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  1. Re-evaluating corticosterone as a welfare biomarker in broilers using UPLC/MS-MS: Limited responsiveness to heat stress, disease challenges, and environmental enrichment
  2. Dual Elo rating: Modelling gradual and sudden shifts in animal dominance hierarchies
  3. Immediate access to feed and water in the hatcher influences early metabolic and thermoregulatory status in broiler chicks but is associated with breed-specific differences in later walking ability
  4. Early feeding in the hatcher influences physiological indicators of nutritional status and hydration in broiler chicks during the immediate post-hatch period
  5. Silencing controversial realities through prompt revision: The erasure of intensive livestock farming in text-to-image generative AI
  6. Delayed post-hatch feeding effects in broilers delayed post-hatch feeding alters stress physiology and skeletal development in on-farm hatched slower-growing broiler chickens
  7. Behavioral patterns in broiler chickens monitored with a multi-view tracking system
  8. Impact of early feeding on growth and meat quality in fast- and slower-growing broiler strains
  9. Effects of enrichment and heat stress on fluctuating asymmetry and feather structure of broiler chickens
  10. AI-based monitoring of broiler vocal repertoire dynamics reveals robust developmental and diurnal patterns but limited disease sensitivity
  11. Multifunctional elevated platforms for improving thermoregulation, litter quality and welfare in broiler chickens
  12. Measuring feather and plasma corticosterone in male broiler chickens: uplc–ms/ms methodology and feather growth dynamics
  13. The right fit: A decision tree to select a protocol for assessing the welfare of laying hens
  14. The influence of multifunctional platforms and heat stress on broiler chicken bone health and lameness
  15. Development of the Ethogram of Feline Social Interactions (EFSI) to study intraspecific interactions between cats in multicat households
  16. Risk of infection of dairy cattle in the EU with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus affecting dairy cows in the United States of America (H5N1, Eurasian lineage goose/Guangdong clade 2.3.4.4b. genotype B3.13)
  17. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus, infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus and HPR‐deleted infectious salmon anaemia virus – Risk of introduction in free areas through fertilised eggs and gametes
  18. Experimental Corticosterone Administration Induces Fluctuating Asymmetry and Bursal Atrophy in Broiler Chickens
  19. Identification and characterization of clusters of potentially new vocalizations in broiler chickens using advanced acoustic analysis
  20. Multi-camera detection and tracking for individual broiler monitoring
  21. A systematic review linking welfare and automated analysis of acoustic signals in broiler chickens and layers
  22. Dairy cows prefer cubicles with a 3% versus 10% slope
  23. AniDomNet: A sequential pairwise model for inferring dynamic animal dominance hierarchies
  24. Influence of age, time of day, and environmental changes on vocalization patterns in broiler chickens
  25. Welfare of American mink, red and Arctic foxes, raccoon dog and chinchilla kept for fur production
  26. Welfare of beef cattle
  27. Automated detection of broiler vocalizations a machine learning approach for broiler chicken vocalization monitoring
  28. A framework for a comprehensive animal welfare label: scientific, logistic, and ethical challenges
  29. Comparing methods for catching and crating broiler chicken flocks: A trade-off between animal welfare, ergonomics and economics
  30. Monitoring Welfare of Individual Broiler Chickens Using Ultra-Wideband and Inertial Measurement Unit Wearables
  31. Preparedness, prevention and control related to zoonotic avian influenza
  32. Welfare of horses at slaughter
  33. Welfare of horses during killing for purposes other than slaughter
  34. Design and testing of add-on prototypes for transport containers to improve the loading process for end-of-lay hens and catchers
  35. Impact of restraining position on tonic immobility in broiler chickens and mule ducks
  36. Spitz-like tail carriage in two domestic cats
  37. Cooled Multifunctional Platforms to Alleviate Heat Stress in Broiler Chickens: Effects on Performance, Carcass and Meat Quality Traits
  38. Can a Digital Application for Animal Welfare Self-Assessments by Farmers Help Improve the Welfare of Free-Range and Organic Pigs?
