Animal Welfare

Article	Citations
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	48
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	30
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	29
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	25
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	20
An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management	20
Dogs: Understanding Your Very Best Friend J Bradshaw (2021). Published by Andersen Press, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA, UK. 128 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1839130878). Price £6.15.	19
Socialising kitties: A quantitative survey of US cat owner attitudes towards kitten and adult cat socialisation programmes	18
The construction of a measure of behavioural complexity as a potential individual-based welfare indicator and its theoretical validation	17
Working animal welfare and their multidimensional roles on livelihood improvement in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	14
Guinea pig meat production in South America: Reviewing existing practices, welfare challenges, and opportunities	14
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	13
The Climate Crisis and Other Animals - Richard Twine (2024). Published by Sydney University Press, Sydney, Australia. ISBN (paperback) 9781743328996. Price £19.59 (paperback)	13
Working donkey welfare assessment and owner survey in Meru County, Kenya	13
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	13
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	11
Assessment, causes and consequences of short opercula in laboratory-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	11
Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition - Edited by C Warwick, PC Arena and GM Burghart (2023). Published by Springer, Cham, Switzerland. 638 pages eBook (ISBN: 978-3-030-86012-7), Hard	11
Welfare of fish now included in EU strategy for aquaculture	10
Mao's Bestiary: Medicinal Animals and Modern China LPY Chee (2021). Published by Duke University Press, 905 W Main Street, Durham, NC 27701, USA. 288 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1478014041). Price £20.	10
Standardised scoring system to assess the welfare of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	10
Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices	10
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	10
Key Questions in Animal Behaviour and Welfare: A Study and Revision Guide PA Rees (2022). Published by CABI Publishing, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 256 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-17	9
Humane stunning or stun/killing in the slaughter of wild-caught finfish: The scientific evidence base	9

Pathophysiology of penetrating captive-bolt stunning of horses	9
The cost of research: Lasting effects of capture, surgery and muscle biopsy on brown bear (Ursus arctos) movement and physiology	9
Review of Tail Biting in Pigs – a comprehensive guide to its aetiology, impact and wider significance in pig management - Edited by Keelin O’Driscoll and Anna Valros, Published by Brill | Wage	9
“I want them to live their best lives:” A qualitative exploration of owner experiences with walking their cats	9
Owners’ everyday interactions with their horse: Pain-related issues and those of veterinary concern	9
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	8
Bearing Witness: Ruth Harrison and British Farm Animal Welfare (1920-2000) C Kirchhelle (2021). Published by Palgrave Macmillan, Crinan Street, London N1 9XW, UK. 297 pages Hardback (ISBN: 978-3030627	8
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	7
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	7
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	7
Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	7
‘No one cares about the animal like me.’ Indian veterinarians’ experiences of improving animal welfare through Continuing Professional Development	7
Cattle Welfare in Dairy and Beef Systems: A New Approach to Global Issues - Edited by Marie Haskell (2023). Animal Welfare Series, Volume 23. Published by Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 431 pages. ISBN	6
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	6
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	6
A follow-up study of exercise test results and severity of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome signs in brachycephalic dogs	6
Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare	6
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	6
Understanding the Bird of Prey N Fox (2022). Published by Cambria Publishing, Llandeilo, UK. 554 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9780957679139). Price £120.00.	6
Review of the evidence of sentience in cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans	6
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	6
Animal welfare organisations that rehome dogs from southern and eastern Europe to Germany: A homepage content analysis	6
Treated Like Animals: Improving the Lives of the Creatures we Own, Eat and Use - By A Simmons (2023). Published by Pelagic Publishing, 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU, UK. 272 pages Hardback (ISBN:	6
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	6
Small mammal owners’ experiences of housing challenges and animal welfare: A COM-B and word frequency analysis	6
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	5
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	5
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	5
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	5
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	5
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	5
Disturbed areas promote more parental care and less nesting preference in females of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) – ADDENDUM	5
Pigs: Welfare in Practice I Camerlink (2020). Published by 5m Publishing, 8 Smithy Wood Drive, Sheffield S35, 1QN, UK. 166 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1789181050). Price £ 14.95.	5
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	5
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	5
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	5
