Publications

Publications from the Animal Welfare Centre

2025

  • Otani, Y. et al. (2025) Cross-cultural variation in understanding of animal welfare principles and animal management practices among veterinary and animal welfare professionals in the UK and Japan. Animal welfare. [Online] 34. https://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2025.10026
  • Lanzoni, L., Reeves, M.C., Waxenberg, K., Ramsey, R., Atzori, A.S., Bell, J.,  Rees, R., Vignola, G., Dwyer, C.M. (2025). The carbon cost of impaired welfare on sheep farms. Animal 19, 101390. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101390
  • Kang, H. et al. (2025) Do Activity Sensors Identify Physiological, Clinical and Behavioural Changes in Laying Hens Exposed to a Vaccine Challenge? Animals (Basel). [Online] 15 (2), 205-. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15020205
  • 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
  • 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
  • Shiels, D., Mee, J.F., Hanrahan, J.P., Dwyer, C.M., Fagan, S., Keady, T. (2025) Timing, risk factors and causes of fetal and pre-weaning lamb mortality in a lowland production system. Animal 19, 101401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101401
  • 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

2024

  • Erichsen, C., Heiser, A., Haack, N., Maclean, P., Dwyer, C.M., McCoard, S. (2024) Increasing the understanding of nutrient transport capacity of the ovine placentome using a transcriptomic approach. Animals. 14(9), 1294; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14091294
  • Erichsen, C., Coombs, T., Sargison, N., McCoard, S., Rowland, M., Dwyer, C.M. (2024) Improving triplet lamb survival: A survey of management practices used by commercial farmers. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 11, 1394484. DOI=10.3389/fvets.2024.1394484
  • Hay K, Lambe N, Roden J, Jarvis S, Dwyer CM. (2024) Genetic Analysis of a Maternal Assistance Score in Sheep.  Animal, in press Volume 18, Issue 9.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2024.101265.
  • McGrath,N., Phillips, CJC,  Dwyer, CM, Burman, O, Henning, J. (2024) Humans can identify reward-related call types of chickens. Royal Society Open Science 11, 231284.
  • Reeves, M.C., Booth, N., Fox, N.J., Donbavand, J., Jack, M., Kenyon, F., Martin, J.E., Baxter, E.M., Dwyer, C.M. (2024) The impact of parasitism on the behaviour and welfare of weaned housed lambs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 276, 106323.
  • Yang, Q., Dwyer, C.M., Vigors, B., Zhao, R., Langford, F.M. (2024) Animal welfare with Chinese characteristics: Chinese poultry producers’ perceptions of, and attitudes towards, animal welfare. PLoS ONE 19, e0307061.

2023

  • Bacon, H., Bell, C., Dwyer, CM., Waran, N., Qing, Y., Xia, L., Shaw, D.J. (2023) Exploration of cultural norms and behavioural beliefs about zoo animal behaviour, welfare, ethics and husbandry practices in a sample of the international zoo community. Zoo Biology 42, 416-428.
  • 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
  • Yusof, N. N. M. et al. (2023) Parity and housing effects on the behavioural and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis responses of pregnant ewes. Animal (Cambridge, England). [Online] 17 (11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.animal.2023.101006
  • Wiese, T. R. et al. (2023) Concerns and research priorities for Scottish farmed salmon welfare – An industry perspective.  http://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1260090

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
  • Craven, A. J. et al. (2022) Veterinary drug therapies used for undesirable behaviours in UK dogs under primary veterinary care. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261139
  • 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
  • Rowland, M., Hudson, N., Connor, M., Dwyer, C.M., Coombs, T. (2022)  The welfare of Traveller and Gypsy owned horses in the UK and Ireland. Animals 12, 2402.
  • 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
  • Jarvis, S. et al. (2021) Qualitative Behavioural Assessment (QBA) in juvenile farmed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar): potential for on-farm welfare assessment. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.702783
    Pearson, G. et al. (2021) A Delphi study to determine expert consensus on the behavioural indicators of stress in horses undergoing veterinary care. Applied animal behaviour science. [Online] 237105291-.
  • 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
  • Vasanthakumar, M., Upjohn, M., Watson, T., Dwyer, C.M. (2021) The contribution of working equids to the livelihoods of women across six  communities in the Chimaltenango region of Guatemala. Animals 11, 1509.

 

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

 

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