Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Article	Citations
Vocalisations in farm animals: A step towards positive welfare assessment	59
A review of video-based pig behavior recognition	46
Understanding impacts of zoo visitors: Quantifying behavioural changes of two popular zoo species during COVID-19 closures	39
Wouldn’t hurt a fly? A review of insect cognition and sentience in relation to their use as food and feed	36
Lateralized emotional functioning in domestic animals	32
Learning from lockdown - Assessing the positive and negative experiences, and coping strategies of researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic	30
Palatability assessment in horses in relation to lateralization and temperament	29
Play behaviour reduced by environmental enrichment in fast-growing broiler chickens	27
Comparative assessment of general behaviour and fear-related responses in hatchery-hatched and on-farm hatched broiler chickens	26
Providing environmental enrichments affects activity and performance, but not leg health in fast- and slower-growing broiler chickens	26
Comparing gradual debonding strategies after prolonged cow-calf contact: Stress responses, performance, and health of dairy cow and calf	25
Rider effects on horses’ conflict behaviour, rein tension, physiological measures and rideability scores	25
Keeping littermates together instead of social mixing benefits pig social behaviour and growth post-weaning	25
Laterality and fish welfare - A review	25
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on animal behaviour and welfare researchers	22
The effect of owner presence and scent on stress resilience in cats	21
One welfare impacts of COVID-19 – A summary of key highlights within the one welfare framework	21
Changes in the health and behaviour of pet dogs during the COVID-19 pandemic as reported by the owners	21
If they could choose: How would dogs spend their days? Activity patterns in four populations of domestic dogs	21
Does the duration of repeated temporary separation affect welfare in dairy cow-calf contact systems?	20
Owner perception of problem behaviours in dogs aged 6 and 9-months	20
Dog behaviour classification with movement sensors placed on the harness and the collar	20
Smart carnivores think twice: Red fox delays scavenging on conspecific carcasses to reduce parasite risk	20
Does the provision of environmental enrichment affect the behaviour and welfare of captive snakes?	20
Risk-factors associated with veterinary-related fear and aggression in owned domestic dogs	19

Social determinants of affiliation and cohesion in a population of feral horses	19
New insights into ridden horse behaviour, horse welfare and horse-related safety	19
Effects of physical enrichment items and social housing on calves’ growth, behaviour and response to novelty	19
Optical flow, behaviour and broiler chicken welfare in the UK and Switzerland	18
Association networks and social temporal dynamics in ewes and lambs	18
The potential of feeding patterns to assess generic welfare in growing-finishing pigs	17
Dogs can detect the individual odors in a mixture of explosives	17
How to train your wildlife: A review of predator avoidance training	17
Affective styles and emotional lateralization: A promising framework for animal welfare research	17
Calf-directed affiliative behaviour of dairy cows in two types of cow-calf contact systems	17
Does training style affect the human-horse relationship? Asking the horse in a separation–reunion experiment with the owner and a stranger	17
Maintaining long-term odor memory and detection performance in dogs	16
Effects of learning an increasing number of odors on olfactory learning, memory and generalization in detection dogs	16
The effect of sex and age on paw use within a large sample of dogs (Canis familiaris)	16
The effect of two different farrowing systems on sow behaviour, and piglet behaviour, mortality and growth	16
A Delphi study to determine expert consensus on the behavioural indicators of stress in horses undergoing veterinary care	16
Reliability of qualitative behavior assessment (QBA) versus methods with predefined behavioral categories to evaluate maternal protective behavior in dairy cows	15
Lying in spatial proximity and active social behaviours capture different information when analysed at group level in indoor-housed pigs	15
The relationship between functional breed selection and attachment pattern in family dogs (canis familiaris)	15
Chewing behaviour in dogs – A survey-based exploratory study	15
Effect of positive tactile stimulation and prepartum milking routine training on behavior, cortisol and oxytocin in milking, milk composition, and milk yield in Gyr cows in early lactation	15
Effects of the artificial reef and flow field environment on the habitat selection behavior of Sebastes schlegelii juveniles	15
Social hierarchy influences dairy cows’ use of shade in a silvopastoral system under intensive rotational grazing	15
Panting scores as a measure of heat stress evaluation in sheep with access and with no access to shade	14
Risk factors for aggression in adult cats that were fostered through a shelter program as kittens	14
How to evaluate and manage stress in dogs – A guide for veterinary specialist	14
