The use of pigs in neuroscience research has increased in the past decade, which has seen
broader recognition of the potential of pigs as an animal for experimental modeling of …

Any attempt to assess the effects of sounds on animals must consider species differences in
hearing abilities. Although the hearing ranges of most species overlap to a large degree …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly important in wildlife data collection but
concern over wildlife disturbance has led several countries to ban their use in National …

In contrast to the cries of human infants, sounds made by non-human infants in different
stressful behavioral contexts (hunger or physical discomfort, isolation, capture by humans or …

▪ Abstract Vertebrate animals gain biologically important information from environmental
sounds. Localization of sound sources enables animals to detect and respond appropriately …

Simple Summary In times of intensified livestock production, the search for methods that
reduce stress, which has an adverse impact on the health and welfare of their animals, has …

The ability to locate the source of a sound too brief to be either scanned or tracked using
head or pinna movements is of obvious advantage to an animal. Since most brief sounds …

Simple Summary Greater awareness about animal welfare forces breeders to pay more
attention to animals' needs and behaviors. The presence of sound coming from …

Pork production began to flourish in the USA after the practice of finishing pigs on corn was
popularized in the late 1600s. By the 1840s, there were 35 million pigs and 20 million …

Acoustic energy enters the mammalian cochlea aided by an anatomical impedance
matching performed by the middle ear. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the functional …