What's in a peck? Using fixed action pattern morphology to identify the motivational basis of abnormal feather-pecking behaviour LM Dixon, IJH Duncan, G Mason Animal Behaviour 76 (3), 1035-1042, 2008 | 128 | 2008 |
Slow and steady wins the race: The behaviour and welfare of commercial faster growing broiler breeds compared to a commercial slower growing breed LM Dixon PLoS one 15 (4), e0231006, 2020 | 86 | 2020 |
The effects of spatial restriction on the behavior of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) LM Dixon, JR Hardiman, JJ Cooper Journal of veterinary behavior 5 (6), 302-308, 2010 | 79 | 2010 |
Early experiences matter: a review of the effects of prenatal environment on offspring characteristics in poultry LM Dixon, NHC Sparks, KMD Rutherford Poultry Science 95 (3), 489-499, 2016 | 67 | 2016 |
The effects of four types of enrichment on feather-pecking behaviour in laying hens housed in barren environments LM Dixon, IJH Duncan, GJ Mason Animal Welfare 19 (4), 429-435, 2010 | 67 | 2010 |
Measuring motivation for appetitive behaviour: food-restricted broiler breeder chickens cross a water barrier to forage in an area of wood shavings without food LM Dixon, S Brocklehurst, V Sandilands, M Bateson, BJ Tolkamp, ... PLoS One 9 (7), e102322, 2014 | 58 | 2014 |
Farm animal welfare: assessing risks attributable to the prenatal environment KMD Rutherford, RD Donald, G Arnott, JA Rooke, L Dixon, JJM Mehers, ... Animal Welfare 21 (3), 419-429, 2012 | 49 | 2012 |
Feather pecking behaviour and associated welfare issues in laying hens LM Dixon Avian Biology Research 1 (2), 73-87, 2008 | 44 | 2008 |
Conditioned place preference or aversion as animal welfare assessment tools: Limitations in their application LM Dixon, V Sandilands, M Bateson, S Brocklehurst, BJ Tolkamp, ... Applied Animal Behaviour Science 148 (1-2), 164-176, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
Welfare assessment of novel on-farm killing methods for poultry JE Martin, V Sandilands, J Sparrey, L Baker, LM Dixon, DEF McKeegan Plos one 14 (2), e0212872, 2019 | 24 | 2019 |
Changes in substrate access did not affect early feather-pecking behavior in two strains of laying hen chicks LM Dixon, IJH Duncan Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 13 (1), 1-14, 2010 | 22 | 2010 |
Pancreatic PYY but not PPY expression is responsive to short-term nutritional state and the pancreas constitutes the major site of PYY mRNA expression in chickens AMA Reid, PW Wilson, SD Caughey, LM Dixon, RB D'Eath, V Sandilands, ... General and Comparative Endocrinology 252, 226-235, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
The effects of feed restriction, time of day, and time since feeding on behavioral and physiological indicators of hunger in broiler breeder hens LM Dixon, IC Dunn, S Brocklehurst, L Baker, T Boswell, SD Caughey, ... Poultry Science 101 (5), 101838, 2022 | 15 | 2022 |
Developing a reliable welfare assessment tool for captive hibernatory bear species CJ Maher, A Gibson, LM Dixon, H Bacon Animals 11 (11), 3090, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
Lead pulling as a welfare concern in pet dogs: What can veterinary professionals learn from current research? L Townsend, L Dixon, L Buckley Veterinary record 191 (10), no-no, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
Investigation of humans individual differences as predictors of their animal interaction styles, focused on the domestic cat LR Finka, L Ripari, L Quinlan, C Haywood, J Puzzo, A Jordan, J Tsui, ... Scientific Reports 12 (1), 12128, 2022 | 6 | 2022 |
Assessing the motivation of pet rabbits using consumer demand techniques: are commercially available hutches too small LM Dixon, JJ Cooper Proceedings of the UFAW Animal Welfare Conference 2010-Recent advances in …, 2010 | 5 | 2010 |
An investigation into the motivation behind the abnormal behaviour of feather pecking in laying hens LM Dixon University of Guelph, 2008 | 4 | 2008 |
Behavioral biology of chickens and quail L Dixon, S Lambton Behavioral Biology of Laboratory Animals, 299-313, 2021 | 3 | 2021 |
Owner approaches and attitudes to the problem of lead-pulling behaviour in pet-dogs L Townsend, LM Dixon, M Chase-Topping, L Buckley Behaviour-a multidisciplinary approach: BVBA Study Day, 2020 | 3 | 2020 |