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Sentience Matters: Analysing the Regulation of Calf-Roping in Australian Rodeos
Animals, 2022 Animal sentience is recognised either implicitly or explicitly in legislation in all Australian states and territories. In these jurisdictions, animal welfare legislation prohibits acts of cruelty towards animals because animals have the capacity to ...
Morgan Stonebridge +2 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy: The Wellspring of EBVM Success, and How We Can Improve It
Veterinary Evidence, 2017 Therapy and prognosis are entailed by the diagnosis: the holistic success of the EBVM approach therefore firmly and critically rests on diagnostic accuracy.Unfortunately, medical professionals do not appear to be very accurate with diagnoses.
David Mills
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Naturalness and Animal Welfare
Animals, 2018 Naturalness is considered important for animals, and is one criterion for assessing how we care for them. However, it is a vague and ambiguous term, which needs definition and assessments suitable for scientific and ethical questions.
James Yeates
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Community Attitudes Reflect Reporting Rates and Prevalence of Animal Mistreatment
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Community attitudes toward the treatment of animals are important to understand for the development of intervention programs to prevent mistreatment. We aimed to investigate whether previously identified differences between local government areas (LGAs ...
Carmen Glanville +3 more
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Water for Domestic Ducks: The Benefits and Challenges in Commercial Production
Frontiers in Animal Science, 2022 Although we have been farming ducks for at least 4,000 years, with some accounts suggesting domestication having begun more than 38,000 years ago, there are still many unknowns for optimizing domestic duck welfare in a commercial setting.
Sarah Babington +2 more
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Animal Welfare, 1996 Each year now since 1991 the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has produced a review of the involvement of the Society with scientific matters. The 1994 Review has now been published and contains an account of the research, development and technical work carried out by the RSPCA Science Division ie the Farm Animal ...
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Animal Genetics, Volume 57, Issue 5, October 2026.ABSTRACT Environmental stressors in commercial poultry systems can negatively affect bird welfare, although individuals vary considerably in their responses. Neuroplasticity within the hippocampus, measured through the density of doublecortin‐positive (DCX+) neurons, provides a potential biomarker of stress experience in laying hens.
Lindsay Neuert +8 more
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Social License and Animal Welfare: Developments from the Past Decade in Australia
Animals, 2020 “Social license to operate” (SLO) refers to the implicit process by which a community gives an industry approval to conduct its current business activities. It has become an important focus for many natural resource management fields (especially mining),
Jordan O. Hampton +2 more
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Behaviours Expressed by Rodeo Calves during Different Phases of Roping
Animals, 2023 There are significant welfare concerns with the use of calves in calf roping (also known as rope-and-tie) events in rodeos. However, little work has been carried out to scientifically assess calves’ behavioural responses to the stressors of these events.
Sylvia Dixon +4 more
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Refining Housing, Husbandry and Care for Animals Used in Studies Involving Biotelemetry
Animals, 2014 Biotelemetry can contribute towards reducing animal numbers and suffering in disciplines including physiology, pharmacology and behavioural research.
Penny Hawkins
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