OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Animal Welfare is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	38
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	23
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	21
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	17
An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management	16
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	15
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.	15
Assessment, causes and consequences of short opercula in laboratory-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	13
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	12
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	12
The Climate Crisis and Other Animals - Richard Twine (2024). Published by Sydney University Press, Sydney, Australia. ISBN (paperback) 9781743328996. Price £19.59 (paperback)	11
Working animal welfare and their multidimensional roles on livelihood improvement in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Guinea pig meat production in South America: Reviewing existing practices, welfare challenges, and opportunities	10
The construction of a measure of behavioural complexity as a potential individual-based welfare indicator and its theoretical validation	10
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	10
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	10
Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices	9
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	9
Welfare of fish now included in EU strategy for aquaculture	9
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.	9
The cost of research: Lasting effects of capture, surgery and muscle biopsy on brown bear (Ursus arctos) movement and physiology	8
Humane stunning or stun/killing in the slaughter of wild-caught finfish: The scientific evidence base	7
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	7
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	7
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	6

Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	6
‘No one cares about the animal like me.’ Indian veterinarians’ experiences of improving animal welfare through Continuing Professional Development	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
Understanding the Bird of Prey N Fox (2022). Published by Cambria Publishing, Llandeilo, UK. 554 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9780957679139). Price £120.00.	6
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	6
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	6
Determination of static space requirements for finishing bulls based on image analysis	6
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	6
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
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	6
Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare	6
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	6
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	6
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	6
A follow-up study of exercise test results and severity of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome signs in brachycephalic dogs	5
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	5
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	5
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	5
Review of the evidence of sentience in cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans	5
Attitudes of Turkish veterinary students towards farm animal welfare	5
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	5
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	4
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	4
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.	4
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	4
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	4
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	4
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	4
Needle-free intradermal vaccination, an opportunity to improve commercial pig welfare	4
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	4
Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare	4
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	4
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	4
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	4
Welfare concerns associated with captive lions (Panthera leo) and the implications for commercial lion farms in South Africa	4
A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	3
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	3
Advances in Pig Welfare, First Edition Edited by M Špinka (2018). Published by Woodhead Publishing, The Officer's Mess Business Centre, Royston Road, Duxford CB22 4QH, UK. 506 pages Hardback (ISBN: 97	3
Welfare of broiler chickens reared under two different types of housing	3
A review of welfare indicators for sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation, with emphasis on environmental enrichment	3
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	3
Cat management in an unregulated shelter environment: Relationship between care provision and cat health in Hong Kong	3
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog	3
Contactless body temperature assessment for signalling humane endpoints in a mouse model of sepsis	3
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	3
Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?	3
Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour	3
Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats	3
Cortisol is not enough: A complex stress reaction in tethered goats	2
Misleading Claim by Ben-Ami et al. (2014)	2

Play and welfare in domestic cats: Current knowledge and future directions	2
The effect of animal shelter sound on cat behaviour and welfare	2
Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques	2
Global distribution and gap analysis of equine housing research: The findings so far and where to go next	2
Development of a welfare assessment protocol and assessment of dairy cattle welfare in Haryana and Punjab states of Northern India	2
Why workshops work: Examining the efficacy of training trainers to train goats	2
Evaluation of the longer-term impacts on working practices of veterinarians in India after attending a canine surgical neutering training programme	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
AWF volume 30 issue 3 Cover and Back matter	2
Predictors of successful diversion of cats and dogs away from animal shelter intake: Analysis of data from a self-rehoming website	2
AWF volume 31 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	2
Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments	2
Mental Health and Well-being in Animals, Second Edition Edited by FD McMillan (2019). Published by CABI, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 384 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9781786393401). Price	2
Does tail docking prevent Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep? A six-year retrospective cohort study	2
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.	2
Public concern for animal welfare and its correlation with ethical ideologies after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China	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
Tamoxifen exacerbates morbidity and mortality in male mice receiving medetomidine anaesthesia	2
Condition of bob veal calves on arrival at an abattoir in Ohio	2
An evaluation of the role of ‘biological evidence’ in zoo and aquarium enrichment practices	2
Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues	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
Improving hen welfare on cage-free egg farms in Asia: Egg producers’ perspectives	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
Evaluation of stress markers in horses during hippotherapy sessions in comparison to being ridden by beginners	2
Can an animal welfare risk assessment tool identify livestock at risk of poor welfare outcomes?	2
Horses are worthy of care: Horse sector participants’ attitudes towards animal sentience, welfare, and well-being	2
Should cats be allowed outdoors? A research survey on animal welfare risks for free-ranging cats in Brazil	2
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	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
Evaluating enrichment use in group-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): A machine learning approach	2
Evaluation of a commercial electrical stunning method for farmed grower saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) using non-invasive EEG measurements	2
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
Life beyond a jar: Effects of tank size and furnishings on the behaviour and welfare of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)	1
Impact of observation duration on behavioural pain assessment and intra-observer reliability in castrated piglets: A pilot study	1
“We forgot about the donkeys!” An institutional analysis of the shift in animal welfare from direct implementation towards advocacy-based programming	1
Early-life enrichment in American mink (Neogale vison): Effects of juvenile physical enrichment on behaviour, temperament, and long-term stereotypic behaviour	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
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	1
Canadian dairy farmer views about animal welfare	1
Managing long-term wellness in captive sea turtles	1
Survival of femur fractures in wild stoats (Mustela erminea)	1
AWF volume 30 issue 4 Cover and Back matter	1
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).	1
A qualitative exploration of owner experiences following dog adoption	1
Animal affect, welfare and the Bayesian brain	1
Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter - CORRIGENDUM	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
An effective environmental enrichment framework for the continual improvement of production animal welfare – ERRATUM	1
Fish slaughter practices in Brazilian aquaculture and their consequences for animal welfare	1
Considerations for implementing regulation of decapods in science	1
Evaluation of score parameters for severity assessment of surgery and liver cirrhosis in rats	1
Transport of farmed finfishes in Europe and the associated welfare and legislative needs	1
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	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
An exploration of surface temperature asymmetries as potential markers of affective states in calves experiencing or observing disbudding	1
Horse welfare: A joint assessment of four categories of behavioural indicators using the AWIN protocol, scan sampling and surveys	1
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	1
Exploring the potential for on-animal sensors to detect adverse welfare events: A case study of detecting ewe behaviour prior to vaginal prolapse	1
Legal assessment of ingrown horns and other horn-related anomalies in cattle and sheep	1
Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter	1
On-farm culling methods used for pigs	1
Challenges in farmed insect welfare: Beyond the question of sentience	1
Ethical approval of studies involving humans and other animals	1
Validation of indicators for the welfare assessment of captive Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	1
An examination of nest-building behaviour using five different nesting materials in C57BL/6J and BALB/c mice	1
Use of space, active and resting behaviour in fattening rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) housed in a combi park system: A case study	1
Using institutional ethnography to analyse animal sheltering and protection I: Animal protection work	1
Cats just want to have fun: Associations between play and welfare in domestic cats	1
Ruminant health and welfare survey	1
Grinding as a slaughter method for farmed black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae: Empirical recommendations to achieve instantaneous killing	1
Evaluation of the effect of tongue ties on stress parameters, behaviour and heart-rate variability in racehorses	1
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experiences of animal rescue staff and volunteers	1
Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions	1