Veterinary Association
2023-2024
Glasgow Life
2023-2024
University of Oxford
2001-2010
University of Nottingham
2010
University of St Andrews
2003
Male animals of many species use conspicuous coloration to attract mates. Among mammals, primates possess the most brilliant secondary sexual coloration. However, whether colour plays a part in primate female mate choice remains unknown. Adult male rhesus macaques undergo hormonally regulated increased reddening facial and anogenital skin during their mating season. We experimentally investigated red is preferred by simultaneously presenting (n = 6) with computer-manipulated pale versions 24...
Preface Whenever animals are used in research, minimizing pain and distress promoting good welfare should be as important an objective achieving the experimental results. This is for humanitarian reasons, science, economic reasons order to satisfy broad legal principles international legislation. It possible refine both husbandry procedures minimize suffering improve a number of ways, this can greatly facilitated by ensuring that up-to-date information readily available. The need provide...
The aim of this study was to conduct a series paper-based exercises in order assess the negative (adverse) welfare impacts, if any, common interventions on domestic horses across broad range different contexts equine care and training. An international panel (with professional expertise psychology, equitation science, veterinary education, welfare, equestrian coaching, advocacy, community engagement; n = 16) met over four-day period define these interventions, using an adaptation...
Improving laboratory animal science and welfare requires both new scientific research insights from in the humanities social sciences. Whilst provides evidence to replace, reduce refine procedures involving animals (the '3Rs'), work sciences can help understand social, economic cultural processes that enhance or impede humane ways of knowing working with animals. However, communication across these disciplinary perspectives is currently limited, they design programmes, generate results,...
Summary Veterinary professionals working in partnership with other competent persons are essential for a successful animal care and use programme. A veterinarian's primary responsibilities defined by their own professional regulatory bodies, but this area of work there further opportunities contribution, which will assist safeguarding the health welfare animals used research. These guidelines aimed not only at veterinarians to explain duties, outline improve under care, also employers...
Combining a range of assessment parameters into one usable entity has been identified as an important goal in providing practical, objective and robust welfare, particularly laboratory animals. This paper refines extends such previously published method. The proposed Extended Welfare Assessment Grid provides for the incorporation changes state animal over time, allowing predictive, retrospective, scheduled, or event monitoring. It enables numeric, well visual, representation animal's placing...
Abstract This paper proposes a system that uses intrinsic study data to provide clear visualisation of the stresses involved during animal's life history can be applied all types studies, even those not requiring invasive techniques. Thus, it provides an opportunity for researchers identify and refine key events which impact on welfare animal, explain clearly totality any necessary harms when justifying research. Assessment animal depends measurement number parameters will vary according...
Animal welfare monitoring is an essential part of zoo management and a legal requirement in many countries. Historically, variety audits have been proposed to assist managers. Unfortunately, there are number issues with these assessments, including lack species information, validated tests the overall complexity which make them difficult implement practice. The animal assessment grid (AWAG) has previously as tool for animals used research programmes. This computer-based system was...
Many captive animals show forms of pelage loss that are absent in wild or free-living con-specifics, which result from grooming plucking behaviours directed at themselves other individuals. For instance, dorsal hair primates such as rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta) research facilities, results excessive hair-pulling over-grooming by cage-mates. This behaviour appears to be associated with stress, and is controllable some extent environmental enrichment. Quantifying alopecia (as many...
More long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) than any other primate are imported into the UK for research, and journey times may be of up to 58 h. Whilst a number studies have examined stress associated with transport, these typically involved laboratory rodents livestock, little is known its effect on non-human primates. This paper reports results study behavioural changes in group transported by air from standard breeding conditions then re-housed conditions. The animals were studied...
Behavioural disorders in dogs are common and have severe welfare consequences for dogs. This study aimed to assess the factors that significant predictive of behaviour problems using animal assessment grid (AWAG) further understand what influence their welfare. 177 AWAG assessments were undertaken across 129 clinicians deemed a behavioural disorder. Wilcoxon rank-sum tests used difference scores between with cohort healthy (n = 117). analysis showed all physical besides body condition,...
Chronic pain can profoundly affect the wellbeing of dogs and our understanding is limited regarding multidimensional impact it has on dog quality life. This study aimed to assess factors that are significant predictive behavior problems in using Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) further understand what influence their welfare.
The recognition of animal suffering is influenced by cultural and societal prejudices the cuteness an leads to bias in way it treated. It important consider animal’s behaviour its environment—not just physical condition—when assessing quality life. Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) a useful tool for this purpose. AWAG offers evidence-based continual welfare assessment, using technology where appropriate, such as digital activity recording, facilitate decision-making lead improvements...
The Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG) is a method for assessing quality of life, originally designed experimental primates. This study adapts the AWAG use in cattle and pigs, by adapting factors included these species including data which had been collected previously as standard approach to monitoring research. intention that results presented here will allow future pigs be optimised inclusion an AWAG. Data were from two vaccine assessment studies at Pirbright Institute. Factors scored...
Consumer demand for invertebrates is on the rise as their numbers in wild dwindle. However, with growing conservation efforts of modern zoos and aquariums, evidence from over 300 studies showing that are capable sentience, public interest, moral concern welfare have increased. The challenge aquariums developing an objective repeatable method evaluating can be applied to zoological collections. Recently introduced into collection management Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG). AWAG helps...
Animal welfare monitoring is a vital part of veterinary medicine and can be challenging due to range factors that contribute the perception welfare. Tools used, however; there are few validated objective methods available for animal professionals assess monitor dogs over their lifetime. This study aimed adapt framework previously other species, The Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG), host tool on an accessible, easy use online platform. Development AWAG involved using scientific literature...
Abstract A veterinary surgeon wishing to practice in the UK promises, on admission Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, that their “constant endeavour will be ensure welfare animals committed [their] care” (RCVS 2006 Guide Professional Conduct). Yet a constant dilemma is deals with animal's differently depending category into which particular animal fits at time — even though its ability suffer same whatever circumstance. laboratory considered by many most insults welfare, yet protected...