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Section Board for 'Human-Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion' (76)
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IRTA, Veïnat de Sies s/n, 17121 Monells, Spain
Interests: behavior; animal welfare; stress; pig; farming
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Interests: behavior; animal welfare; stress; pig; farming
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Animals: Environmental Enrichment of Pigs
University of Cambridge, UK
Interests: Comparative cognition (corvids, cephalopods, Cuttlefish)
Interests: Comparative cognition (corvids, cephalopods, Cuttlefish)
Primate Research Institute, Inuyama, Japan
Interests: Comparative Cognition; Language Evolution; Social cognition; Memory and Perception
Interests: Comparative Cognition; Language Evolution; Social cognition; Memory and Perception
Reference Centre for Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health, Isituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
Interests: animal behaviour; neuroethology; Ngf; mammals; birds; welfare
Interests: animal behaviour; neuroethology; Ngf; mammals; birds; welfare
Ronin Institute
Interests: Systems approaches in animal behaviour; animal cognition; conditioning techniques
Interests: Systems approaches in animal behaviour; animal cognition; conditioning techniques
Institute of Polar Science - National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR)
Interests: Acoustic Ecology, Animal biology, Animal behaviour, animal physiology, Biochemistry, Marine mammals, Anthropogenic noise
Interests: Acoustic Ecology, Animal biology, Animal behaviour, animal physiology, Biochemistry, Marine mammals, Anthropogenic noise
Departments of Psychology and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 310A Austin Peay Building. University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0900, USA
Interests: comparative behavior; ethology; play behavior; reptile behavior; chemoreception; social and predatory behavior; comparative ontogeny; snakes
Interests: comparative behavior; ethology; play behavior; reptile behavior; chemoreception; social and predatory behavior; comparative ontogeny; snakes
MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary
Interests: dog socio-cognitive abilities; animal cognition; animal behavior; ethology
Interests: dog socio-cognitive abilities; animal cognition; animal behavior; ethology
School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia
Interests: human-companion animal relationships; anthrozoology; shelter practices; dog behaviour
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Interests: human-companion animal relationships; anthrozoology; shelter practices; dog behaviour
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Animals: Management and Welfare of Shelter Animals
Animal & Veterinary Sciences, SRUC, Roslin Institute Building, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Interests: mother-offspring interactions; offspring survival and development; animal welfare; animal behaviour; sheep welfare; welfare assessment techniques
Interests: mother-offspring interactions; offspring survival and development; animal welfare; animal behaviour; sheep welfare; welfare assessment techniques
Department of Psychology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
Interests: Developmental psychobiology; early life stress; social buffering; stress in shelter dogs; stress-induced sickness behavior; hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
Interests: Developmental psychobiology; early life stress; social buffering; stress in shelter dogs; stress-induced sickness behavior; hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL 60614, USA
Interests: laboratory animal welfare; zoo; primates; behaviour; cognition; training; social learning
Interests: laboratory animal welfare; zoo; primates; behaviour; cognition; training; social learning
Charles Sturt University, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Wagga Wagga, Australia
Interests: Animal cognition; poultry behaviour and welfare; fish biology; animal ethics
Interests: Animal cognition; poultry behaviour and welfare; fish biology; animal ethics
1. Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia2. Taronga Conservation Society Australia, Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Wildlife Reproduction Centre, Obley Road, Dubbo, NSW 2830, Australia
Interests: animal behaviour; behavioural ecology; human-wildlife conflict; carnivore behaviour; human-wildlife interactions; scent communication; olfactory communication; ethology; social behaviour; conservation behaviour
Interests: animal behaviour; behavioural ecology; human-wildlife conflict; carnivore behaviour; human-wildlife interactions; scent communication; olfactory communication; ethology; social behaviour; conservation behaviour
Animal Ecology Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, De Uithof, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: social relationships; social cognition; cooperation; prosociality; personality; animal emotions; contagious yawning; primates; birds
Interests: social relationships; social cognition; cooperation; prosociality; personality; animal emotions; contagious yawning; primates; birds
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali - Produzione, Territorio, Agroenergia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: Animal Welfare; Animal Behaviour; Small Ruminants; Cattle; Milk; Wildlife Conservation
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Interests: Animal Welfare; Animal Behaviour; Small Ruminants; Cattle; Milk; Wildlife Conservation
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Animals: Positive Aspects of Animal Welfare
Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Interests: Stereotypy; neurodegeneration; cognition; sleep; neurophysiologial effects of stress
Interests: Stereotypy; neurodegeneration; cognition; sleep; neurophysiologial effects of stress
Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: animal welfare; animal models for human disease; behaviour in farm animals; neurobiology in farm animals
Interests: animal welfare; animal models for human disease; behaviour in farm animals; neurobiology in farm animals
