Animal Welfare

Article	Citations
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	41
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	37
Potential new biomarkers in pig saliva for differentiating between the effects of different conditions of mixing and density at pre-slaughter: a preliminary proteomics study – ERRATUM	34
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	24
Horse and donkey owners’ perspectives on fireworks and their impact on equids in the UK	23
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	20
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	20
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	18
Exploring kitten socialisation practices and welfare implications within a Swedish breeding association	18
The Climate Crisis and Other Animals - Richard Twine (2024). Published by Sydney University Press, Sydney, Australia. ISBN (paperback) 9781743328996. Price £19.59 (paperback)	18
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	17
Working donkey welfare assessment and owner survey in Meru County, Kenya	16
Socialising kitties: A quantitative survey of US cat owner attitudes towards kitten and adult cat socialisation programmes	16
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	15
Standardised scoring system to assess the welfare of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	15
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	15
Guinea pig meat production in South America: Reviewing existing practices, welfare challenges, and opportunities	14
Working animal welfare and their multidimensional roles on livelihood improvement in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
The construction of a measure of behavioural complexity as a potential individual-based welfare indicator and its theoretical validation	13
Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices	12
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	12
Owners’ everyday interactions with their horse: Pain-related issues and those of veterinary concern	11
Pathophysiology of penetrating captive-bolt stunning of horses	11
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	11
The use of technology as environmental enrichment in zoos: A scoping review	11

The cost of research: Lasting effects of capture, surgery and muscle biopsy on brown bear (Ursus arctos) movement and physiology	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	10
“I want them to live their best lives:” A qualitative exploration of owner experiences with walking their cats	10
Humane stunning or stun/killing in the slaughter of wild-caught finfish: The scientific evidence base	10
Can eggshells indicate stressor exposure in free-range laying hens?	10
Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	9
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	9
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	9
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	9
Welfare considerations during a conservation translocation of white-clawed crayfish ( Austropotamobius pallipes ): Proof of concept	8
Animal welfare organisations that rehome dogs from southern and eastern Europe to Germany: A homepage content analysis	8
‘No one cares about the animal like me.’ Indian veterinarians’ experiences of improving animal welfare through Continuing Professional Development	8
Enclosures with flexible structures stimulate species-typical locomotion, but not locomotion quantity, in zoo-housed Bornean orangutans ( Pongo pygmaeus	8
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	8
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	8
Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare	8
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	8
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	7
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:	7
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	7
Understanding the Bird of Prey N Fox (2022). Published by Cambria Publishing, Llandeilo, UK. 554 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9780957679139). Price £120.00.	7
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	7
Factors affecting animal welfare on commercial broiler chicken farms in West Java, Indonesia	7
Small mammal owners’ experiences of housing challenges and animal welfare: A COM-B and word frequency analysis	7
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	7
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	6
Disturbed areas promote more parental care and less nesting preference in females of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) – ADDENDUM	6
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	6
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	6
Moving hens into cages affects cognitive performance, extinction learning and motivation for rewards	6
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	6
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	6
Inconsistency in cervical dislocation: A UK survey of techniques and tools utilised for laboratory rodents	6
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	6
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	6
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	6
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	6
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	6
Needle-free intradermal vaccination, an opportunity to improve commercial pig welfare	6
Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare	5
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	5
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog	5
Laying the groundwork for reptile welfare assessment in zoos and private keeping: A literature-based proposal	5