  39. Survey of Flemish Poultry Farmers on How Birds Fit for Transport to the Slaughterhouse Are Selected, Caught, and Crated and Their Opinions Regarding the Pre-Transport Process
  40. The impact of early-life conditions on visual discrimination abilities in free-ranging laying hens
  41. Opinion of Flemish Poultry Farmers on How Birds Fit for Transport to the Slaughterhouse Are Selected, Caught, and Crated
  42. How Do Flemish Laying Hen Farmers and Private Bird Keepers Comply with and Think about Measures to Control Avian Influenza?
  43. Upright versus inverted catching and crating end-of-lay hens: a trade-off between animal welfare, ergonomic and financial concerns
  44. How Do Flemish Laying Hen Farmers and Private Bird Keepers Comply with and Think about Measures to Control Avian Influenza?
  45. Goats on the Move: Evaluating Machine Learning Models for Goat Activity Analysis Using Accelerometer Data
  46. Cage enrichment to minimize aggression in part-time group-housed female breeding rabbits
  47. Effects of lighted incubation and foraging enrichment during rearing on individual fear behavior, corticosterone, and neuroplasticity in laying hen pullets
  48. Involving caregivers in behavioural research: A SWOT analysis of two citizen science research methodologies to study cat-cat interactions at home
  49. Improvement of the Welfare Quality scoring model for dairy cows to fit experts’ opinion
  50. Brown and white layer pullet hybrids show different fear responses towards humans, but what role does light during incubation play in that?
  51. Social behaviour and personality profiles of breeding does housed part-time in group.
  52. Quantifying agonistic interactions between group-housed animals to derive social hierarchies using computer vision: a case study with commercially group-housed rabbits
  53. Design and Experimental Validation of a Multiband Conformal Patch Antenna for Animal-Ingestible Bolus Applications
  54. Early-life interventions to prevent feather pecking and reduce fearfulness in laying hens
  55. What caregivers don’t tell you ... A comparison between survey responses and home videos of cat-cat interactions
  56. Time-Series-Based Feature Selection and Clustering for Equine Activity Recognition Using Accelerometers
  57. Effects of group size and cage enrichment on social behaviour and skin injuries of breeding rabbits housed part-time in group
  58. The Effects of Mild Disturbances on Sleep Behaviour in Laying Hens
  59. Improved cattle behaviour monitoring by combining Ultra-Wideband location and accelerometer data
  60. Effect of group size and escape enrichment on reproductive performance of breeding does in part-time group housing
  61. Assessing animal welfare impact of fourteen control and dispatch methods for house mouse (Mus musculus), Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and black rat (Rattus rattus)
  62. Ordinal or visual analogue scales for assessing aspects of broiler chicken welfare?
  63. Welfare issues and potential solutions for laying hens in free range and organic production systems: A review based on literature and interviews
