Measuring farm animal emotions—Sensor-based approaches

S Neethirajan, I Reimert, B Kemp - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding animal emotions is a key to unlocking methods for improving animal welfare.
Currently there are no 'benchmarks' or any scientific assessments available for measuring …

Infrared thermography in the study of animals' emotional responses: A critical review

T Travain, P Valsecchi - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Assessing animal welfare has proven to be a challenging task with
important consequences for their management. In the last few years, infrared thermography …

The neurobiology of behavior and its applicability for animal welfare: A review

GA Coria-Avila, JG Pfaus, A Orihuela… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Animal welfare is the result of physical and psychological well-being and
is expected to occur if animals are free:(1) from hunger, thirst and malnutrition,(2) from …

Thermal and circulatory changes in diverse body regions in dogs and cats evaluated by infrared thermography

A Casas-Alvarado, J Martínez-Burnes, P Mora-Medina… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Infrared thermography is a tool that measures changes in the surface
temperature of the skin and has been used in companion animals to determine their health …

Eye surface infrared thermography usefulness as a noninvasive method of measuring stress response in sheep during shearing: Correlations with serum cortisol and …

F Arfuso, G Acri, G Piccione, C Sansotta, F Fazio… - Physiology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
During shearing, animals' welfare is adversely affected and acute stress occurs. Once
animal perceives a threat, it develops behavioral, autonomic, endocrine or immune …

Affective state recognition in livestock—artificial intelligence approaches

S Neethirajan - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Emotions or affective states recognition in farm animals is an
underexplored research domain. Despite significant advances in animal welfare research …

Eye temperature measured with infrared thermography to assess stress responses to road transport in horses

F Aragona, M Rizzo, F Arfuso, G Acri, F Fazio… - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Horses travel frequently during their life activities. Body temperature
monitoring is a valuable resource for assessing welfare, physiological state and stress …

Evaluation of infrared thermography as a non-invasive method of measuring the autonomic nervous response in sheep

MA Sutherland, GM Worth, SK Dowling, GL Lowe… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Eye temperature measured using infrared thermography (IRT) can be used as a non-
invasive measure of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity in cattle. The objective of this …

Critical problems for research in animal sheltering, a conceptual analysis

K Horecka, S Neal - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Animal shelter research has seen significant increases in participation over the past several
decades from academic organizations, private organizations, public entities, and even …

Thermal imaging to assess the health status in wildlife animals under human care: Limitations and perspectives

D Mota-Rojas, AMF Pereira, J Martínez-Burnes… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Ensuring the welfare of wildlife under human care requires tools to monitor
their health and well-being. Infrared thermography is a non-invasive technique for assessing …