Animal Welfare

Article	Citations
Equipment-related wounds and associated risk factors in working equids of the Oromia national regional state in Ethiopia	40
Electric shock control of farmed animals: Welfare review and ethical critique	35
A comparison of the welfare of free-ranging native pony herds on common land with those used for conservation grazing in the UK	34
Physiological and behavioural assessments of stress levels in owls housed at owl cafes	23
A One Welfare approach to identify socioeconomic vulnerability in families during investigations into companion animal abuse in Pinhais, Brazil	23
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	20
Horse and donkey owners’ perspectives on fireworks and their impact on equids in the UK	20
The Climate Crisis and Other Animals - Richard Twine (2024). Published by Sydney University Press, Sydney, Australia. ISBN (paperback) 9781743328996. Price £19.59 (paperback)	18
Guinea pig meat production in South America: Reviewing existing practices, welfare challenges, and opportunities	18
Pekin ducks are motivated to lay in their preferred nest substrate	17
Working donkey welfare assessment and owner survey in Meru County, Kenya	17
The relationships between attitudes, personal characteristics and behaviour of stockpeople on dairy goat farms	17
Defending and refining the Birch et al. (2021) precautionary framework for animal sentience	15
Estimating global numbers of farmed fishes killed for food annually from 1990 to 2019	15
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
Standardised scoring system to assess the welfare of Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	15
Exploring kitten socialisation practices and welfare implications within a Swedish breeding association	14
Working animal welfare and their multidimensional roles on livelihood improvement in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis	13
Perceptions of barriers to providing good cat care in Malaysian clinical practices	12
The construction of a measure of behavioural complexity as a potential individual-based welfare indicator and its theoretical validation	12
Socialising kitties: A quantitative survey of US cat owner attitudes towards kitten and adult cat socialisation programmes	12
Owners’ everyday interactions with their horse: Pain-related issues and those of veterinary concern	11
The use of technology as environmental enrichment in zoos: A scoping review	11
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

The cost of research: Lasting effects of capture, surgery and muscle biopsy on brown bear (Ursus arctos) movement and physiology	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
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
Pathophysiology of penetrating captive-bolt stunning of horses	10
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	9
Welfare of extensively managed Swedish Gotland ponies	9
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians – ERRATUM	9
Public attitudes toward the use of technology to create new types of animals and animal products	9
Contrafreeloading and its influencing factors in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Implications for their feeding and welfare	9
‘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
Using a Delphi method to estimate the relevance of indicators for the assessment of shelter dog welfare	8
Welfare considerations during a conservation translocation of white-clawed crayfish ( Austropotamobius pallipes ): Proof of concept	8
Support for the ‘Pets as Ambassadors’ hypothesis in men: Higher animal empathy in Australian pet-owners vs non-owners and farmers	8
Waste not, want not: Value chain stakeholder attitudes to surplus dairy calf management in Australia	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	7
Factors affecting animal welfare on commercial broiler chicken farms in West Java, Indonesia	7
The selection, training and welfare of post-racing thoroughbreds and other breeds used in Equine Assisted Services	7
Understanding the Bird of Prey N Fox (2022). Published by Cambria Publishing, Llandeilo, UK. 554 pages Hardback (ISBN: 9780957679139). Price £120.00.	7
Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK	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
Animal welfare organisations that rehome dogs from southern and eastern Europe to Germany: A homepage content analysis	7
A survey of handling and transportation of UK farmed deer	7
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion	6
Welfare and management practices of free-ranging yaks (Bos grunniens) in Bhutan	6
Standard methods for marking caudate amphibians do not impair animal welfare over the short term: An experimental approach – CORRIGENDUM	6
A systematic approach to defining and verifying descriptors used in the Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of sows	6
One welfare: Linking poverty, equid ownership and equid welfare in the brick kilns of India	6
Less activity means improved welfare? How pair housing influences pinyon jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) behaviour	6
Disturbed areas promote more parental care and less nesting preference in females of broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) – ADDENDUM	6
Is pet ownership associated with values and attitudes towards animals?	6
Is a mounted award ceremony in equestrian sport relevant to animal welfare?	6
Needle-free intradermal vaccination, an opportunity to improve commercial pig welfare	5
Moving hens into cages affects cognitive performance, extinction learning and motivation for rewards	5
Neutralisation techniques used by defendants charged with animal welfare offences in Finland	5
Thermal imaging: A potential tool for early detection of tail lesions in pigs?	5