Thermal imaging: A potential tool for early detection of tail lesions in pigs?	5
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	5
Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?	5
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	5
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	5
Risk factors for signs of tail biting in intact-tailed weaner pigs: A cross-sectional study	5
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	5

A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	5
Assessing the relationship between incisor wear, age, and body condition in Dohne Merino ewes (Ovis aries)	4
Reasons for admission and post-release survival of UK rehabilitated herring gulls ( Larus argentatus ) from 1999 to 2024	4
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.	4
Evaluation of the longer-term impacts on working practices of veterinarians in India after attending a canine surgical neutering training programme	4
Condition of bob veal calves on arrival at an abattoir in Ohio	4
Evaluation of a commercial electrical stunning method for farmed grower saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) using non-invasive EEG measurements	4
Evaluation of stress markers in horses during hippotherapy sessions in comparison to being ridden by beginners	4
Predictors of successful diversion of cats and dogs away from animal shelter intake: Analysis of data from a self-rehoming website	4
Horses are worthy of care: Horse sector participants’ attitudes towards animal sentience, welfare, and well-being	4
Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues	4
Contactless body temperature assessment for signalling humane endpoints in a mouse model of sepsis	4
Non-invasive physiological indicators of welfare in dairy cows	4
Review of The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong About Meat, Animals, and Ourselves - John Sanbonmatsu (2025). Published by NYU Press, 360 pages. I	4
Can an animal welfare risk assessment tool identify livestock at risk of poor welfare outcomes?	4
Global distribution and gap analysis of equine housing research: The findings so far and where to go next	4
Misleading Claim by Ben-Ami et al. (2014)	4
Book review of Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition – Editors’ Note	4
Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats	4
Public concern for animal welfare and its correlation with ethical ideologies after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China	4
Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques	4
Why workshops work: Examining the efficacy of training trainers to train goats	3
Sold a pup? Impact of purchasing practices, owner and dog demographics, and puppy early-life experiences on later canine health outcomes in the UK	3
Understanding the human-cattle relationship in mountain cow-calf systems: Insights from Spanish farmers	3
Tamoxifen exacerbates morbidity and mortality in male mice receiving medetomidine anaesthesia	3
Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments	3
The effect of providing a greater freedom of movement through periodic exercise on the welfare and stress physiology of stall-housed gestating sows and	3
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	3
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	3
A framework to refocus the conversation around the welfare of UK purebred cats	3
Improving hen welfare on cage-free egg farms in Asia: Egg producers’ perspectives	3
Bridging the gap between human behaviour and animal welfare: A study on human behaviour change and body condition scoring of suckler cows	3
Efficacy of pain management for cattle castration: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
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	3
Evaluating enrichment use in group-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): A machine learning approach	3
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).	3
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	3
Does tail docking prevent Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep? A six-year retrospective cohort study	3
Play and welfare in domestic cats: Current knowledge and future directions	3
A systematic review and meta-analysis of physical environmental enrichment to improve animal welfare-related outcomes in indoor cattle	3
Data analysis of the mortality of cattle and sheep recorded in a sample of Australian saleyards	2
Opportunities for agency in domestic horses: Applying the behavioural domain to increase equine welfare	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
Undergraduate student attitudes towards animal welfare science: An investigation to inform teaching approaches	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
Impact of observation duration on behavioural pain assessment and intra-observer reliability in castrated piglets: A pilot study	2
An effective environmental enrichment framework for the continual improvement of production animal welfare – ERRATUM	2
The shop, the dog, or the owner? Investigating the pathway of dog relinquishment in Taiwan	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
Horse welfare: A joint assessment of four categories of behavioural indicators using the AWIN protocol, scan sampling and surveys	2
Welfare implications of injuries and deformities in wild fish	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
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experiences of animal rescue staff and volunteers	2
Assessing the use of a mechanical rump pusher in a commercial cattle slaughter plant	2
