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Animal Welfare - Content and Abstracts

Volume 15

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Volume 15 Number 1

February 2006

  1. The application of Russell and Burch's Three Rs in commercial livestock experimentation. IG Colditz
  2. The effects of amount and frequency of alternating current used in water bath stunning and of slaughter methods on electroencephalograms in broilers. ABM Raj, M O’Callaghan and TG Knowles
  3. The effects of amount and frequency of pulsed direct current used in water bath stunning and of slaughter methods on spontaneous electroencephalograms in broilers. ABM Raj, M O’Callaghan and SI Hughes
  4. The effects of pulse width of a direct current used in water bath stunning and of slaughter methods on spontaneous electroencephalograms in broilers. ABM Raj, M O’Callaghan and SI Hughes
  5. The effect of routine experimental procedures on physiological parameters in mice kept under different husbandry conditions. MK Meijer, K Kramer, R Remie, BM Spruijt, LFM van Zutphen and V Baumans
  6. Group housing of farmed silver fox cubs. L Ahola, J Mononen, T Pyykönen and M Miskala
  7. Reducing the number of animals used in behavioural genetic experiments using chromosome substitution strains. MC Laarakker, F Ohl and HA van Lith

Short Communications

  1. Immediate immobilisation of a Minke whale using a grenade harpoon requires striking a restricted target area. TG Knowles and A Butterworth
  2. The effectiveness of environmental enrichment on reducing stereotypic behaviour in two captive vicugna (Vicugna vicugna). M Parker, D Goodwin, E Redhead and H Mitchell
  3. The effect of handling under anaesthetic on the recapture rate of wild ship rats (Rattus rattus). DM Prout and CM King
  4. Expert opinion regarding environmental enrichment materials for pigs. MBM Bracke

Volume 15 Number 3

August 2006

  1. Refinement of the use of non-human primates in scientific research. Part I: the influence of humans. AE Rennie and HM Buchanan-Smith
  2. Refinement of the use of non-human primates in scientific research. Part II: housing, husbandry and acquisition. AE Rennie and HM Buchanan-Smith
  3. Refinement of the use of non-human primates in scientific research. Part III: refinement of procedures. AE Rennie and HM Buchanan-Smith
  4. The welfare and suitability of parrots as companion animals: a review. M Engebretson
  5. A review of the welfare consequences of surgical castration in piglets and the evaluation of non-surgical methods. A Prunier, M Bonneau, EH von Borell, S Cinotti, M Gunn, B Fredriksen, M Giersing, DB Morton, FAM Tuyttens and
    A Velarde
  6. Influence of teeth resection on the skin temperature and acute phase response in newborn piglets. S Llamas Moya, LA Boyle, PB Lynch and S Arkins
  7. The welfare of low-volume farm animals during transport and at slaughter: a review of current knowledge and recommendations for future research. HLI Bornett-Gauci, JE Martin and DR Arney
  8. The effect of cover on food consumption and growth in two freshwater fish species used in experimental studies. RJ Wootton, N Handisyde and C Rowe

Volume 15 Number 4

November 2006

  1. Comparison of Halal slaughter with captive bolt stunning and neck cutting in cattle: exsanguination and quality parameters. MH Anil, T Yesildere, H Aksu, E Matur, JL McKinstry, HR Weaver, O Erdogan, S Hughes and C Mason
  2. Can non-invasive glucocorticoid measures be used as reliable indicators of stress in animals? J Lane
  3. The effects of individual housing on mice and rats: a review. TC Krohn, DB Sorenson, JL Ottesen and AK Hansen
  4. Effects of aviary and box sizes on body mass and behaviour of domesticated budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). SG Gebhardt-Henrich and A Steiger
  5. Salivary cortisol in captive dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): a non-invasive technique. C Pedernera-Romano, RA Valdez, S Singh, X Chiappa, MC Romano and F Galindo
  6. Artificial colour treatment mediates aggression among unfamiliar vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops): a model for introducing primates with colourful sexual skin. MS Gerald, A Weiss and JE Ayala
  7. The effect of housing and handling practices on the welfare, behaviour and selection of domestic cats (Felis sylvestris catus) by adopters in an animal shelter. N Gourkow and D Fraser
  8. Long-term social memory in the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus).OHP Burman and M Mendl
  9. Reducing mother-young separation distress by inducing ewes into oesrus at the day of weaning. I Pérez-León, A Orihuela, L Lidfors and V Aguirre

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