Expanding perspectives and understanding relational potential: Are mutually beneficial human-animal relationships compatible with current animal agricultural practices?	5
Companion animal adoption and relinquishment during the COVID-19 pandemic: Households with children at greatest risk of relinquishing a cat or dog	5
Digital Livestock Technologies as boundary objects: Investigating impacts on farm management and animal welfare	5
Effect of dog-owner interaction on post-operative pain perception and stress of dogs and variability in their behavioural patterns	5
Visitor effects on the welfare of captive Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) during the pandemic lockdowns	5
Physical and behavioural health of dogs belonging to homeless people	5
Risk factors for signs of tail biting in intact-tailed weaner pigs: A cross-sectional study	5
A review of welfare indicators for sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation, with emphasis on environmental enrichment	5
Welfare concerns associated with captive lions (Panthera leo) and the implications for commercial lion farms in South Africa	5
Behaviour and welfare of African lion (Panthera leo) cubs used in contact wildlife tourism	5
On the use of body mass measures in severity assessment in laboratory passerine birds	5
Inconsistency in cervical dislocation: A UK survey of techniques and tools utilised for laboratory rodents	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
AWF volume 31 issue 4 Cover and Front matter	5
A preliminary survey on the occurrence of barbering in laboratory mice in Germany	5
Non-invasive physiological indicators of welfare in dairy cows	4
Contactless body temperature assessment for signalling humane endpoints in a mouse model of sepsis	4
Using the conditioned place preference paradigm to assess hunger in dairy calves: Preliminary results and methodological issues	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
Public concern for animal welfare and its correlation with ethical ideologies after coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China	4
Non-invasive assessment of positive affective state using infra-red thermography in rats	4
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	4
Horses are worthy of care: Horse sector participants’ attitudes towards animal sentience, welfare, and well-being	4
Condition of bob veal calves on arrival at an abattoir in Ohio	4
Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques	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
Laying the groundwork for reptile welfare assessment in zoos and private keeping: A literature-based proposal	4
Can an animal welfare risk assessment tool identify livestock at risk of poor welfare outcomes?	4
Book review of Health and Welfare of Captive Reptiles, Second Edition – Editors’ Note	4
Global distribution and gap analysis of equine housing research: The findings so far and where to go next	4
Evaluation of the longer-term impacts on working practices of veterinarians in India after attending a canine surgical neutering training programme	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
Efficacy of pain management for cattle castration: A systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Does tail docking prevent Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep? A six-year retrospective cohort study	3
Predictors of successful diversion of cats and dogs away from animal shelter intake: Analysis of data from a self-rehoming website	3
Play and welfare in domestic cats: Current knowledge and future directions	3
Bridging the gap between human behaviour and animal welfare: A study on human behaviour change and body condition scoring of suckler cows	3
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	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
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
A systematic review and meta-analysis of physical environmental enrichment to improve animal welfare-related outcomes in indoor cattle	3
Misleading Claim by Ben-Ami et al. (2014)	3
Tamoxifen exacerbates morbidity and mortality in male mice receiving medetomidine anaesthesia	3
AWF volume 31 issue 2 Cover and Back matter	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
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
Reasons for admission and post-release survival of UK rehabilitated herring gulls ( Larus argentatus ) from 1999 to 2024	3
Assessing the relationship between incisor wear, age, and body condition in Dohne Merino ewes (Ovis aries)	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
Improving hen welfare on cage-free egg farms in Asia: Egg producers’ perspectives	3
Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments	3
Why workshops work: Examining the efficacy of training trainers to train goats	3
Evaluating enrichment use in group-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): A machine learning approach	3
A qualitative exploration of owner experiences following dog adoption	2
Assessing the use of a mechanical rump pusher in a commercial cattle slaughter plant	2
Evaluation of score parameters for severity assessment of surgery and liver cirrhosis in rats	2
Assessing the welfare of dogs surgically sterilized during single day free community pet clinics in Kampala Metropolitan area, Central Uganda	2
By your side: How social support affects training duration, task performance and behaviour of pigs in a Judgement Bias Task – CORRIGENDUM	2
Opportunities for agency in domestic horses: Applying the behavioural domain to increase equine welfare	2
Development of a welfare assessment protocol and assessment of dairy cattle welfare in Haryana and Punjab states of Northern India	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