Music for animal welfare: A critical review & conceptual framework	14
Evaluation of the tri-axial accelerometer to identify and predict parturition-related activities of Debouillet ewes in an intensive setting	14
The effect of altering routine husbandry factors on sleep duration and memory consolidation in the horse	14
Developing and validating attention bias tools for assessing trait and state affect in animals: A worked example with Macaca mulatta	14
Piling behaviour in Swiss layer flocks: Description and related factors	14
Regular positive reinforcement training increases contact-seeking behaviour in horses	14
Disturbance of resting behaviour of broilers under different environmental conditions	13
Relationships between owner and household characteristics and enrichment and cat behaviour	13
Paw preference as a tool for assessing emotional functioning and welfare in dogs and cats: A review	13
Escaping the gilded cage: Could COVID-19 lead to improved equine welfare? A review of the literature	13
Donkey behaviour and cognition: A literature review	13
Social buffering of stress – Physiological and ethological perspectives	13
Qualitative behaviour assessment as part of a welfare assessment in flocks of laying hens	13
Reducing stocking density benefits behaviour of fast- and slower-growing broilers	13
Noseband sensor validation and behavioural indicators for assessing beef cattle grazing on extensive pastures	13
Relationships between body temperatures and behaviours in lactating dairy cows	13
Pets as family and pigs in crates: Public attitudes towards farrowing crates	13
Lying posture does not accurately indicate sleep stage in dairy cows	13
Use of an ear-tag accelerometer and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) system for monitoring the licking behaviour in grazing cattle	13
Tail-biting behaviour pre-weaning: Association between other pig-directed and general behaviour in piglets	12
A consideration of the role of biology and test design as confounding factors in judgement bias tests	12
Brain activity reflects (chronic) welfare state: Evidence from individual electroencephalography profiles in an animal model	12
Live black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) provisioning is a promising environmental enrichment for pigs as indicated by feed- and enrichment-preference tests	12
Classifying the posture and activity of ewes and lambs using accelerometers and machine learning on a commercial flock	12

Effect of adult male sterilization on the behavior and social associations of a feral polygynous ungulate: the horse	12
Diet and microbiota-gut-brain axis in relation to tail biting in pigs: A review	12
Evaluation of the time-activity budgets of captive ducks (Anatidae) compared to wild counterparts	12
The stability of social prominence and influence in a dynamic sow herd: A social network analysis approach	12
Behavioural and physiological responses of male and female beef cattle to weaning at 30, 75 or 180 days of age	12
Assessing the potential impact of zoo visitors on the welfare and cognitive performance of Japanese macaques	12
Behavioral characterization of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Defining progressive stages of male sexual behavior in in-situ and ex-situ populations	12
Do dog-human bonds influence movements of free-ranging dogs in wilderness?	12
Duration of phase II of labour negatively affects maternal behaviour and lamb viability in wool-type primiparous ewes under extensive rearing	11
Canine olfaction as a disease detection technology: A systematic review	11
Of browse, goats, and men: Contribution to the debate on animal traditions and cultures	11
Effects of hatching on-farm on behaviour, first week performance, fear level and range use of organic broilers	11
Effects of a combined enrichment intervention on the behavioural and physiological welfare of captive Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica)	11
Changes in the suckling behaviour of beef calves at 1 month and 4 months of age and effect on cow production variables	11
Behavioral patterns of yaks (Bos grunniens) grazing on alpine shrub meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau	11
Impact of early socialization environment on social behavior, physiology and growth performance of weaned piglets	11
An international perspective on ethics approval in animal behaviour and welfare research	11
What is a companion animal? An ethological approach based on Tinbergen's four questions. Critical review	11
Online conferences as an opportunity to enhance inclusiveness in animal behaviour and welfare research: A case study of the ISAE 2020 virtual meeting	11
If I fits I sits: A citizen science investigation into illusory contour susceptibility in domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus)	11
Hourly activity patterns and behaviour-based management of feedlot steers with and without a cattle brush	11
Boredom-like exploratory responses in farmed mink reflect states that are rapidly reduced by environmental enrichment, but unrelated to stereotypic behaviour or ‘lying awake’	11
Recognising the facial expression of frustration in the horse during feeding period	10
The quest to develop automated systems for monitoring animal behavior	10
