Publications

Publications from the Animal Welfare Centre

2025

  • Reeves, M.C., et al. (2025) Norwegian sheep farmers’ perception of the advantages and disadvantages of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technologies. Journal of Rural Studies. vol. 117 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103684
  • Naydani, C. et al. (2025) Development of a research tool leveraging theoretical frameworks to better understand One Health systems thinking among livestock farmers. CABI One Health. [Online] 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.1079/cabionehealth.2025.001
  • Naydani, C. J. & Coombs, T. (2025) Exercise as a welfare strategy? Insights from horse (Equus caballus) owners in the UK. Animal welfare. [Online] 34e14-. 10.1017/awf.2025.11
  • Watson, W. L. et al. (2025) Healthy as a Horse? Characterising the UK and Ireland’s Horse Owners, Their Horses, and Owner-Reported Health and Behavioural Issues. Animals (Basel). [Online] 15 (3), 397-. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15030397

2023

  • Marchant JN, Doyle RE, Hötzel MJ, Iyasere OS and Sinclair M (2023) Editorial: The emergence of animal welfare science and policy in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Front. Vet. Sci. 10:1171229. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1171229

2022

  • Brincat, B. L., McGreevy, P. D., Bowell, V. A., & Packer, R. (2022). Who’s Getting a Head Start? Mesocephalic Dogs in Still Images Are Attributed More Positively Valenced Emotions Than Dogs of Other Cephalic Index Groups. Animals, 12(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010049
  • Clarkson, JM, Martin, JE, and McKeegan, DEF (2022) A review of methods used to kill laboratory rodents: issues and opportunities. Laboratory Animals, 0(0) 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/00236772221097472
  • Clarkson, J, McKeegan, DEF, Sparrey, J, Marchesi, F, Leach, MC, and Martin, JE (2022) Determining candidate hypobaric hypoxia profiles for humane killing of laboratory mice. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, e834478. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.834478
  • Dione, M. M., Oba, P., Nsadha, Z., Asmare, K., Knight-Jones, T. J., & Doyle, R. (2022) The status of pig welfare in selected districts of Uganda: Implications for health and productivity interventions. Frontiers in Animal Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fanim.2022.878359
  • Doyle, R.E., Campbell, A.J., Dione, M., Woodruff, M., Munoz, C., Alemayehu, G., Berhe, T. and Knight-Jones, T., 2022 The role of animal welfare in improving the future of farming. Animal Production Science. https://doi.org/10.1071/AN21562
  • Pearson, G. has three chapters in in Fraser’s The Behaviour and Welfare of the Horse (3rd edition), 2022 CABI https://cabidigitallibrary.org/ doi/10.1079/9781789242133.0000
  • Townsend, L, Dixon, L, Buckley, L. (2022) Lead pulling as a welfare concern in pet dogs: What can veterinary professionals learn from current research? Vet Rec. e1627. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.1627

 

2021

  • Bacon, H., Vigors, B., Shaw, D.J., Waran, N., Dwyer, C.M, Bell, C. (2021) The modern zoo: Demographic and perceptions of two international groups of zoo staff. Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens 2, 636-649. https://doi.org/10.3390/jzbg2040046
  • Bacon, H., Vigors, B., Shaw, D.J., Waran, N., Dwyer, C.M, Bell, C. (2021) Zookeepers - the most important animal in the zoo. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 13, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2021.2012784
  • Shiels, D., Loughrey, J., Dwyer, C.M., Hanrahan, K., Mee, J.F., Keady, T.W.J. (2021) A survey farm management practices relating to the risk factors, prevalence and causes of lamb mortality in Ireland. Animals 12, 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12010030

 

Delphi Project – Expert consensus on animal welfare priority issues in the UK.

The following publications and key findings can be downloaded.

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  • Rioja-Lang, F. et al., 2020. Prioritisation of animal welfare issues in the UK using expert consensus. Veterinary Record, pp.Veterinary Record, 5 July 2020.
  • Rioja-Lang, F. et al., 2020. Determining a Welfare Prioritization for Horses Using a Delphi Method. Animals (Basel), 10(4), p.647. doi: 10.3390/ani10040647
  • Rioja-Lang, F et al., 2020. Prioritization of Farm Animal Welfare Issues Using Expert Consensus. Frontiers in veterinary science, 6, p.495. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00495
  • Rioja-Lang , F , Bacon , H , Connor , M & Dwyer , C 2019 , Rabbit welfare : determining priority welfare issues for pet rabbits using a modified Delphi method , Veterinary Record Open . https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreco-2019–000363.
  • Rioja-Lang, F., Bacon, H., Connor, M., Dwyer, CM.(2019) Determining priority welfare issues for cats in the United Kingdom using expert consensus. Veterinary Record Open 6: e000365. doi: 10.1136/vetreco-2019-000365

 

Publicity/In the News

9 July 2020: The Horse

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