  64. Timing of part-time group housing for farm rabbits: Effects on reproductive performance, skin injuries and behaviour
  65. Comparison of Methods for Individual Killing of Broiler Chickens: A Matter of Animal Welfare and On-Farm Feasibility
  66. Twelve Threats of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) for Animal Welfare
  67. From the Point of View of the Chickens: What Difference Does a Window Make?
  68. Welfare of broiler chickens in Brazilian free-range versus intensive indoor production systems
  69. Feeding live Black Soldier Fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) to laying hens: effects on feed consumption, hen health, hen behavior, and egg quality
  70. Broiler Chicken Behavior and Activity Are Affected by Novel Flooring Treatments
  71. Propagation-Loss Characterization for Livestock Implantables at (433, 868, 1400) MHz
  72. Should cats be allowed outdoors? A research survey on animal welfare risks for free-ranging cats in Brazil
  73. Welfare of broiler chickens reared under two different types of housing
  74. Using Expert Elicitation to Abridge the Welfare Quality® Protocol for Monitoring the Most Adverse Dairy Cattle Welfare Impairments
  75. Welfare of broiler chickens reared in two different industrial house types during the winter season in Southern Brazil
  76. Testing the potential of the Sow Stance Information System (SowSIS) based on a force plate system built into an electronic sow feeder for on-farm automatic lameness detection in breeding sows
  77. On-farm prevalence of and potential risk factors for boar taint
  78. Husbandry Conditions and Welfare Outcomes in Organic Egg Production in Eight European Countries
  79. Understanding the behaviour and improving the welfare of chickens
  80. Remedying Contact Dermatitis in Broiler Chickens with Novel Flooring Treatments
  81. Developing and Understanding Olfactory Evaluation of Boar Taint
  82. Killing individual poultry on-farm—a survey among veterinarians and farmers
  83. Stakeholder perceptions on broiler chicken welfare during first-day processing and the pre-slaughter phase: a case study in Belgium
  84. Joint Antenna-Channel Modelling for in-to-out-Body Propagation of Dairy Cows at 868 MHz
  85. Factors influencing claw lesion scoring in sows
  86. Calving and estrus detection in dairy cattle using a combination of indoor localization and accelerometer sensors
  87. On the use of on-cow accelerometers for the classification of behaviours in dairy barns
  88. Monitoring of behavior, sex hormones and boar taint compounds during the vaccination program for immunocastration in three sire lines
  89. On-Farm Claw Scoring in Sows Using a Novel Mobile Device
  90. Classification of ingestive-related cow behaviours using RumiWatch halter and neck-mounted accelerometers
  91. Assessing keel bone damage in laying hens by palpation: effects of assessor experience on accuracy, inter-rater agreement and intra-rater consistency
  92. The in-to-out-body path loss for cows
  93. Poultry handling and transport.
  94. Interactions between broiler chickens, soil parameters and short rotation coppice willow in a free-range system
  95. Opportunities for short rotation coppice production on free-range chicken farms in Flanders: farmers’ perceptions and cost-benefit analysis
  96. Book of Abstracts of the 69th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science
  97. Numerical assessment of EMF exposure of a cow to a wireless power transfer system for dairy cattle
  98. On farm intervention studies on reduction of boar taint prevalence: Feeding strategies, presence of gilts and time in lairage
  99. Sensitivity of the integrated Welfare Quality® scores to changing values of individual dairy cattle welfare measures
  100. An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Accuracy and registration success in a free-range area
  101. Consumer acceptance of minced meat patties from boars in four European countries
  102. An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Effects of wearing a backpack on behaviour, leg health and production
  103. Effects of dark brooders and overhangs on free-range use and behaviour of slow-growing broilers
  104. Heat stress in cows at pasture and benefit of shade in a temperate climate region
  105. Fit for transport? Broiler chicken fitness assessment for transportation to slaughter
  106. Trained-user opinion about Welfare Quality measures and integrated scoring of dairy cattle welfare
  107. Internet of animals: characterization of LoRa sub-GHz off-body wireless channel in dairy barns
  108. Inter-rater reliability of categorical versus continuous scoring of fish vitality: Does it affect the utility of the reflex action mortality predictor (RAMP) approach?
  109. Effect of free-range access, shelter type and weather conditions on free-range use and welfare of slow-growing broiler chickens
  110. Impact of transportation duration on stress responses in day-old chicks from young and old breeders
  111. Assessing dairy cow welfare at the beginning and end of the indoor period using the Welfare Quality® protocol
  112. Internet of animals: On-and off-body propagation analysis for energy efficient WBAN design for dairy cows
  113. Broiler chickens dead on arrival: associated risk factors and welfare indicators
  114. Impact of the separate pre-slaughter stages on broiler chicken welfare
  115. Olfactory evaluation of boar taint: effect of factors measured at slaughter and link with boar taint compounds
  116. Sensitivity of the Welfare Quality® broiler chicken protocol to differences between intensively reared indoor flocks: which factors explain overall classification?