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	5
Needle-free intradermal vaccination, an opportunity to improve commercial pig welfare	5
Welfare concerns associated with captive lions (Panthera leo) and the implications for commercial lion farms in South Africa	4
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	4
A review of welfare indicators for sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation, with emphasis on environmental enrichment	4
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog	4
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	4
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	4
Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?	4
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	4
Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare	4
Living the good life? A systematic review of behavioural signs of affective state in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) and factors relating to quality of life. Part 2: Horse-human interaction	4
Cat management in an unregulated shelter environment: Relationship between care provision and cat health in Hong Kong	4
Improving hen welfare on cage-free egg farms in Asia: Egg producers’ perspectives	3

Tamoxifen exacerbates morbidity and mortality in male mice receiving medetomidine anaesthesia	3
Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques	3
Global distribution and gap analysis of equine housing research: The findings so far and where to go next	3
A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	3
Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, Third Edition - Edited by M Dyson, P Jirkof, J Lofgren, E Nunamaker and D Pang (2023). Published by Elsevier, 230 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10169, USA.	3
Contactless body temperature assessment for signalling humane endpoints in a mouse model of sepsis	3
Public concern for animal welfare and its correlation with ethical ideologies after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China	3
The effect of animal shelter sound on cat behaviour and welfare	3
Horses are worthy of care: Horse sector participants’ attitudes towards animal sentience, welfare, and well-being	3
Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues	3
Evaluation of the longer-term impacts on working practices of veterinarians in India after attending a canine surgical neutering training programme	3
Condition of bob veal calves on arrival at an abattoir in Ohio	3
Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats	3
Can an animal welfare risk assessment tool identify livestock at risk of poor welfare outcomes?	3
Efficacy of pain management for cattle castration: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Misleading Claim by Ben-Ami et al. (2014)	3
Evaluation of stress markers in horses during hippotherapy sessions in comparison to being ridden by beginners	3
Book review of Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition – Editors’ Note	3
Practical Canine Behaviour: For Veterinary Nurses and Technicians, Second Edition S Hedges (2021). Published by CABI, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 312 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1789	3
Evaluation of a commercial electrical stunning method for farmed grower saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) using non-invasive EEG measurements	3
Laying the groundwork for reptile welfare assessment in zoos and private keeping: A literature-based proposal	3
Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour	3
Horse welfare: A joint assessment of four categories of behavioural indicators using the AWIN protocol, scan sampling and surveys	2
Exploring the potential for on-animal sensors to detect adverse welfare events: A case study of detecting ewe behaviour prior to vaginal prolapse	2
Survival of femur fractures in wild stoats (Mustela erminea)	2
The impact of strategic ventilation adjustments on stress responses in horses housed full-time in a vector-protected barn during the African horse sickness outbreak in Thailand	2
Evaluation of the effect of tongue ties on stress parameters, behaviour and heart-rate variability in racehorses	2
AWF volume 31 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	2
Making a Stand for Animals - O Horta (2022). Published by Routledge, 3 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN, UK. 192 pages Paperback, hardback, ebook (ISBN: 9781032259758). Price £17.99	2
Why workshops work: Examining the efficacy of training trainers to train goats	2
A systematic review and meta-analysis of physical environmental enrichment to improve animal welfare-related outcomes in indoor cattle	2
What Are Animal Rights For? - Steve Cooke (2023). Published by Bristol University Press, Bristol, UK. ISBN (paperback) ISBN 978- 1529228410. Price £8.99 (paperback and ebook).	2
The effect of providing a greater freedom of movement through periodic exercise on the welfare and stress physiology of stall-housed gestating sows and	2
Assessing the relationship between incisor wear, age, and body condition in Dohne Merino ewes (Ovis aries)	2
An exploration of surface temperature asymmetries as potential markers of affective states in calves experiencing or observing disbudding	2
Evaluation of score parameters for severity assessment of surgery and liver cirrhosis in rats	2
Fish slaughter practices in Brazilian aquaculture and their consequences for animal welfare	2
Development of a welfare assessment protocol and assessment of dairy cattle welfare in Haryana and Punjab states of Northern India	2
By your side: How social support affects training duration, task performance and behaviour of pigs in a Judgement Bias Task – CORRIGENDUM	2
Understanding the human-cattle relationship in mountain cow-calf systems: Insights from Spanish farmers	2
Health and Welfare of Brachycephalic (Flat-faced) Companion Animals, First Edition Edited by RMA Packer and DG O'Neill (2021). Published by CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 418 pages Paperback (ISBN: 9	2
Evaluating enrichment use in group-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): A machine learning approach	2
