Animal Welfare

Article	Citations
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	49
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	33
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	33
An assessment of animal welfare impacts in wild Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) management	32
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	21
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.	20
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	20
The construction of a measure of behavioural complexity as a potential individual-based welfare indicator and its theoretical validation	19
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	16
The Climate Crisis and Other Animals - Richard Twine (2024). Published by Sydney University Press, Sydney, Australia. ISBN (paperback) 9781743328996. Price £19.59 (paperback)	16
Working donkey welfare assessment and owner survey in Meru County, Kenya	16
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	15
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	14
Standardised scoring system to assess the welfare of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	14
Socialising kitties: A quantitative survey of US cat owner attitudes towards kitten and adult cat socialisation programmes	13
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	11
Pathophysiology of penetrating captive-bolt stunning of horses	11
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	11
Guinea pig meat production in South America: Reviewing existing practices, welfare challenges, and opportunities	11
Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices	11
Working animal welfare and their multidimensional roles on livelihood improvement in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Assessment, causes and consequences of short opercula in laboratory-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	11
Owners’ everyday interactions with their horse: Pain-related issues and those of veterinary concern	10
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	10
The use of technology as environmental enrichment in zoos: A scoping review	10

“I want them to live their best lives:” A qualitative exploration of owner experiences with walking their cats	9
The cost of research: Lasting effects of capture, surgery and muscle biopsy on brown bear (Ursus arctos) movement and physiology	9
Humane stunning or stun/killing in the slaughter of wild-caught finfish: The scientific evidence base	9
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
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	8
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	8
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	8
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	8
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	8
Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	8
‘No one cares about the animal like me.’ Indian veterinarians’ experiences of improving animal welfare through Continuing Professional Development	8
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
Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare	7
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	7
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	7
Animal welfare organisations that rehome dogs from southern and eastern Europe to Germany: A homepage content analysis	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	7
Small mammal owners’ experiences of housing challenges and animal welfare: A COM-B and word frequency analysis	6
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	6
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	6
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	6
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	6
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	6
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	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
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	6
Disturbed areas promote more parental care and less nesting preference in females of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) – ADDENDUM	6
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	6
Factors affecting animal welfare on commercial broiler chicken farms in West Java, Indonesia	6
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	5
Needle-free intradermal vaccination, an opportunity to improve commercial pig welfare	5
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	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
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	5
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	5
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	5
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	5
Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare	5
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	5
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	5
Welfare concerns associated with captive lions (Panthera leo) and the implications for commercial lion farms in South Africa	5
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	5
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog	4
Individual variation in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) repertoires of abnormal behaviour	4
Evaluation of the longer-term impacts on working practices of veterinarians in India after attending a canine surgical neutering training programme	4
A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	4
Laying the groundwork for reptile welfare assessment in zoos and private keeping: A literature-based proposal	4
Contactless body temperature assessment for signalling humane endpoints in a mouse model of sepsis	4