Legal assessment of ingrown horns and other horn-related anomalies in cattle and sheep	2
By your side: How social support affects training duration, task performance and behaviour of pigs in a Judgement Bias Task – CORRIGENDUM	2
Development of a welfare assessment protocol and assessment of dairy cattle welfare in Haryana and Punjab states of Northern India	2
An exploration of surface temperature asymmetries as potential markers of affective states in calves experiencing or observing disbudding	2
Assessing the welfare of dogs surgically sterilized during single day free community pet clinics in Kampala Metropolitan area, Central Uganda	2
Ethical approval of studies involving humans and other animals	2
A qualitative exploration of owner experiences following dog adoption	2
Canadian dairy farmer views about animal welfare	2
Evaluation of score parameters for severity assessment of surgery and liver cirrhosis in rats	2
Cats just want to have fun: Associations between play and welfare in domestic cats	2
The significance of shooting angle in seal shooting	1
Considerations for implementing regulation of decapods in science	1
Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter - CORRIGENDUM	1
Are there risk factors commonly observed on Australian farms where the welfare of livestock is poor?	1
Electroencephalographic assessment of pneumatic penetrating captive-bolt stunning of donkeys (Equus asinus)	1
Challenges in farmed insect welfare: Beyond the question of sentience	1
Emergency response in overturned pig transport vehicles: Description and discussion of Danish cases from a One Welfare perspective	1
Calling a trade-off a trade-off in arguments for cat confinement	1
Swine industry perspectives on the future of pig farming	1
Effects of changing veterinary handling techniques on canine behaviour and physiology Part 2: Behavioural measurements	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
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians	1
The canine welfare, public health and environmental impact of systemic under-regulation within the UK puppy trade: A scoping review	1
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion – ERRATUM	1
Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter	1

Using institutional ethnography to analyse animal sheltering and protection I: Animal protection work	1
Design and testing of add-on prototypes for transport containers to improve the loading process for end-of-lay hens and catchers	1
Managing long-term wellness in captive sea turtles	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
Life beyond a jar: Effects of tank size and furnishings on the behaviour and welfare of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)	1
Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions	1
Quantifying chronic stress in group- and stall-housed sows during gestation using cortisol in hair	1
Exploring human-animal interactions beyond academic research: A rapid review of grey literature	1
The Mind of a Bee - By L Chittka (2022). Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. 304 pages Hardback (ISBN: 978-0691180472). Price £20.47.	1
Awareness of animal welfare among primary stakeholders during transport and in livestock markets in Nigeria	1
The effect of a hiding space on the behaviour and heart rate variability of dairy calves during temporary separation from the dam	1
Gentle human interactions trigger positive emotions in chicks	1
Facilitating perspective-taking with animals in human decision-making	1
Indicators of improved gestation housing of sows. Part I: Effects on behaviour, skin lesions, locomotion, and tear staining	1
Animal affect, welfare and the Bayesian brain	1
Understanding sheep lameness management in relation to culling and the UK five-point plan	1
Successive negative contrast: An appropriate approach to measure affective state in dogs?	1
“We forgot about the donkeys!” An institutional analysis of the shift in animal welfare from direct implementation towards advocacy-based programming	1
Validation of indicators for the welfare assessment of captive Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	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
Livestock hauler and dairy farmer perspectives about cull dairy cattle transport and cattle transport regulations in British Columbia, Canada	1
The Cat: Behaviour and Welfare - BO Braastad, A McBride and RC Newberry (2022). Published by CABI, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford OX10 8DE, UK. 209 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1-78-924231-7). Price £35.00	1
The role of breed and personality descriptions in influencing perceptions of shelter dog adoptability	1
Potential new biomarkers in pig saliva for differentiating between the effects of different conditions of mixing and density at pre-slaughter: a preliminary proteomics study	1
Nonhuman Primate Welfare: From History, Science, and Ethics to Practice - Edited by LM Robinson and A Weiss (2023). Published by Springer Nature, Gewerbestrasse 11, Cham 6330, Switzerland. 684 pages H	1
Can dogs help chickens? Pet owners’ willingness to pay for animal welfare-friendly pet food in the United States	1
Using sensors to detect individual responses of lambs during transport and pre-slaughter handling and their relationship with meat quality	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
Identifying areas of animal welfare concern in different production stages in Danish pig herds using the Danish Animal Welfare Index (DAWIN) – CORRIGENDUM	1
Relationships between farmer well-being and the welfare of their animals: A One Welfare scoping review	1