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
Interests: Animal ethics; animal pain; animal mind; animal consciousness
Interests: Animal ethics; animal pain; animal mind; animal consciousness

Animal Behaviour and Welfare Group, Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Dolberry Building, Langford BS40 5DU, UK
Interests: animal welfare; human-animal interactions; working dog; companion- animal; rabbits; play behaviour; medical alert dogs
Interests: animal welfare; human-animal interactions; working dog; companion- animal; rabbits; play behaviour; medical alert dogs
Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Interests: human-animal relationships; predominantly in the historic period; animal health and disease
Interests: human-animal relationships; predominantly in the historic period; animal health and disease
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, 43124 Parma, Italy
Interests: animal behavior; animal welfare; human-dog relationship; dog cognition
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Interests: animal behavior; animal welfare; human-dog relationship; dog cognition
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Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Scotland's Rural College, West Mains Rd., Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
Interests: animal cognition; animal welfare; human-animal relationships; animal sentience; qualitative behaviour assessment
Interests: animal cognition; animal welfare; human-animal relationships; animal sentience; qualitative behaviour assessment
Institut de Recerca I Technologia Agroalimentaries, Caldes de Montbui, Spain
Interests: Animal Welfare; animal behavior; welfare at slaughter
Interests: Animal Welfare; animal behavior; welfare at slaughter
Department of Farm Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, Yalelaan 7, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
Interests: welfare and behavior of cattle; estrus regulation and detection in cattle; housing and animal husbandry of cattle (and horses); welfare during transport
Interests: welfare and behavior of cattle; estrus regulation and detection in cattle; housing and animal husbandry of cattle (and horses); welfare during transport
Animal & Veterinary Sciences, SRUC, Roslin Institute Building, Easter Bush, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Interests: pigs; social behaviour; Animal Behaviour and Welfare
Interests: pigs; social behaviour; Animal Behaviour and Welfare
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Interests: wildlife management; conservation; rewilding; wildlife health; ecology; reproduction biology; animal behaviour; marsupials
Interests: wildlife management; conservation; rewilding; wildlife health; ecology; reproduction biology; animal behaviour; marsupials
Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Interests: Primate social; reproductive; cognitive and communication behavior
Interests: Primate social; reproductive; cognitive and communication behavior
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Italy
Interests: behavior; physiology; animal welfare; cognitive ethology; brain lateralization
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Interests: behavior; physiology; animal welfare; cognitive ethology; brain lateralization
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Animals: New Tools for the Evaluation of Animal Welfare
Oklahoma State University, Departments of Animal and Food Sciences, United States
Interests: stress and environmental physiology; sow housing; maternal-fetal interaction; prenatal stress; and effects of the environment on immune status; behavior; and well-being of swine and other livestock
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Interests: stress and environmental physiology; sow housing; maternal-fetal interaction; prenatal stress; and effects of the environment on immune status; behavior; and well-being of swine and other livestock
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Animals: Impact of Environment and Stressors on Animal Welfare
Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Gatton, Queensland 4343, Australia
Interests: animal learning; animal welfare; brain lateralization; choice behaviour; visual pattern recognition
Interests: animal learning; animal welfare; brain lateralization; choice behaviour; visual pattern recognition
Institute for Animal Husbandry and Animal Welfare, University of Veterinary Medicine (Vetmeduni) Vienna, 1210 Vienna, Austria
Interests: social behaviour; oxytocin; human-animal interaction; prosocial behaviour; neuroscience; euthanasia; slaughter; free-range poultry
Interests: social behaviour; oxytocin; human-animal interaction; prosocial behaviour; neuroscience; euthanasia; slaughter; free-range poultry
Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Interests: fluctuating asymmetry; developmental instability; behavioural instability; conservation genomics
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Interests: fluctuating asymmetry; developmental instability; behavioural instability; conservation genomics
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Symmetry: Asymmetry Indexes, Behavioural Instability and the Characterization of Behavioural Patterns
Special Issue in Symmetry: Fluctuating Asymmetry and Environmental Stress
Special Issue in Symmetry: Asymmetry Indexes, Behavioural Instability and the Characterization of Behavioural Patterns II
Special Issue in Symmetry: Fluctuating Asymmetry and Environmental Stress
Special Issue in Symmetry: Asymmetry Indexes, Behavioural Instability and the Characterization of Behavioural Patterns II
1. Helsinki One Health, University of Helsinki, Saarentaus, Finland 2. Department of Production Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Saarentaus, Finland
Interests: pig reproduction; dynamic relationship between animals and humans; One Health and Welfare
Interests: pig reproduction; dynamic relationship between animals and humans; One Health and Welfare
UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Departamento de Zootecnia, Jaboticabal-SP, Brazil
Interests: animal welfare; animal behaviour; animal production; poultry welfare; horses welfare; beef and dairy cattle welfare
Interests: animal welfare; animal behaviour; animal production; poultry welfare; horses welfare; beef and dairy cattle welfare
