Browsing Publikasjoner fra Cristin - Nord universitet by Subject "Animal welfare"

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    • Early mother-young interactions in domestic sows - Nest-building material increases maternal investment 

      Rosvold, Ellen Marie; Newberry, Ruth C.; Andersen, Inger Lise (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Nest building is important in sow preparation for motherhood. However, straw or other bulky materials can block drains, and a finer-grained material such as peat is of interest as an alternative. The main aim of this study ...

    • Effects of capture, marking, and tracking on the welfare of wild birds 

      Eldegard, Katrine; Furnes, Marianne Waldum; Grainger, Matthew; Moe, Børge; Sandercock, Brett Kevin; Sonerud, Geir Andreas; Ytrehus, Bjørnar; Rueness, Eli Knispel; Sayyari, Amin; Kirkendall, Lawrence R.; Granquist, Erik Georg; Kausrud, Kyrre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Ethical considerations with respect to the capture, handling, and marking of wild birds must balance the risk of potential harm to individual birds against the need to obtain the necessary data to address goals in basic ...

    • Nest-building behaviour and activity budgets of sows provided with different materials 

      Rosvold, Ellen Marie; Newberry, Ruth C.; Framstad, Tore; Andersen, Inger Lise (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Domestic sows are still highly motivated to build a nest before farrowing. Many pig houses have slurry systems that do not allow use of long straw or other bulky materials that could block the drains, which provides an ...