  117. Market Opportunities for Animal-Friendly Milk in Different Consumer Segments
  118. Effects of free-range access on production parameters and meat quality, composition and taste in slow-growing broiler chickens
  119. Effects of shelter type, early environmental enrichment and weather conditions on free-range behaviour of slow-growing broiler chickens
  120. Characterization of the On-Body Path Loss at 2.45 GHz and Energy Efficient WBAN Design for Dairy Cows
  121. Ramps and hybrid effects on keel bone and foot pad disorders in modified aviaries for laying hens
  122. Determinants of consumer intention to purchase animal-friendly milk
  123. Locomotion Disorders and Skin and Claw Lesions in Gestating Sows Housed in Dynamic versus Static Groups
  124. Effect of post-hatch transportation duration and parental age on broiler chicken quality, welfare, and productivity
  125. Effects of communal rearing and group size on breeding rabbits’ post-grouping behaviour and its relation to ano-genital distance
  126. Experimental characterisation of the off-body wireless channel at 2.4 GHz for dairy cows in barns and pastures
  127. Opinion of applied ethologists on expectation bias, blinding observers and other debiasing techniques
  128. Belgian citizens’ and broiler producers’ perceptions of broiler chicken welfare in Belgium versus Brazil
  129. Effect of rubber flooring on group-housed sows' gait and claw and skin lesions1
  130. Factors affecting mechanical nociceptive thresholds in healthy sows
  131. Impact of parity on bone metabolism throughout the reproductive cycle in sows
  132. Assessment of Broiler Chicken Welfare in Southern Brazil
  133. Marginal dietary zinc concentration affects claw conformation measurements but not histological claw characteristics in weaned pigs
  134. No indications that zinc and protein source affect Zn bioavailability in sows during late gestation fed adequate dietary Zn concentrations
  135. Risk factors associated with keel bone and foot pad disorders in laying hens housed in aviary systems
  136. Survey of egg farmers regarding the ban on conventional cages in the EU and their opinion of alternative layer housing systems in Flanders, Belgium
  137. Simplifying the Welfare Quality® assessment protocol for broiler chicken welfare
  138. Opinion of Belgian Egg Farmers on Hen Welfare and Its Relationship with Housing Type
  139. Influence of hands-on experience on pig farmers' attitude towards alternatives for surgical castration of male piglets
  140. Behaviour, wounds, weight loss and adrenal weight of rabbit does as affected by semi-group housing
  141. Specific characteristics of the aviary housing system affect plumage condition, mortality and production in laying hens
  142. Assessment of welfare of Brazilian and Belgian broiler flocks using the Welfare Quality protocol
  143. Summertime use of natural versus artificial shelter by cattle in nature reserves
  144. Fluctuation of potential zinc status biomarkers throughout a reproductive cycle of primiparous and multiparous sows
  145. Discerning Pig Screams in Production Environments
  146. The MC4R c.893G>A mutation: A marker for growth and leanness associated with boar taint odour in Belgian pig breeds
  147. Wintertime use of natural versus artificial shelter by cattle in nature reserves in temperate areas
  148. Field experience with surgical castration with anaesthesia, analgesia, immunocastration and production of entire male pigs: performance, carcass traits and boar taint prevalence
  149. An intervention study demonstrates effects of genotype on boar taint and performances of growing–finishing pigs
  150. Effect of locomotion score on sows’ performances in a feed reward collection test
  151. Effect of summer conditions and shade on behavioural indicators of thermal discomfort in Holstein dairy and Belgian Blue beef cattle on pasture
  152. Effect of summer conditions and shade on the production and metabolism of Holstein dairy cows on pasture in temperate climate
  153. Evaluating the effect of semi-group housing of rabbit does on their offspring's fearfulness: can we use the open-field test?