A review of welfare indicators for sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation, with emphasis on environmental enrichment	4
Evaluation of a commercial electrical stunning method for farmed grower saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) using non-invasive EEG measurements	4
Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats	4
Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments	3
Public concern for animal welfare and its correlation with ethical ideologies after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China	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
Global distribution and gap analysis of equine housing research: The findings so far and where to go next	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
Condition of bob veal calves on arrival at an abattoir in Ohio	3
A systematic review and meta-analysis of physical environmental enrichment to improve animal welfare-related outcomes in indoor cattle	3
Play and welfare in domestic cats: Current knowledge and future directions	3
Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues	3
Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques	3
Can an animal welfare risk assessment tool identify livestock at risk of poor welfare outcomes?	3
Predictors of successful diversion of cats and dogs away from animal shelter intake: Analysis of data from a self-rehoming website	3
Book review of Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition – Editors’ Note	3
Tamoxifen exacerbates morbidity and mortality in male mice receiving medetomidine anaesthesia	3
Does tail docking prevent Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep? A six-year retrospective cohort study	3
Improving hen welfare on cage-free egg farms in Asia: Egg producers’ perspectives	3
Assessing the relationship between incisor wear, age, and body condition in Dohne Merino ewes (Ovis aries)	3
Evaluation of stress markers in horses during hippotherapy sessions in comparison to being ridden by beginners	3
Horses are worthy of care: Horse sector participants’ attitudes towards animal sentience, welfare, and well-being	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
Misleading Claim by Ben-Ami et al. (2014)	3
Efficacy of pain management for cattle castration: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Reasons for admission and post-release survival of UK rehabilitated herring gulls ( Larus argentatus ) from 1999 to 2024	3
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	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
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
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
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
An effective environmental enrichment framework for the continual improvement of production animal welfare – ERRATUM	2
Grinding as a slaughter method for farmed black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae: Empirical recommendations to achieve instantaneous killing	2
Understanding the human-cattle relationship in mountain cow-calf systems: Insights from Spanish farmers	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
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
An exploration of surface temperature asymmetries as potential markers of affective states in calves experiencing or observing disbudding	2
Fish slaughter practices in Brazilian aquaculture and their consequences for animal welfare	2
Ethical approval of studies involving humans and other animals	2
A qualitative exploration of owner experiences following dog adoption	2
The shop, the dog, or the owner? Investigating the pathway of dog relinquishment in Taiwan	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
Evaluation of the effect of tongue ties on stress parameters, behaviour and heart-rate variability in racehorses	2
Development of a welfare assessment protocol and assessment of dairy cattle welfare in Haryana and Punjab states of Northern India	2
Evaluating enrichment use in group-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): A machine learning approach	2
Why workshops work: Examining the efficacy of training trainers to train goats	2
AWF volume 31 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	2
An evaluation of the role of ‘biological evidence’ in zoo and aquarium enrichment practices	2
Undergraduate student attitudes towards animal welfare science: An investigation to inform teaching approaches	2
Canadian dairy farmer views about animal welfare	2
Impact of observation duration on behavioural pain assessment and intra-observer reliability in castrated piglets: A pilot study	2
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The experiences of animal rescue staff and volunteers	2
Early-life enrichment in American mink (Neogale vison): Effects of juvenile physical enrichment on behaviour, temperament, and long-term stereotypic behaviour	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
Exploring the potential for on-animal sensors to detect adverse welfare events: A case study of detecting ewe behaviour prior to vaginal prolapse	2
Horse welfare: A joint assessment of four categories of behavioural indicators using the AWIN protocol, scan sampling and surveys	2
A framework to refocus the conversation around the welfare of UK purebred cats	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
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
Cortisol is not enough: A complex stress reaction in tethered goats	2
By your side: How social support affects training duration, task performance and behaviour of pigs in a Judgement Bias Task – CORRIGENDUM	2
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians	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
Livestock hauler and dairy farmer perspectives about cull dairy cattle transport and cattle transport regulations in British Columbia, Canada	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
“We forgot about the donkeys!” An institutional analysis of the shift in animal welfare from direct implementation towards advocacy-based programming	1
Identifying areas of animal welfare concern in different production stages in Danish pig herds using the Danish Animal Welfare Index (DAWIN) – CORRIGENDUM	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
Animal affect, welfare and the Bayesian brain	1
Successive negative contrast: An appropriate approach to measure affective state in dogs?	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
Calling a trade-off a trade-off in arguments for cat confinement	1
Swine industry perspectives on the future of pig farming	1
Indicators of improved gestation housing of sows. Part I: Effects on behaviour, skin lesions, locomotion, and tear staining	1
Broom and Fraser's Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare, Sixth Edition DM Broom (2021). Published by CABI, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. 545 pages Paperback (ISBN: 978-1789248784), H	1
The significance of shooting angle in seal shooting	1
Scratch that itch: Farrowing crate scratching enrichment for sows	1

Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter - CORRIGENDUM	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
Design and testing of add-on prototypes for transport containers to improve the loading process for end-of-lay hens and catchers	1
Considerations for implementing regulation of decapods in science	1
Validation of indicators for the welfare assessment of captive Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	1
Managing long-term wellness in captive sea turtles	1
Using sensors to detect individual responses of lambs during transport and pre-slaughter handling and their relationship with meat quality	1
Awareness of animal welfare among primary stakeholders during transport and in livestock markets in Nigeria	1
Exploring human-animal interactions beyond academic research: A rapid review of grey literature	1
The role of breed and personality descriptions in influencing perceptions of shelter dog adoptability	1
Can dogs help chickens? Pet owners’ willingness to pay for animal welfare-friendly pet food in the United States	1
Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter	1
Asking Animals: An Introduction to Animal Behaviour Testing BL Nielsen (2020) Published by CABI Publishing, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8DE, UK. 192 pages Hardback/Paperback (ISBN: 97	1
Are there risk factors commonly observed on Australian farms where the welfare of livestock is poor?	1
The effect of a hiding space on the behaviour and heart rate variability of dairy calves during temporary separation from the dam	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
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
Challenges in farmed insect welfare: Beyond the question of sentience	1
Using institutional ethnography to analyse animal sheltering and protection I: Animal protection work	1
Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions	1
Life beyond a jar: Effects of tank size and furnishings on the behaviour and welfare of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)	1
Effects of changing veterinary handling techniques on canine behaviour and physiology Part 2: Behavioural measurements	1
The effect of blindfolding and swaddling on the stress response to handling in domestic rabbits	1