Department of Agricultural and Food Science (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 50, 40127 Bologna,Italy
Interests: Equine internal and sports medicine; exercise physiology; horse behavior and welfare; equitation science; animal behavior and welfare; animal transport; human-animal interaction; animal welfare science
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Interests: Equine internal and sports medicine; exercise physiology; horse behavior and welfare; equitation science; animal behavior and welfare; animal transport; human-animal interaction; animal welfare science
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Universita degli Studi della Basilicata, SAFE, Potenza, Italy
Interests: Applied animal behaviour; Animal welfare assessment; Acceptability of animal-based products
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Interests: Applied animal behaviour; Animal welfare assessment; Acceptability of animal-based products
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Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, King Henry Building, King Henry 1st Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2DY, UK
Interests: secondary emotions in animals and infants; animal personality; inter species communication; the embodiment of emotions and intentions
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Interests: secondary emotions in animals and infants; animal personality; inter species communication; the embodiment of emotions and intentions
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Animals: The Psychology of Animal Emotion and Personality
College of Science, Health, Engineering & Education, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
Interests: on-farm and supply-chain welfare indicators; nutritional strategies to reduce stress; qualitative behavioural assessment; new technologies for welfare monitoring; impact of handling conditions and novel environments on stress
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Interests: on-farm and supply-chain welfare indicators; nutritional strategies to reduce stress; qualitative behavioural assessment; new technologies for welfare monitoring; impact of handling conditions and novel environments on stress
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Animals: Development and Assessment of Animal Welfare Indicators
Departments of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Federico II University of Naples, 80138 Naples, Italy
Interests: Animal Assisted Interventions; Pubblic Health; bioethics, Zoonosis
Interests: Animal Assisted Interventions; Pubblic Health; bioethics, Zoonosis
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Interests: mammalian social behavior; parental care;and ecology; applied animal behavior; human-animal interactions; animal shelters; animal welfare
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Interests: mammalian social behavior; parental care;and ecology; applied animal behavior; human-animal interactions; animal shelters; animal welfare
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Animals: Behavior of Shelter Animals
Departments of Animal and Food Science and Animal Care Services, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
Interests: behavior; neuroscience; welfare; immunology; stress physiology and behavior; pheromones in pigs and other animals
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Interests: behavior; neuroscience; welfare; immunology; stress physiology and behavior; pheromones in pigs and other animals
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Animals: Pig Transport
Special Issue in Animals: Pig Transport 2016
Special Issue in Animals: Animal Suffering and Welfare
Special Issue in Animals: Pig Transport 2016
Special Issue in Animals: Animal Suffering and Welfare
Department of Politics and Society, University of Winchester, Winchester SO22 4NR, UK
Interests: human-animal studies; animal welfare science; ethics and law
Interests: human-animal studies; animal welfare science; ethics and law
Department of Psychology, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Lindsay Matthews & Associates Research International,Viale Mario Torinese 38, Scerne di Pineto, Teramo 64025, Italy
Interests: animal welfare; livestock behaviour; animal motivation
Interests: animal welfare; livestock behaviour; animal motivation
Department of Life Sciences, University of Roehampton, London SW15 5PJ, UK
Interests: human/animal relationships; foxhunting; wolf; taxidermised hunting trophies; conservation and human-wildlife conflicts
Interests: human/animal relationships; foxhunting; wolf; taxidermised hunting trophies; conservation and human-wildlife conflicts
Department of Animal Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation and Department of Biology, Canisius College, Buffalo NY , 14208, USA
Interests: environmental effects on behavior; primate behavior; reproductive physiology; stress effects
Interests: environmental effects on behavior; primate behavior; reproductive physiology; stress effects
Department of Animal and Food Science, School of Veterinary Science, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
Interests: animal welfare; welfare assessment; animal behaviour; stress physiology; companion animals, wild animals
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Interests: animal welfare; welfare assessment; animal behaviour; stress physiology; companion animals, wild animals
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Animals: Zoo Animal Welfare
Special Issue in Animals: Early Life Manipulations to Improve Long-Term Animal Welfare
Special Issue in Animals: Early Life Manipulations to Improve Long-Term Animal Welfare
1. The Federal Institute for Risk AssessmentHead of Unit Animal Protection and Laboratory Animal ScienceDiedersdorfer Weg 1 Building 6, 12277 Berlin, Germany
2. Institute of Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science, Freie Universität, Berlin,Germany
Interests: Laboratory Animal Science; Animal Welfare; Animal Behavior
2. Institute of Animal Welfare, Animal Behavior and Laboratory Animal Science, Freie Universität, Berlin,Germany
Interests: Laboratory Animal Science; Animal Welfare; Animal Behavior