  154. The effect of the MC4R gene on boar taint compounds, sexual maturity and behaviour in growing-finishing boars and gilts
  155. The animal welfare status of EU-imported versus locally produced broiler meat
  156. Different stressors elicit different responses in the salivary biomarkers cortisol, haptoglobin, and chromogranin A in pigs
  157. Broiler production in Flanders, Belgium: current situation and producers' opinions about animal welfare
  158. Performance of an animal-based test of thirst in commercial broiler chicken farms
  159. Observer bias in animal behaviour research: can we believe what we score, if we score what we believe?
  160. Automated video analysis of pig activity at pen level highly correlates to human observations of behavioural activities
  161. Importance of outdoor shelter for cattle in temperate climates
  162. Automatic monitoring of pig locomotion using image analysis
  163. Comparison of the inter- and intra-observer repeatability of three gait-scoring scales for sows
  164. Effects of semi-group housing and floor type on pododermatitis, spinal deformation and bone quality in rabbit does
  165. Book of Abstracts of the 65th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production
  166. Mechanical nociception thresholds in lame sows: Evidence of hyperalgesia as measured by two different methods
  167. Assessment of lameness and claw lesions in sows
  168. Book of Abstracts of the 64th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production
  169. Effect of surgical castration, immunocastration and chicory-diet on the meat quality and palatability of boars
  170. Evaluation of different heating methods for the detection of boar taint by means of the human nose
  171. Dehydration indicators for broiler chickens at slaughter
  172. Automatic Monitoring of Pig Activity Using Image Analysis
  173. Remedies for a high incidence of broken eggs in furnished cages: Effectiveness of increasing nest attractiveness and lowering perch height
  174. Automated assessment of footpad dermatitis in broiler chickens at the slaughter-line: Evaluation and correspondence with human expert scores
  175. Predicting the likelihood of developing boar taint: Early physical indicators in entire male pigs
  176. The influence of stocking density on broiler chicken bone quality and fluctuating asymmetry
  177. Implementing animal welfare assessments at farm and group level: introduction and overview
  178. Pig producer attitude towards surgical castration of piglets without anaesthesia versus alternative strategies
  179. Cage size and enrichment effects on the bone quality and fluctuating asymmetry of fattening rabbits
  180. A validated ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry analysis for the simultaneous quantification of the three known boar taint compounds
  181. Evaluation of various boar taint detection methods
  182. Assessing attraction or avoidance between rabbits: comparison of distance-based methods to analyse spatial distribution
  183. Mortality
  184. Behaviour and use of space in fattening rabbits as influenced by cage size and enrichment
  185. Economic impact of decreasing stocking densities in broiler rabbit production based on Belgian farm data
  186. Effect of information provisioning on attitude toward surgical castration of male piglets and alternative strategies for avoiding boar taint
  187. Glucocorticoid metabolites in rabbit faeces—Influence of environmental enrichment and cage size
  188. The sensitivity of Flemish citizens to androstenone: Influence of gender, age, location and smoking habits
  189. Survey of egg producers on the introduction of alternative housing systems for laying hens in Flanders, Belgium
  190. Influence of soiling on boar taint in boars
  191. Neighbourhood analysis as an indicator of spatial requirements of broiler chickens
  192. Using motivation to feed as a way to assess the importance of space for broiler chickens
  193. Influence of breed and slaughter weight on boar taint prevalence in entire male pigs
  194. Survey among Belgian pig producers about the introduction of group housing systems for gestating sows
  195. The Concept of Farm Animal Welfare: Citizen Perceptions and Stakeholder Opinion in Flanders, Belgium
  196. DEVELOPMENT OF HIERARCHY AND RANK EFFECTS IN WEANED GROWING RABBITS (ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS)
  197. Quantitative verification of the correspondence between the Welfare Quality® operational definition of farm animal welfare and the opinion of Flemish farmers, citizens and vegetarians
  198. Resting or hiding? Why broiler chickens stay near walls and how density affects this
  199. Citizens’ Views on Farm Animal Welfare and Related Information Provision: Exploratory Insights from Flanders, Belgium
  200. Repeatability of lameness, fear and slipping scores to assess animal welfare upon arrival in pig slaughterhouses
  201. Bacteriological contamination, dirt, and cracks of eggshells in furnished cages and noncage systems for laying hens: An international on-farm comparison
