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Exploring buyer's preferences to propose strategies to improve dog welfare in Brazil. 探索买家的偏好，提出改善巴西狗福利的策略。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2023.2282972

Gustavo Roberto Dias Rodrigues, Eduarda da Silva Oliveira, Vanessa Theodoro Rezende, Janine França, Camila Raineri

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The use of a penetrative captive bolt device during the killing of farmed saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus). 在捕杀养殖的咸水鳄鱼（Crocodylus porosus）过程中使用穿透式栓塞装置。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2024.2357580

Leisha Hewitt, Dominic Niemeyer, Alison Small

{"title":"The use of a penetrative captive bolt device during the killing of farmed saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus).","authors":"Leisha Hewitt, Dominic Niemeyer, Alison Small","doi":"10.1080/10888705.2024.2357580","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10888705.2024.2357580","url":null,"abstract":"Killing of farmed saltwater crocodiles involve stunning with a penetrative captive bolt device, followed by a cut across the nape of the neck and physical destruction of the brain to ensure death. This study was a welfare-based assessment of the use of a penetrative captive bolt device in saltwater crocodiles, to determine whether it satisfies the criteria of a humane stunning method and can be regarded as a direct killing method without the need for the application of an adjunct method. Methods used were electroencephalogram (EEG), observation of post-stun behavior, and postmortem examination of gross pathology of the cranium and brain. 30 of 30 animals, demonstrated immediate and irreversible loss of consciousness. There was extensive damage to the brain in all animals, deemed to be inconsistent with cortical function and possible recovery. The CASH Special 0.22 penetrative captive bolt pistol (1.25 grain cartridge), applied to the top of the cranial plate, produced immediate and irreversible unconsciousness in all the animals studied. This method satisfies animal welfare expectations, providing crocodile processors with a technique that contributes to a humane killing process.","PeriodicalId":56277,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science","volume":" ","pages":"446-460"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141156095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Key Concepts for Enhancing Zoo Animal Welfare: Coping, Comfort, Choice, Control, Challenge, and Compassion. 提高动物园动物福利的关键概念：应对、舒适、选择、控制、挑战和同情。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-30 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2024.2440891

Paul E Rose, Jack Lewton

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Going to the office - What's in it for the dog? 去办公室-里面有什么给狗的？

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-13 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2023.2268540

S Foltin, L M Glenk

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Japanese Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) Ringing a Bell: Anticipatory Behavior or Intrinsic Motivation? 日本黑熊（Ursus thibetanus japonicus）敲响警钟：预期行为还是内在动机？

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2025.2464573

Ryuta Kawasaki, Tomoko Kanazawa

{"title":"Japanese Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) Ringing a Bell: Anticipatory Behavior or Intrinsic Motivation?","authors":"Ryuta Kawasaki, Tomoko Kanazawa","doi":"10.1080/10888705.2025.2464573","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10888705.2025.2464573","url":null,"abstract":"Environmental enrichments are commonly utilized to improve the welfare of captive animals. One adult male Japanese black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) in this study was provided a manipulable object as foraging enrichment and was observed to use it without a food reward for a long period. A bell, attached to the object, rang when the individual interacted with the manipulable object. We investigated the factors prompting this bell-ringing behavior. The time of day and the number of times bell-ringing behavior occurred were recorded. Additionally, we recorded human presence, and whether humans were zoo staff or visitors. Observations were made over a 6-month period, starting 4 months after the objects were placed without food. Bell-ringing behavior occurred regardless of the humans present, who were categorized into four groups based on their roles. The behavior tended to be expressed more in the afternoon than in the morning, with no strong relationship observed with daily feeding times. These results suggest that the bell-ringing behavior is intrinsically motivated, indicating that the behavior itself may serve as a form of reward.","PeriodicalId":56277,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science","volume":" ","pages":"554-562"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143417095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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What characteristics of dogs help them stay shorter in shelters? Evidence from a polish animal shelter. 狗的哪些特征有助于缩短它们在收容所的停留时间？来自波兰动物收容所的证据。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-02-08 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2024.2308171

Katarzyna Skrzypek, Ewa Zawojska

{"title":"What characteristics of dogs help them stay shorter in shelters? Evidence from a polish animal shelter.","authors":"Katarzyna Skrzypek, Ewa Zawojska","doi":"10.1080/10888705.2024.2308171","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10888705.2024.2308171","url":null,"abstract":"Staying in animal shelters can be stressful for dogs because of exposure to noise, unfamiliar environment, and social separation. Consequently, the wellbeing of sheltered dogs could be improved through reduction of length of stay in a shelter (LOS). To help inform the development of interventions aimed at LOS reduction, we analyze dogs' characteristics affecting their LOS. We use econometric modeling to identify the characteristics's influence by simultaneously controlling for multiple factors. We use data from Poland's largest animal shelter (11805 observations from the years 2000-2020). We compare two modeling approaches: a Cox survival model, commonly used in animal welfare studies, and an accelerated failure time model, theoretically better fitted to studying time-dependent factors but not yet applied in the context of LOS. We conclude that the latter approach is preferable for studying factors affecting LOS. Male sex, mixed-breed, dark fur, large size, and older age appear to be associated with longer time to adoption for dogs. To our knowledge, this is the first econometric examination of factors affecting LOS in a country in Central and Eastern Europe.","PeriodicalId":56277,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science","volume":" ","pages":"400-418"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139704159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dog Foster Volunteer Retention. 保留养狗志愿者。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-21 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2024.2355523

