Recent advances in animal welfare science - Sold out
UFAW Animal Welfare Conference
3rd July 2008
Birmingham Council House
Posters:
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- Abraham D and Dumbell L. Hartpury College, Univ. of the West of England, UK
Diagnosis and management of laminitis from the general horse owner’s perspective
- Butterworth A. Univ. of Bristol, UK
Possible effects of harmonised standards to assess animal welfare on farms in the EU
- Creighton E and Flentje R. Univ. of Chester, UK.
Can standardised behaviour tests predict suitability for use in horses?
- Dennison TL, Khan GS and Whay HR. The Brooke Hospital for Animals, UK and Pakistan & Univ. of Bristol, UK
Evaluation of a grooming project to improve the welfare of equids working in Peshawar, Pakistan
- De Pasquale A, Palmeri S, Sessa B and Panzera M. University of Messina, Italy.
Are animals humanly killed, according to ethological and neurophysiological parameters?
- Diesch TJ, Mellor DJ and Johnson CB. Massey University, New Zealand.
Development of conscious perception after birth
- Eager RA and Childs AC. The Brooke Hospital for Animals, UK.
Risk assessment in working equines: a tool for evidence-based intervention?
- Farnworth MJ and O’Driscoll K. Unitec, New Zealand
Chronic mild stress: caveats for intensive farming
- Fidgett. AL. North of England Zoological Society, UK
Determining nutritional needs for endangered species; the role of the EAZA Nutrition Group in assisting zoo-based conservation breeding programmes.
- Galhardo L, Vital J, Vitorino A and Oliveira RF. Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Portugal.
The effect of predictability and social context in the response of the Oreochromis mossambicus cichlid fish to a stressor
- Gillespie AV, Bell J, Logue DN, Twigge JR, Fallon R, Hall C and Roberts D. Univ. of Glasgow, Scottish Agriculture College, Frank Wright Trouw Nutrition International, Teagasc, Grange Research Centre and BOCM Pauls Ltd, UK.
Studies of intakes of dairy calves, their short term growth, health and welfare and longer term fertility
- Hale CE, Laycock G and Hemmings AJ. Writtle College and The Royal Agricultural College, UK
The effects of prior handling experiences on the stress responses of semi-feral foals at auction
- Hawkins P, Hubrecht R, Buckwell A, Cubitt S, Howard B, Jackson A, Poirier GM and Reed B. RSPCA, UFAW, Univ. of Leicester, Institute of Animal Technology, Huntingdon Research Centre and GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, UK.
Refining rabbit care – a resource for those working with rabbits in research
- Hockenhull J and Creighton E. Univ. of Chester, UK
Internet survey as a tool for assessing the welfare implications of horse management and training practices
- Hötzel MJ, Pacheco de Souza PJ, Pinheiro Machado LC and Dalla Costa OA. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and Embrapa Suínos e Aves, Brazil.
The influences of changes in the social and spatial environment at weaning on the behaviour of piglets
- Hughes T, Coleman R and Creighton E. Univ. of Chester, UK.
Use of salivary and faecal cortisol as measurements of stress response in domestic horses.
- Innella G, De Pasquale A, Luigiano G and Panzera M. Univ. of Messina, Italy.
Ostriches (Struthio camelus) maintenance behaviours of welfare conditions. Considerations on the diurnal ethogram in different breeding conditions.
- Knight A. Animal Consultants International, UK.
The beginning of the end for chimpanzee experiments?
- Jobling R, Creighton E and Whelen E. Univ. of Chester, UK.
Characteristics of horse owners seeking advice on their equine’s behaviour
- Knight S. Univ. of Portsmouth, UK.
Animal use: A psychological approach to understanding attitude formation, maintenance and change
- Landin J, Wilson R, Owen S, Williams T, Readman G, Sloman K and Leaver L. Univ. of Exeter, AstraZeneca and Univ. of Plymouth, UK.
Welfare and enrichment criteria for fish used in aquatic environmental protection research.
- Lewis R, McBride EA and Lamb D. Univ. of Southampton, UK.
The pedigree dog – welfare ethics versus aesthetics
- McClellan-Dunn L & Beeching M. Hadlow College and Univ of Greenwich, UK.
Are Black rhinoceros stressed by the presence of noisy visitors? A study looking at the behavioural and physiological effects of stress
- McLennan K. Moulton College, UK.
Aggressive behaviour of the domestic donkey (Equus asinus): Is it related to gender, age or ranking position?
- Morters M, Bowles D, Butcher R, Farren C, Hiby E, Jones R, O’Meara K, Rowan A & Vallentine S. IFAW, RSPCA, Alliance for Rabies Control and WSPA, UK and HIS, USA.
Humane dog population management guidance
- Pick J. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, UK
Stress management of captive pied tamarins, Saguinus bicolor.
- Richardson C, Flecknell P and Bateson M. Univ. of Newcastle, UK
Refining research procedures by assessing distress in laboratory mice
- Smolira M, Clarke N and Farnworth M. Unitec, New Zealand & Univ. of Bristol, UK.
Attitudes towards animal welfare in Poland
- Sprenger M and Tuyttens F. Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Belgium
Development of an on-farm and at-slaughter tool to assess dehydration in broiler chickens
- Tasker L, Hiby E, Rogers S and Vallentine S. WSPA. UK.
Methods for the euthanasia of dogs and cats: comparison and recommendations
- van der Harst JE, Verlaan M and Spruijt BM. Utrecht Univ., The Netherlands.
Elucidation of mental states in animals: drug-discrimination & place-preference paradigms
- Walker, SL. North of England Zoological Society, UK.
How can hormone assessment assist with management and welfare of free-ranging and captive wildlife?
- Walsh, E., Muser Leyvraz, A. and Grant, R. Queens Univ. Belfast, UK.
The implications of learned helplessness when considering the welfare of parrots
- Wilkes L, Wilson R, Owen S, Williams T, Readman G, Sloman K and Leaver L. Univ. of Exeter, AstraZeneca and Univ. of Plymouth, UK.
Examining enrichment strategies for welfare of fish in scientific studies.
- Wiseman-Orr ML, Reid J, Scott EM, Nolan AM and Massie A. Univ. of Glasgow, UK.
Measurement of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in dogs with haematological cancer: a pilot study
- Yeates JW, Stone M, Mullen SM and Main DCM. RSPCA and Univ. of Bristol, UK.
Owner-rated assessment of quality of life in dogs: Development of a qualitative tool