  202. Assessing animal welfare at farm and group level: Introduction and overview
  203. Belgian consumers’ attitude towards surgical castration and immunocastration of piglets
  204. Cow gait scores and kinematic gait data: can people see gait irregularities?
  205. Effects of perch design on behaviour and health of laying hens
  206. Measuring thirst in broiler chickens
  207. Reliability of categorical versus continuous scoring of welfare indicators: lameness in cows as a case study
  208. Stocking density effects on broiler welfare: Identifying sensitive ranges for different indicators
  209. Societal concern related to stocking density, pen size and group size in farm animal production
  210. Perch width preferences of laying hens
  211. Absence of an effect of dietary fibre or clinoptilolite on boar taint in entire male pigs fed practical diets
  212. Practice on castration of piglets in Europe
  213. Animal welfare implications of surgical castration and its alternatives in pigs
  214. Synthetic lying mats may improve lying comfort of gestating sows
  215. Welfare assessment of laying hens in furnished cages and non-cage systems: assimilating expert opinion
  216. Welfare assessment of laying hens in furnished cages and non-cage systems: an on-farm comparison
  217. Do citizens and farmers interpret the concept of farm animal welfare differently?
  218. Factors influencing farmers' responses to welfare legislation: A case study of gestation sow housing in Flanders (Belgium)
  219. Influence of nest seclusion and nesting material on pre-laying behaviour of laying hens
  220. Effect of cross-wise perch designs on perch use in laying hens
  221. Perching behaviour and perch height preference of laying hens in furnished cages varying in height
  222. Broiler chicken health, welfare and fluctuating asymmetry in organic versus conventional production systems
  223. Fluctuating Asymmetry in Broiler Chickens: A Decision Protocol for Trait Selection in Seven Measuring Methods
  224. Fluctuating asymmetry as an animal welfare indicator — A review of methodology and validity
  225. Experimental Stress Does Not Increase Fluctuating Asymmetry of Broiler Chickens at Slaughter Age
  226. Early and reliable detection of boar taint and its genetic predisposition
  227. A review of the welfare consequences of surgical castration in piglets and the evaluation of non-surgical methods
  228. Measuring fluctuating asymmetry in fattening rabbits: A valid indicator of performance and housing quality?1
  229. The importance of straw for pig and cattle welfare: A review
  230. Welfare, Health, and Hygiene of Laying Hens Housed in Furnished Cages and in Alternative Housing Systems
  231. Design of laying nests in furnished cages: influence of nesting material, nest box position and seclusion
  232. Applications for Methods of On-Farm Welfare Assessment
  233. Measures of Developmental Instability as Integrated,A PosterioriIndicators of Farm Animal Welfare: A Review
  234. Response to Delahay, Waldram, Mallinson, Spyvee, Handoll, de Leeuw and Cheeseman
  235. Effects of radio‐collars on European badgers (Meles meles)
  236. Effectiveness and efficiency of chlorophacinone poisoning for the control of muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)populations
  237. Estimating group size and population density of Eurasian badgers Meles meles by quantifying latrine use
  238. Vigilance in badgers Meles meles: the effects of group size and human persecution
  239. Vigilance in badgersMeles meles: the effects of group size and human persecution
  240. Spatial perturbation caused by a badger (Meles meles) culling operation: implications for the function of territoriality and the control of bovine tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis)
  241. Comparative study on the consequences of culling badgers (Meles meles) on biometrics, population dynamics and movement
  242. The closed-subpopulation method and estimation of population size from mark-recapture and ancillary data
  243. The closed-subpopulation method and estimation of population size from mark-recapture and ancillary data
  244. Differences in trappability of European badgers Meles meles in three populations in England
  245. Estimating Population Size of Eurasian Badgers (Meles meles) Using Mark-Recapture and Mark-Resight Data
  246. Fertility Control: An Option for Non-Lethal Control of Wild Carnivores?
  247. Sterilization as an alternative strategy to control wildlife diseases: bovine tuberculosis in European badgers as a case study
  248. A comparison of fertility control and lethal control of bovine tuberculosis in badgers: the impact of perturbation induced transmission
  249. Evaluation of fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of broiler welfare.
  250. Performance, welfare, health and hygiene of laying hens in non-cage systems in comparison with cage systems.