Current animal welfare protocols focus on demonstrating the absence (or at least low levels)
of indicators of poor welfare, potentially creating a mismatch between what is expected by …

We can now track the position of every fly's leg or immerse a tiny fish inside a virtual world by
monitoring its gaze in real time. Yet capturing animals' posture or gaze is not like …

The primary objective of this study was to determine whether the level of concentrate
allowance in an automated milking system (AMS) affects the feed intake, eating behavior …

Affective states can be inferred from responses to ambiguous and threatening stimuli, using
Judgement Bias Tasks (JBTs) and Attention Bias Tasks (ABTs). We investigated the …

Individuals within a population often show consistent between individual differences in their
average behavioural expression (personality), and consistent differences in their within …

There is growing evidence that animal personality is linked to a range of productivity traits in
farm animals, including dairy cattle. To date, the methodology for assessing personality traits …

The mechanisms underlying individual variation in learning are key to understanding the
development of cognitive abilities. In humans and primates, curiosity has been suggested as …

The objectives of this study were to determine:(1) if dairy cow personality traits and
concentrate allowance are associated with the behavior and performance of cows during …

Understanding the herd structure of housed dairy cows has the potential to reveal
preferential interactions, detect changes in behavior indicative of illness, and optimize farm …

Training dairy cows on the automated milking system (AMS) can improve their performance;
however, the ideal training method and how a cow's individual personality relates to training …