Natural reproductive performance is associated with captive management in adult male giant pandas	10
The interconnection of hierarchy, affiliative behaviours, and social play shapes social dynamics in Maremmana beef cattle	10
Thinking outside the lab: Can studies of pet rats inform pet and laboratory rat welfare?	10
Flight capacity and human aversion in captive Amazon parrots: Related factors and the effects of pre-releasing training	10
Self- and conspecific-directed pecking behavior of commercial Pekin ducks	10
Increasing shelter cat welfare through enrichment: A review	10
Better welfare for broiler chickens given more types of environmental enrichments and more space to enjoy them	10
Freeing the hens: Workshop outcomes for applying ethology to the development of cage-free housing systems in the commercial egg industry	10
Inexperienced but still interested – Indoor-only cats are more inclined for predatory play than cats with outdoor access	10
Thermal comfort and behavior of beef cattle in pasture-based systems monitored by visual observation and electronic device	9
Automatic brushes induce positive emotions and foster positive social interactions in group-housed horses	9
Effects of qualitative feed restriction in broiler breeder pullets on behaviour in the home environment	9
Rams recognize and prefer the human who regularly brushed them	9
Lying behaviour of housed and outdoor-managed pregnant sheep	9
Happiness, welfare, and personality in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)	9
Frog in the well: A review of the scientific literature for evidence of amphibian sentience	9
High fiber diet reduces stereotypic behavior of gilts but does not affect offspring performance	9
Goats are able to adapt to virtual fencing; A field study in commercial goat herds on Norwegian farms	9
Consistent behavioural responses to heatwaves provide body condition benefits in rangeland sheep	9
Effect of human-dog interaction on therapy dog stress during an on-campus student stress buster event	9
Dominance hierarchy in groups of pregnant sows: Characteristics and identification of related indicators	9
Boldness–exploration behavioral syndrome in wild sub-adult green sea turtles caught at Oita, Japan	9
GPS monitoring reveals circadian rhythmicity in free-grazing sheep	9
Environmental enrichment impacts discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar human odours in snakes (Pantherophis guttata)	9
Restless nights? Nocturnal activity as a useful indicator of adaptability of shelter housed dogs	9
Movement or more food? A comparison of motivation for exercise and food in stall-housed sows and gilts	9
Assistance dog selection and performance assessment methods using behavioural and physiological tools and devices	9
Studying Antillean manatees’ (Trichechus manatus manatus) temperament in zoological parks: exploration of boldness, sociality and reactivity to humans	9
Development and consistency of fearfulness in horses from foal to adult	9
Social dominance in beef cattle — A scoping review	9
Walking distance and maintenance energy requirements of sheep during mountain pasturing (transhumance)	9
Effect of cooperative care training on physiological parameters and compliance in dogs undergoing a veterinary examination – A pilot study	9
Assessment of mobility and pain in broiler chickens with identifiable gait defects	8
Pekin duck productivity, physiological stress, immune response and behavior under 20L:4D and 16L:8D photoperiods	8
The utility of model dogs for assessing conspecific aggression in fighting dogs	8
Testing ultra-wideband technology as a method of tracking fast-growing broilers under commercial conditions	8
Early life environment and adult enrichment: Effects on fearfulness in laying hens	8
Effects of the provision of a hiding box or shelf on the behaviour and faecal glucocorticoid metabolites of bold and shy cats housed in single cages	8
Effects of environmental enrichment on recognition memory in zebrafish larvae	8
Rooting for feed: Mixing corn pellets into rooting material tends to increase the presence of grower and finisher pigs in the rooting area but not its cleanliness	8
Parity and days in milk affect cubicle occupancy in dairy cows	8
The relationships between age, fear responses, and walking ability of broiler chickens	8
Effects of group size on the behaviour, heart rate, immunity, and growth of Holstein dairy calves	8
Pampered pets or poor bastards? The welfare of dogs kept as companion animals	8
Pet dogs home alone: A video-based study	8
Frustration in horses: Investigating expert opinion on behavioural indicators and causes using a delphi consultation	8
Limb loss and feeding ability in the juvenile mud crab Scylla olivacea: Implications of limb autotomy for aquaculture practice	8
Naturalising diet to reduce stereotypic behaviours in slow lorises rescued from wildlife trade	8
Risk factors for aggressive behaviour in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris), as reported by owners in mainland China	8
Characteristics associated with behavior problems in Brazilian dogs	8
Subjective methods of quantifying temperament in heifers are indicative of physiological stress	8
Insect-repelling behaviour in horses in relation to insect prevalence and access to shelters	8