SRUC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3 JG, UK
the Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Interests: positive animal welfare; positive emotions; environmental enrichment; play behaviour; neural effects of environmental enrichment
the Roslin Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Interests: positive animal welfare; positive emotions; environmental enrichment; play behaviour; neural effects of environmental enrichment
Department of Information Engineering, University of Florence, Via santa Marta, 3 - 50139 Firenze, Italy
Interests: Human animal interaction, autonomic nervous system response, emotional interaction, heart rate ariability, physiological and behavioral integration, wearable system for physiological monitoring, physiological inspired models
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Interests: Human animal interaction, autonomic nervous system response, emotional interaction, heart rate ariability, physiological and behavioral integration, wearable system for physiological monitoring, physiological inspired models
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Institute Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, 29223 Celle, Germany
Interests: animal welfare; animal behaviour; behavioural ecology; poultry, avian olfaction; early developmental conditions
Interests: animal welfare; animal behaviour; behavioural ecology; poultry, avian olfaction; early developmental conditions

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,Colorado State University,Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA
Interests: human animal interactions and veterinary medicine
Interests: human animal interactions and veterinary medicine

Emeritus Professor, School of Science and Technology, University of New England Australia, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
Interests: animal cognition; animal communication; animal behaviour; primates; songbirds; social learning; brain plasticity
Interests: animal cognition; animal communication; animal behaviour; primates; songbirds; social learning; brain plasticity
Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2356F Kildee Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Interests: farm animal behavior and well-being
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Interests: farm animal behavior and well-being
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University of Colorado, Department of Sociology, Ketchum 223, 492-7039, UCB 327 Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Interests: human-animal relationships; animal selfhood; animal sheltering; animal welfare in disasters
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Interests: human-animal relationships; animal selfhood; animal sheltering; animal welfare in disasters
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Animals: Animal Management Following Natural Disasters
Laboratório de Etologia Aplicada e Bem-Estar Animal, Departamento de Zootecnia e Desenvolvimento Rural, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil
Interests: applied behaviour and animal welfare; applied ethology; agroecology
Interests: applied behaviour and animal welfare; applied ethology; agroecology
Reader in Equine and Human Biomechanics, University of Central Lancashire, Darwin Building DB201, UCLan, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK
Interests: Equine and Human Biomechanics Kinetics and kinematics of equine gait Equine surface mechanics and hoof-horse-surface interactions Muscle activity during movement Rider posture, flexibility, strength and balance and horse/rider interactions Hoof structure, growth and mechanics
Interests: Equine and Human Biomechanics Kinetics and kinematics of equine gait Equine surface mechanics and hoof-horse-surface interactions Muscle activity during movement Rider posture, flexibility, strength and balance and horse/rider interactions Hoof structure, growth and mechanics
University of Colorado, Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Community, Environmental Studies Program, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Interests: land change science; protected areas; conservation management; human livelihoods; human-wildlife interaction; health and environment
Interests: land change science; protected areas; conservation management; human livelihoods; human-wildlife interaction; health and environment
Department of Population Health and Reproduction, 1089 Health Sciences Drive, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Interests: Human-animal relationships; communication and social behavior in large mammals; applied animal behavior in dogs and cats
Interests: Human-animal relationships; communication and social behavior in large mammals; applied animal behavior in dogs and cats
School of Psychology, College of Social Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
Interests: animal cognition; face perception; social attention; visual neuroscience; emotion
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Interests: animal cognition; face perception; social attention; visual neuroscience; emotion
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Animals: Perception and Expression of Facial Expressions in Animals
Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Interests: Animal behavior; primates; 3Rs; animal disease models; animal welfare; cell-based therapies; metabolic disease; surgery; transplantation
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Interests: Animal behavior; primates; 3Rs; animal disease models; animal welfare; cell-based therapies; metabolic disease; surgery; transplantation
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Animals: Improving Research Animal Welfare and Quality of Science
School of Psychology, Facultad de Psicología, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Nuevo León C.P. 64455, Mexico
Interests: human–animal interaction; companion animals; health psychology; behavioral psychology
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Interests: human–animal interaction; companion animals; health psychology; behavioral psychology
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Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Interests: Animal Welfare; Animal Cognition; Personality; Welfare assessment; Dog behaviour