Laura Reese, Jacquelyn Jacobs, Gwen Pratt, Hannah Vanslembrouck, Grace Werner

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Does Measuring Social Attention Lead to Changes in Behavior? A Preliminary Investigation into the Implications of Attention Bias Trials on Behavior in Rhesus Macaques. 衡量社会注意力会导致行为的改变吗？注意偏向试验对恒河猴行为影响的初步研究。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2025.2486351

Emmeline Howarth, Claire Witham, Emily Bethell

{"title":"Does Measuring Social Attention Lead to Changes in Behavior? A Preliminary Investigation into the Implications of Attention Bias Trials on Behavior in Rhesus Macaques.","authors":"Emmeline Howarth, Claire Witham, Emily Bethell","doi":"10.1080/10888705.2025.2486351","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10888705.2025.2486351","url":null,"abstract":"A welfare assessment tool in development must satisfy several criteria before it is considered ready for general use. Some tools that meet many of these criteria have been criticized for their negative effect on welfare. We conducted a preliminary assessment of the impact of attention bias (AB) trials using threat-neutral conspecific face pairs followed by presumed neutral-positive filler stimuli on the behavior of 21 rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta; 15 female). Behavioral observations were conducted following AB trials and repeated two weeks later when no AB trials had occurred (no trial: NT). The association between observation period and behavior was assessed using linear mixed-effects models in R. Trials did not impact any observed behavior except for fear, which was displayed by five monkeys over six trials (four NT). For this sample, there was a significant reduction in fear behavior following AB trials. We, therefore, found no evidence suggesting that AB trials negatively affect behaviour. AB protocols may be suitable for continued development for primate welfare assessment and we encourage researchers to include assessing test impact on welfare in their AB protocols.","PeriodicalId":56277,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science","volume":" ","pages":"540-553"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143765740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Validation of a Questionnaire for Equine Personality Assessement. 验证马匹性格评估问卷。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-18 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2024.2365669

Marina Pagliai Ferreira da Luz, Matheus Henrique Paez Martins Narciso, Caroline Marques Maia, José Carlos de Figueiredo Pantoja, Paolo Baragli, José Nicolau Puoli Filho, Ricardo de Oliveira Orsi

{"title":"Validation of a Questionnaire for Equine Personality Assessement.","authors":"Marina Pagliai Ferreira da Luz, Matheus Henrique Paez Martins Narciso, Caroline Marques Maia, José Carlos de Figueiredo Pantoja, Paolo Baragli, José Nicolau Puoli Filho, Ricardo de Oliveira Orsi","doi":"10.1080/10888705.2024.2365669","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10888705.2024.2365669","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a practical method of assessing the personality of horses using five personality axes. Four evaluators empirically judged 19 horse individuals on specific adjectives for each axis. To validate the questionnaire, four behavioral tests were conducted with these same animals (social interactions, novel object test, bridge test,and arena test). In this tests, the frequency of specific behaviors were evaluated to create a scale related to the same personality adjectives and judge the animals based on their reactions.The questionnaire was reliable in determining the personality of horses, since the results were consistent with those obtained through behavioral tests. Additionally, in this group of horses attention reactions were more frequent than fear reactions, but significant differences occurred among tests. This study proposes a practical questionnaire for owners and trainers to assess the personality of their horses. The application of this tool can improve the relationship between humans and horses, directing a more empathic approach in the everyday routine with these animals.","PeriodicalId":56277,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science","volume":" ","pages":"461-476"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141422036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fostering as a conservation breeding tool: Lessons from three case studies in the critically endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola). 寄养作为一种保护性繁殖工具：从极度濒危的欧洲水貂（Mustela lutreola）的三个案例研究中汲取的教训。

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Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Pub Date : 2025-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-27 DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2025.2481882

Andrea Marin-Sierra, Ciprian Petrescu, David Galicia, María Díez Leon, Tiit Maran, Kristel Nemvalts, M Carmen Aranda

{"title":"Fostering as a conservation breeding tool: Lessons from three case studies in the critically endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola).","authors":"Andrea Marin-Sierra, Ciprian Petrescu, David Galicia, María Díez Leon, Tiit Maran, Kristel Nemvalts, M Carmen Aranda","doi":"10.1080/10888705.2025.2481882","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10888705.2025.2481882","url":null,"abstract":"In conservation breeding programs offspring may become orphaned or require additional care to survive. Fostering represents a potential intervention to avoid the behavioral and physiological problems caused by human hand-rearing. We report five fostering events following the maternal loss of three litters (total of ten kits) in the critically endangered European mink. In two of these cases, we analyzed the dams' and kits' behavior during the first week after the fostering event and recorded the kits' weight. Three fostering events were successful, with foster kits surviving until weaning age; two were unsuccessful, possibly due to the age and developmental stage difference between foster and biological kits. Behaviorally, dams appeared to care for all kits equally, without differences observed in average maternal behaviors or aggression between dams and kits, or among kits. Despite the weight being difference between foster and biological kits, we have verified that fostering can be successful in this species. Future fostering attempts should complement behavioral observations with physiological parameters to assess effects on growth and survival and match foster kits with similarly aged litters to maximize chances of acceptance.","PeriodicalId":56277,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science","volume":" ","pages":"529-539"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143733277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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