[HTML][HTML] Looking out for danger: Theoretical and empirical issues in translating human attention bias tasks to assess animal affective states

S Kappel, S Collins, M Mendl, C Fureix - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding animal emotional (affective) state is highly relevant to various disciplines (eg,
animal welfare, neuroscience, comparative psychology), and has been significantly …

Collective responses of flocking sheep (Ovis aries) to a herding dog (border collie)

V Jadhav, R Pasqua, C Zanon, M Roy… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Group-living organisms commonly exhibit collective escape responses, yet how information
flows among group members in these events remains an open question. Here, we study the …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing learning, behaviour, and stress level in goats while testing a virtual fencing training protocol

L Wilms, D Hamidi, CHU Lüntzel, M Hamidi… - animal, 2024 - Elsevier
Virtual fencing (VF) is a modern fencing technology using Global Positioning System-
enabled collars which emit acoustic signals and, if the animal does not respond, electric …

Environmental enrichment during yard weaning alters the performance of calves in an attention bias and a novel object recognition test

EJ Dickson, JE Monk, C Lee… - Frontiers in Animal …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The weaning of beef calves in yards places multiple stressors on the animals, and
environmental enrichment may help mitigate some of these stressors and improve animal …

Behaviours of farmed saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) housed individually or in groups

DLM Campbell, L Hewitt, C Lee… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) are farmed in Australia primarily for their skins
and meat. Commercially, they are raised in group pens as hatchlings and grower crocodiles …