Cats just want to have fun: Associations between play and welfare in domestic cats	2
Fish slaughter practices in Brazilian aquaculture and their consequences for animal welfare	2
The shop, the dog, or the owner? Investigating the pathway of dog relinquishment in Taiwan	2
An effective environmental enrichment framework for the continual improvement of production animal welfare – ERRATUM	2
Early-life enrichment in American mink (Neogale vison): Effects of juvenile physical enrichment on behaviour, temperament, and long-term stereotypic behaviour	2
Legal assessment of ingrown horns and other horn-related anomalies in cattle and sheep	2
A framework to refocus the conversation around the welfare of UK purebred cats	2
Welfare implications of injuries and deformities in wild fish	2
Data analysis of the mortality of cattle and sheep recorded in a sample of Australian saleyards	2
Undergraduate student attitudes towards animal welfare science: An investigation to inform teaching approaches	2
Horse welfare: A joint assessment of four categories of behavioural indicators using the AWIN protocol, scan sampling and surveys	2
Ethical approval of studies involving humans and other animals	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
Exploring the potential for on-animal sensors to detect adverse welfare events: A case study of detecting ewe behaviour prior to vaginal prolapse	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
Grinding as a slaughter method for farmed black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae: Empirical recommendations to achieve instantaneous killing	2
Evaluation of the effect of tongue ties on stress parameters, behaviour and heart-rate variability in racehorses	2
Understanding the human-cattle relationship in mountain cow-calf systems: Insights from Spanish farmers	2
An exploration of surface temperature asymmetries as potential markers of affective states in calves experiencing or observing disbudding	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
The role of breed and personality descriptions in influencing perceptions of shelter dog adoptability	1
Exploring human-animal interactions beyond academic research: A rapid review of grey literature	1
Gentle human interactions trigger positive emotions in chicks	1
Facilitating perspective-taking with animals in human decision-making	1
The significance of shooting angle in seal shooting	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
As a mature scientific discipline animal welfare must be subject to debate and opinion – ERRATUM	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
Managing long-term wellness in captive sea turtles	1
Validation of indicators for the welfare assessment of captive Yangtze finless porpoises (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis)	1
The canine welfare, public health and environmental impact of systemic under-regulation within the UK puppy trade: A scoping review	1
Livestock hauler and dairy farmer perspectives about cull dairy cattle transport and cattle transport regulations in British Columbia, Canada	1
Effects of changing veterinary handling techniques on canine behaviour and physiology Part 2: Behavioural measurements	1
Awareness of animal welfare among primary stakeholders during transport and in livestock markets in Nigeria	1
Swine industry perspectives on the future of pig farming	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
Design and testing of add-on prototypes for transport containers to improve the loading process for end-of-lay hens and catchers	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
Welfare of dairy cows in Kosovo and intervention thresholds for selected welfare indicators as suggested by farmers and veterinarians	1
Understanding sheep lameness management in relation to culling and the UK five-point plan	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
Animal affect, welfare and the Bayesian brain	1
Challenges in farmed insect welfare: Beyond the question of sentience	1
Canadian dairy farmer views about animal welfare	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
Emergency response in overturned pig transport vehicles: Description and discussion of Danish cases from a One Welfare perspective	1
Indicators of improved gestation housing of sows. Part I: Effects on behaviour, skin lesions, locomotion, and tear staining	1
Can dogs help chickens? Pet owners’ willingness to pay for animal welfare-friendly pet food in the United States	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
Are there risk factors commonly observed on Australian farms where the welfare of livestock is poor?	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
Assessment of ante mortem welfare indicators and the pathophysiology of captive-bolt trauma in equids at slaughter	1
Scratch that itch: Farrowing crate scratching enrichment for sows	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
Identifying areas of animal welfare concern in different production stages in Danish pig herds using the Danish Animal Welfare Index (DAWIN) – CORRIGENDUM	1
Life beyond a jar: Effects of tank size and furnishings on the behaviour and welfare of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)	1
Relationships between farmer well-being and the welfare of their animals: A One Welfare scoping review	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
Using institutional ethnography to analyse animal sheltering and protection I: Animal protection work	1
Considerations for implementing regulation of decapods in science	1
Calling a trade-off a trade-off in arguments for cat confinement	1
Human-animal interactions and machine-animal interactions in animals under human care: A summary of stakeholder and researcher perceptions and future directions	1