Publications from the Animal Welfare Centre 2025Kang, 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/ani15020205Lanzoni, 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.2024.101390Naydani, 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.2025.001Naydani, 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.2025.11Reeves, 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.2025.103684Shiels, 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.2024.101401Watson, 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/ani150303972024Erichsen, 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/ani14091294Erichsen, 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, e0307061.2023Bacon, 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.2023.1171229Yusof, 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.2023.101006Wiese, T. R. et al. (2023) Concerns and research priorities for Scottish farmed salmon welfare – An industry perspective. http://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.12600902022Brincat, 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/ani12010049Clarkson, 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/10.1177/00236772221097472Clarkson, 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.2022.834478Craven, 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.0261139Dione, 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.2022.878359Doyle, 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/AN21562Pearson, 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 2021Bacon, 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/jzbg2040046Bacon, 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/10.1080/10888705.2021.2012784Jarvis, 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.2021.702783Pearson, 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/ani12010030Vasanthakumar, 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. Image 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/ani10040647Rioja-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.2019.00495Rioja-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 News9 July 2020: The HorseStudy: Biosecurity, Delayed Euthanasia, Top Equine Welfare IssuesVet Record, 187 (1)Focusing on Animal Welfare This article was published on 2024-09-02
