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Research article
African horse sickness (AHS) is of importance to health and international trade in horses worldwide. During export from and transit through AHS endemic countries or zones, physical and chemical measures to pro...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:283
Published on: 9 September 2017
Research article
Despite the need to control outbreaks of (emerging) zoonotic diseases and the need for added value in comparative/translational medicine, jointly addressed in the One Health approach [One health Initiative (n....
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:174
Published on: 13 June 2017
Research article
Fear and anxiety based problems are common in dogs. Alongside behaviour modification programmes, a range of psychopharmacological agents may be recommended to treat such problems, but few are licensed for use ...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:173
Published on: 13 June 2017
Methodology article
Pinnipeds, including many phocid species of concern, are inaccessible and difficult to monitor for extended periods using conventional, externally attached telemetry devices that are shed during the annual mol...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:139
Published on: 25 May 2017
Research article
Olfactory stimulation is an often overlooked method of environmental enrichment for cats in captivity. The best known example of olfactory enrichment is the use of catnip, a plant that can cause an apparently ...
BMC Veterinary Research 2017 13:70
Published on: 16 March 2017
Methodology article
Numbers of giraffes are declining rapidly in their native habitat. As giraffe research and conservation efforts increase, the demand for more complete measures of the impact of conservation interventions and t...
BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:235
Published on: 18 October 2016
Review
In recent decades there has been a growing concern about animal stress on intensive pig farms due to the undesirable consequences that stress produces in the normal physiology of pigs and its effects on their ...
BMC Veterinary Research 2016 12:171
Published on: 19 August 2016
Research article
Animal behavioral responses have been recently established as a suitable tool for detecting contaminants in the environment for risk assessment in situ. In this study, we observed movement behavior of zebrafish (
BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:269
Published on: 23 October 2015
Research article
Eating and rumination variables were recorded in 300 healthy lactating dairy cows of 3 different breeds (100 Brown Swiss, 100 Holstein-Friesian, 100 Swiss Fleckvieh cows). Eating and rumination variables were ...
BMC Veterinary Research 2015 11:231
Published on: 4 September 2015
Research article
Eating and rumination variables were recorded in ten healthy cows over 5 days (group A) to generate reference intervals for comparison with the same variables recorded in ten cows in advanced pregnancy from te...
BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:195
Published on: 4 September 2014
Research article
Feather pecking and cannibalism are major concerns in poultry farming, both in terms of animal welfare and farm economics. Genetic selection and introduction of (aspects of) maternal care have been suggested a...
BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:167
Published on: 31 July 2014
Research article
Domestic cats have evolved from solitary, asocial predators and whilst they may display social behaviours, they can still exist as solitary survivors. Over-population and relinquishment of pet cats are ubiquit...
BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:73
Published on: 22 March 2014
Research article
Validation of a method for the minimally-invasive measurement of physiological stress will help understanding of risk factors that may contribute to stress-associated events including recrudescence of Equid he...
BMC Veterinary Research 2014 10:25
Published on: 17 January 2014
Research article
Questionnaires are a common tool to assess people’s opinion on a large scale or to sound them out about their subjective views. The caretakers’ opinion about animals’ “personality” has been used in many studie...
BMC Veterinary Research 2013 9:209
Published on: 15 October 2013
Methodology article
An automated technique for recording eating and rumination behaviour was evaluated in ten lactating Brown Swiss cows by comparing data obtained from a pressure sensor with data obtained via direct observation ...
BMC Veterinary Research 2013 9:164
Published on: 13 August 2013