Do detection dogs respond differently to dried, frozen and live plant targets?	8
A deep transfer learning model for head pose estimation in rhesus macaques during cognitive tasks: Towards a nonrestraint noninvasive 3Rs approach	8
Association of age and body condition with physical activity of domestic cats (Felis catus)	8
Patterns of wounding in mixed-sex social groups of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)	8

Timing of part-time group housing for farm rabbits: Effects on reproductive performance, skin injuries and behaviour	7
The effect of behavioral reactivity on maternal behavior and offspring growth performance in Norduz ewes	7
Personalized dominance – a questionnaire-based analysis of the associations among personality traits and social rank of companion dogs	7
Phenotypic and genomic analyses of agonistic interactions in laying hen lines divergently selected for feather pecking	7
Repeatable individual differences in behaviour and physiology in juvenile horses from an early age	7
Analysis of tooth mark patterns on bone remains caused by wolves (Canis lupus) and domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) for taxonomic identification: A scoping review focused on their value as a for	7
Daytime ingestive behaviour of grazing heifers under tropical silvopastoral systems: Responses to shade and grazing management	7
Development of a pilot human-canine ethogram for an animal-assisted education programme in primary schools – A case study	7
Does enclosure size influence the behaviour & welfare of captive snakes (Pantherophis guttatus)?	7
A novel accelerometry approach combining information on classified behaviors and quantified physical activity for assessing health status of cattle: a preliminary study	7
Strategic use of straw as environmental enrichment for prepartum sows in farrowing crates	7
Dog walk frequency and duration: Analysis of a cohort of dogs up to 15 months of age	7
Effects of physical enrichment and pair housing before weaning on growth, behaviour and cognitive ability of calves after weaning and regrouping	7
Pain assessment based on facial expression of bulls during castration	7
Use of the Polar V800 and Actiheart 5 heart rate monitors for the assessment of heart rate variability (HRV) in horses	7
What makes a good dog-owner team? – A systematic review about compatibility in personality and attachment	7
Automatically recognizing four-legged animal behaviors to enhance welfare using spatial temporal graph convolutional networks	7
Stereotypic behaviour in horses lowers stress but not spatial learning performance	7
Effects of farrowing stall layout and number of heat lamps on sow and piglet behavior	7
Animal welfare indicators for sheep during sea transport: The effect of voyage day and time of day	7
Tank cleaning temporarily increases stress and decreases affiliative behavior in zebrafish	7
Milking temperament of Anatolian buffaloes during early lactation	7
Effect of plant-based enrichment materials on exploration in rearing and fattening pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus)	7
Acoustic variables of high-pitched vocalizations in dairy sheep breeds	7
Welfare and performance of sows and piglets in farrowing pens with temporary crating system on a Spanish commercial farm	7
Behavior traits associated with career outcome in a prison puppy-raising program	7
Is individual temperament related to behaviors in a social context for a Neotropical parakeet species?	7
Tracking performance in poultry is affected by data cleaning method and housing system	7
Factors influencing owner-reported approaches to training dogs enrolled in the Generation Pup longitudinal study	7
The effect of tank cover on welfare of farmed Nile tilapia	7
Proximity between horses in large groups in an open stable system – Analysis of spatial and temporal proximity definitions	7
Spatial and temporal plasticity in free-ranging dogs in sub-Antarctic Chile	6
The amicable rabbit – interactions between pet rabbits and their caregivers based on a questionnaire survey	6
Effect of milk allowance on the suitability of automated behavioural and physiological measures as early disease indicators in calves	6
How leadership could be used to manage domestic and wild ungulate herds	6
Two assays of working memory in companion dogs: The holeboard and disappearing object tasks	6
Behavioural reactivity of two lines of South African Merino sheep divergently selected for reproductive potential	6
Evidence for animal personalities in two Brazilian tortoises (Chelonoidis denticulatus and Chelonoidis carbonarius) and insights for their conservation	6
No evident effect of domestication on the anti-predator behaviour of European abalone (Haliotis tuberculata): Implications for stock enhancement programs	6
Qualitative behavioural assessment of pain in castrated lambs	6
Once bitten, twice shy: Aggressive and defeated pigs begin agonistic encounters with more negative emotions	6
Changes in the behaviour before normal calving to predict its onset in Mediterranean buffaloes heifers	6
Degree of affinity among dairy heifers affects access to feed supplementation	6
Age-dependent changes in dogs’ (Canis familiaris) separation-related behaviours in a longitudinal study	6