Zoo Studies: Living Collections, Their Animals and Visitors - PA Rees (2023). Published by Cambridge University Press, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8EA, UK. 476 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-11085660	2
Cortisol is not enough: A complex stress reaction in tethered goats	2
Predictors of successful diversion of cats and dogs away from animal shelter intake: Analysis of data from a self-rehoming website	2
An evaluation of the role of ‘biological evidence’ in zoo and aquarium enrichment practices	2
Grinding as a slaughter method for farmed black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae: Empirical recommendations to achieve instantaneous killing	2
Early-life enrichment in American mink (Neogale vison): Effects of juvenile physical enrichment on behaviour, temperament, and long-term stereotypic behaviour	2
Cats just want to have fun: Associations between play and welfare in domestic cats	2
Undergraduate student attitudes towards animal welfare science: An investigation to inform teaching approaches	2
AWF volume 30 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	2
One Welfare in Practice: The Role of the Veterinarian - Edited by T Stephens (2021). Published by CRC Press, Park Square, Milton Park, Abington, Oxon OX14 4RN, UK. 371 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978036790	2
Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science: Essential Principles and Practices, 4th edition Edited by J Hau and SJ Schapiro (2021). Published by CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA. 994 pages Hardback (IS	2
Understanding Animal Abuse and How to Intervene with Children and Young People: A Practical Guide for Professionals Working with People and Animals - Edited by Gilly Mendes Ferreira and Joanne M Willi	2
Play and welfare in domestic cats: Current knowledge and future directions	2
Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments	2
Does tail docking prevent Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep? A six-year retrospective cohort study	2
Reasons for admission and post-release survival of UK rehabilitated herring gulls ( Larus argentatus ) from 1999 to 2024	2
Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions	1
Using sensors to detect individual responses of lambs during transport and pre-slaughter handling and their relationship with meat quality	1
Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter - CORRIGENDUM	1
An examination of nest-building behaviour using five different nesting materials in C57BL/6J and BALB/c mice	1
On-farm culling methods used for pigs	1
Use of space, active and resting behaviour in fattening rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) housed in a combi park system: A case study	1
Changing Human Behaviour to Enhance Animal Welfare Edited by R Sommerville (2021). Published by CABI, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8DE, UK. 208 pages Paperback (ISBN: 9781789247237). P	1
A qualitative exploration of owner experiences following dog adoption	1
Ethical approval of studies involving humans and other animals	1
Legal assessment of ingrown horns and other horn-related anomalies in cattle and sheep	1
Validation of indicators for the welfare assessment of captive Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	1
Identifying areas of animal welfare concern in different production stages in Danish pig herds using the Danish Animal Welfare Index (DAWIN) – CORRIGENDUM	1
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians	1
Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter	1
Are there risk factors commonly observed on Australian farms where the welfare of livestock is poor?	1
Through A Vet's Eyes: How We Can All Choose a Better Life for Animals S Wensley (2022). Published by Gaia, an imprint of Octopus Publishing, 50 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DZ, UK. 368 pages Hard	1
Managing long-term wellness in captive sea turtles	1
Life beyond a jar: Effects of tank size and furnishings on the behaviour and welfare of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)	1
Considerations for implementing regulation of decapods in science	1
Using institutional ethnography to analyse animal sheltering and protection I: Animal protection work	1
The shop, the dog, or the owner? Investigating the pathway of dog relinquishment in Taiwan	1
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experiences of animal rescue staff and volunteers	1

Animal affect, welfare and the Bayesian brain	1
Review of Practical Human Behaviour Change for the Health and Welfare of Animals - Bronwen Williams (2024). Published by Wiley Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. ISBN: 978-1394178858. Price	1
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion – ERRATUM	1
Design and testing of add-on prototypes for transport containers to improve the loading process for end-of-lay hens and catchers	1
Livestock hauler and dairy farmer perspectives about cull dairy cattle transport and cattle transport regulations in British Columbia, Canada	1
“We forgot about the donkeys!” An institutional analysis of the shift in animal welfare from direct implementation towards advocacy-based programming	1
Behavioral Biology of Laboratory Animals Edited by K Coleman and SJ Schapiro (2022). Published by CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA. 560 pages Hardback (ISBN: 978-0-367-02923-4). Price £154.55.	1
Successive negative contrast: An appropriate approach to measure affective state in dogs?	1
Transport of farmed finfishes in Europe and the associated welfare and legislative needs	1
The significance of shooting angle in seal shooting	1
Impact of observation duration on behavioural pain assessment and intra-observer reliability in castrated piglets: A pilot study	1
Assessing the use of a mechanical rump pusher in a commercial cattle slaughter plant	1
An effective environmental enrichment framework for the continual improvement of production animal welfare – ERRATUM	1
Canadian dairy farmer views about animal welfare	1
Challenges in farmed insect welfare: Beyond the question of sentience	1
Animal welfare definitions, frameworks, and assessment tools: Advancing the measurement and laying the foundation for improved animal welfare through a three-step approach	1