All Stories

  1. A consideration of the role of biology and test design as confounding factors in judgement bias tests

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  2. The Utility of Grimace Scales for Practical Pain Assessment in Laboratory Animals

    Article • September 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  3. A Review of Legal Regulation of Religious Slaughter in Australia: Failure to Regulate or a Regulatory Fail?

    Article • Animals, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  4. The Impact of Social and Behavioral Factors on Reproducibility in Terrestrial Vertebrate Models

    Article • ILAR Journal, July 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  5. The Impact of Common Recovery Blood Sampling Methods, in Mice (Mus Musculus), on Well-Being and Sample Quality: A Systematic Review

    Article • Animals, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  6. Optimising ‘Positive’ Findings from Judgement Bias Tests: A Consideration of Inherent Confounding Factors Associated with Test Design and Biology

    Article • May 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  7. Subordination in female rats impedes learning as determined by a judgment bias training protocol.

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Behavior, May 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  8. Pronounced Inter-Individual Variation in Plasma Cortisol Response to Fluoxetine Hydrochloride in the Pig

    Article • Animals, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  9. Explaining the Gap Between the Ambitious Goals and Practical Reality of Animal Welfare Law Enforcement: A Review of the Enforcement Gap in Australia

    Article • Animals, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  10. Affective state determination in a mouse model of colitis-associated colorectal cancer

    Article • PLOS One, January 2020, PLOS

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  11. Reducing the Gap Between the Ambitious Goals and Practical Reality of Animal Welfare Law Enforcement: A Review of the Enforcement Gap in Australia

    Article • December 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  12. Use and Efficacy of Analgesic Agents in Sheep (Ovis aries) Used in Biomedical Research

    Article • Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, November 2019, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  13. Use of the Rat Grimace Scale to Evaluate Visceral Pain in a Model of Chemotherapy-Induced Mucositis

    Article • Animals, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  14. The role of behavioural assessment in determining 'positive' affective states in animals.

    Article • CABI Reviews, March 2019, CABI Publishing

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  15. A Review of Welfare Assessment Methods in Reptiles, and Preliminary Application of the Welfare Quality® Protocol to the Pygmy Blue-Tongue Skink, Tiliqua adelaidensis, Using Animal-Based Measures

    Article • Animals, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  16. Increasing Maximum Penalties for Animal Welfare Offences in South Australia—Has It Caused Penal Change?

    Article • Animals, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  17. Oestrous phase cyclicity influences judgment biasing in rats

    Article • Behavioural Processes, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  18. A Judgement Bias Test to Assess Affective State and Potential Therapeutics in a Rat Model of Chemotherapy-Induced Mucositis

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  19. Increased latencies to respond in a judgment bias test are not associated with pessimistic biases in rats

    Article • Behavioural Processes, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  20. Assessment of housing density, space allocation and social hierarchy of laboratory rats on behavioural measures of welfare

    Article • PLOS One, September 2017, PLOS

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  21. Female rats display fewer optimistic responses in a judgment bias test in the absence of a physiological stress response

    Article • Physiology & Behavior, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  22. Differential Effectiveness of Clinically-Relevant Analgesics in a Rat Model of Chemotherapy-Induced Mucositis

    Article • PLOS One, July 2016, PLOS

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  23. Effects of Metabolic Cage Housing on Rat Behavior and Performance in the Social Interaction Test

    Article • Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  24. 200 Chemotherapy Induces Intestinal Inflammation and Central Changes Which Are Modified by Analgesics via Neuro-Immune Mechanisms

    Article • Gastroenterology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  25. The effects of metabolic cage housing and sex on cognitive bias expression in rats

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  26. Oral Nucleotides Only Minimally Improve 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Mucositis in Rats

    Article • Nutrition and Cancer, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  27. Effects of acute chemotherapy-induced mucositis on spontaneous behaviour and the grimace scale in laboratory rats

    Article • Laboratory Animals, July 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  28. Effects of space allocation and parity on selected physiological and behavioural measures of well-being and reproductive performance in group-housed gestating sows

    Article • Livestock Science, June 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  29. The assessment of general well-being using spontaneous burrowing behaviour in a short-term model of chemotherapy-induced mucositis in the rat

    Article • Laboratory Animals, August 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  30. Evaluation of Facebook©to create an online learning community in an undergraduate animal science class

    Article • Educational Media International, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  31. Incorporation of a Stand-Alone Elective Course in Animal Law Within Animal and Veterinary Science Curricula

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, March 2014, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  32. Use of spontaneous behaviour measures to assess pain in laboratory rats and mice: How are we progressing?

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, February 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  33. Effects ofStreptococcus thermophilusTH-4 in a rat model of doxorubicin-induced mucositis

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  34. A Policy at the University of Adelaide for Student Objections to the Use of Animals in Teaching

    Article • Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, March 2013, University of Toronto Press (UTPress)

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  35. Space Requirements to Optimize Welfare and Performance in Group Housed Pigs-A Review

    Article • American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, February 2012, Science Publications

    Dr Alex Whittaker

  36. Effects of space allocation and housing density on measures of wellbeing in laboratory mice: a review

    Article • Laboratory Animals, January 2012, SAGE Publications

    Dr Alex Whittaker