Alone but not always lonely: Social cues alleviate isolation induced behavioural stress in wild zebrafish	6
Structural changes in vegetation coincident with reseeding Elymus nutans can increase perceived predation risk of plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae)	6
Conception during the lactation and rearing period affects the ewe-lamb bond at birth	6
Exploring stable-based behaviour and behaviour switching for the detection of bilateral pain in equines	6
The impact of training method on odour learning and generalisation in detection animals	6
Foraging behaviour of gestating sows on pasture and damages to vegetation cover are influenced by restriction of concentrate feed	6
Impact of social mixing on beef and dairy cattle—A scoping review	6
Hucul horses’ learning abilities in different learning tests and ue the association with behaviour, food motivation and fearfulness	6
Do you see what I see? Investigating the validity of an equine personality questionnaire	6
Inter- and intra-individual variability of feeding behaviour in group housed dairy goats	6
The presence of Icelandic leadersheep affects flock behaviour when exposed to a predator test	6
An evaluation of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) detection dog training and performance	6
Effects of restraint on heifers during gentle human-animal interactions	6
Drinking behavior of dairy cows under commercial farm conditions differs depending on water trough design and cleanliness	6
Effects of early social separation on the behaviour of kittens of the domestic cat	6
Animal welfare measured at mink farms in Europe	6
Associations between osteoarthritis and duration and quality of night-time rest in dogs	6
Animal welfare indicators for sheep during sea transport: Monitoring health and behaviour	6
Responses to spoken words by domestic dogs: A new instrument for use with dog owners	6
Personality assessment of headstart Texas horned lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum) in human care prior to release	6
Accelerometer derived rumination monitoring detects changes in behaviour around parturition	6
Deep-worm-tracker: Deep learning methods for accurate detection and tracking for behavioral studies in C. elegans	6
Tail-directed behaviour in pigs – relation to tail posture and tail lesion	6
Doing better for understudied species: Evaluation and improvement of a species-general animal welfare assessment tool for zoos	6
Urine from domesticated male goats (Capra hircus) provides attractive olfactory cues to estrous females	6
Scaredy-cat: Assessment of individual differences in response to an acute everyday stressor across development in the domestic cat	6
Out-of-season breeding and ewe-lamb bond from birth to weaning in Corriedale sheep	6
Usage of outdoor runs and defaecation behaviour of fattening pigs	6
Time spent in post-feeding activities including feed preference by different weight groups of marron (Cherax cainii, Austin 2002) under laboratory conditions	6
Behavioral traits of artificially and naturally hatched geese in intensive and free-range production systems	6
Behavioural indicators of range use in four broiler strains	6
Acute changes in oxytocin predict behavioral responses to foundation training in horses	6
Impact of digital dermatitis on feedlot cattle behaviour	6
Does weight matter? Exploring links between birth weight, growth and pig-directed manipulative behaviour in growing-finishing pigs	6
Managing large litters: Selected measures of performance in 10 intermediate nurse sows and welfare of foster piglets	6
Welfare and quality of life assessments for shelter dogs: A scoping review	6
Towards on-site automatic detection of noxious events in dairy cows	5
Welfare of encaged rodents: Species specific behavioral reaction of voles to new enrichment items	5
Preliminary Relationship between Overnight Separation and Wounding in Bachelor Groups of Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)	5
Objective determination and quantification of pain and inflammation associated with digital dermatitis in feedlot cattle	5
The hierarchical structure of dog personality in a new behavioural assessment: A validation approach	5
Association patterns across multiple gestation cycles within a dynamic sow pen	5
The effects of social and non-social distracting stimuli on dogs with different levels of social competence – Empirical evidence for a canine model of autism	5
The influence of sex, rearing history, and personality on abnormal behaviour in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)	5
Effects of rearing with vertical structures on the ontogeny of depth perception in laying hens	5
Comparison of head–neck positions and conflict behaviour in ridden elite dressage horses between warm-up and competition	5
Individual differences in the behavioral responsiveness of F1 Holstein-Gyr heifers to the training for milking routine	5
Heart rate and heart rate variability in school dogs	5
Pigmentation potentially influences fish welfare in aquaculture	5
Examining the costs and benefits of male-male associations in a group-living equid	5
Pheromonal enrichment in the zoo: An empirical approach with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)	5