Interests: Animal Welfare; Animal Cognition; Personality; Welfare assessment; Dog behaviour
Institute for Advanced Social Studies, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IESA-CSIC), Calle Campo Santo de los Mártires 7, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
Interests: Applied Ecology; Biodiversity conservation; Decision-making; Environmental conflicts; Environmental sustainability; Human-wildlife interactions; Human dimensions of wildlife; Hunting; Predator-prey relationships; Stakeholders’ perceptions; Wildlife management
Interests: Applied Ecology; Biodiversity conservation; Decision-making; Environmental conflicts; Environmental sustainability; Human-wildlife interactions; Human dimensions of wildlife; Hunting; Predator-prey relationships; Stakeholders’ perceptions; Wildlife management
University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Interests: poultry meat quality; rearing systems; welfare; sustainability
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Interests: poultry meat quality; rearing systems; welfare; sustainability
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Animal Welfare Science Program, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL 60640, USA
Interests: animal welfare; animal behavior; animal cognition; quality of life; animal well-being; zoo, sanctuary; primate
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Interests: animal welfare; animal behavior; animal cognition; quality of life; animal well-being; zoo, sanctuary; primate
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School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
Interests: Wildlife management; behaviour, ecology and management of overabundant and endangered wildlife; macropods (kangaroos and wallabies)
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Interests: Wildlife management; behaviour, ecology and management of overabundant and endangered wildlife; macropods (kangaroos and wallabies)
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Animals: Behaviour and Management of Urban Wildlife
Livestock Welfare Group, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney, Camden, NSW 2570, Australia
Interests: animal behavior and welfare; data-driven agriculture; advanced livestock
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Interests: animal behavior and welfare; data-driven agriculture; advanced livestock
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Animals: Livestock and Heat
Special Issue in Animals: Dairy Production Systems: Efficiency, Profitability, Technology and Sustainability
Special Issue in Animals: Dairy Production Systems: Efficiency, Profitability, Technology and Sustainability
Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Interests: rabbit; housing systems; behavior; meat quality; lipid metabolism; oxidative stress; health
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Interests: rabbit; housing systems; behavior; meat quality; lipid metabolism; oxidative stress; health
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Animal Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
Interests: companion animal nutrition and health; canine dental health; feeding behavior and food preferences; urate urolithiasis in the dalmatian
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Interests: companion animal nutrition and health; canine dental health; feeding behavior and food preferences; urate urolithiasis in the dalmatian
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Veterinary Sciences: Nutritional Disorders in Companion Animals
Special Issue in Animals: Animal Management in the 21st Century
Special Issue in Animals: Environmental Enrichment for Animals in our Care
Special Issue in Animals: Animal Management in the 21st Century
Special Issue in Animals: Environmental Enrichment for Animals in our Care
Behavioual Ecology Group, Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: animal emotions; acoustic communication; animal cognition; vocal expression of emotions; ungulate behaviour; animal welfare
Interests: animal emotions; acoustic communication; animal cognition; vocal expression of emotions; ungulate behaviour; animal welfare
Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: animal nutrition and feeding; by-products in ruminant feeding; ruminant grazing systems; dairy production; ruminant meat quality
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Interests: animal nutrition and feeding; by-products in ruminant feeding; ruminant grazing systems; dairy production; ruminant meat quality
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Department of Animal Environment and Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7068, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Interests: animal behaviour; animal welfare; welfare assessment; injurious pecking; sleep and rest in broilers
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Interests: animal behaviour; animal welfare; welfare assessment; injurious pecking; sleep and rest in broilers
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Special Issue in
Animals: Sustainable Poultry Production Systems
Animal Welfare Science and Bioethics Centre, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Interests: animal welfare; welfare assessment; pain; breathlessness; dyspnoea; wildlife welfare; animal behaviour; conservation welfare
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Interests: animal welfare; welfare assessment; pain; breathlessness; dyspnoea; wildlife welfare; animal behaviour; conservation welfare
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University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Interests: infancy; great apes; comparative psychology; emotion; communication; gestures; ethology; animal behaviour
Interests: infancy; great apes; comparative psychology; emotion; communication; gestures; ethology; animal behaviour
Ethology Unit, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Volta 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Interests: social and sexual behavior, and mechanisms underlining empathy such as rapid facial mimicry and emotional contagion
Interests: social and sexual behavior, and mechanisms underlining empathy such as rapid facial mimicry and emotional contagion