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Diving-flight aerodynamics of a peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
This study investigates the aerodynamics of the falcon Falco peregrinus while diving. During a dive peregrines can reach velocities of more than 320 km h−1. Unfortunately, in... -
Financial Evaluation of Different Vaccination Strategies for Controlling the ...
BACKGROUND: Bluetongue (BT) is a vector-borne disease of ruminants caused by bluetongue virus that is transmitted by biting midges (Culicoides spp.). In 2006, the introduction... -
Refining animal research: The Animal Study Registry
The Animal Study Registry (ASR; www.animalstudyregistry.org) was launched in January 2019 for preregistration of animal studies in order to increase transparency and... -
Animal Welfare in Studies on Murine Tuberculosis: Assessing Progress over a 1...
There is growing concern over the welfare of animals used in research, in particular when these animals develop pathology. The present study aims to identify the main sources of... -
The Complete Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma bovis Strain Hubei-1
Infection by Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) can induce diseases, such as pneumonia and otitis media in young calves and mastitis and arthritis in older animals. Here, we report the... -
Retailer Stackelberg game in a supply chain with pricing and service decision...
: This paper studies the Retailer Stackelberg game in a supply chain consisting of two manufacturers and one retailer where they compete simultaneously under three factors... -
Opportunistic Visitors: Long-Term Behavioural Response of Bull Sharks to Food...
Shark-based tourism that uses bait to reliably attract certain species to specific sites so that divers can view them is a growing industry globally, but remains a controversial... -
Effect of Population Heterogenization on the Reproducibility of Mouse Behavio...
In animal experiments, animals, husbandry and test procedures are traditionally standardized to maximize test sensitivity and minimize animal use, assuming that this will also... -
Causes of ring-related leg injuries in birds - evidence and recommendations f...
One of the main techniques for recognizing individuals in avian field research is marking birds with plastic and metal leg rings. However, in some species individuals may react... -
‘More than a feeling’: An empirical investigation of hedonistic accounts of a...
Many scientists studying animal welfare appear to hold a hedonistic concept of welfare -whereby welfare is ultimately reducible to an animal’s subjective experience. The... -
Pain in Laboratory Animals: The Ethical and Regulatory Imperatives
The paradoxical goal of much of animal-based biomedical research is to model severe human injuries and illnesses without causing severe pain or distress to the animals. Current... -
Decapitation in rats: Latency to unconsciousness and the 'wave of death'
The question whether decapitation is a humane method of euthanasia in awake animals is being debated. To gather arguments in this debate, obsolete rats were decapitated while... -
Migratory Pathways and Connectivity in Asian Houbara Bustards: Evidence from ...
Information on migratory pathways and connectivity is essential to understanding population dynamics and structure of migrant species. Our manuscript uses a unique dataset, the... -
Behavioral responses associated with a human-mediated predator shelter.
Human activities in protected areas can affect wildlife populations in a similar manner to predation risk, causing increases in movement and vigilance, shifts in habitat use and... -
Resource Selection and Its Implications for Wide-Ranging Mammals of the Brazi...
Conserving animals beyond protected areas is critical because even the largest reserves may be too small to maintain viable populations for many wide-ranging species.... -
Perception of animal sentience by Brazilian and French citizens: The case of ...
The study compared the perception of ordinary citizens from Curitiba, Brazil (OB) and Clermont-Ferrand, France (OF), as well as OB, Brazilian veterinarians (VB), biologists (BB)... -
Researchers’ attitudes to the 3Rs—An upturned hierarchy?
Animal use in biomedical research is generally justified by its potential benefits to the health of humans, or other animals, or the environment. However, ethical acceptability... -
Antipredatory Function of Head Shape for Vipers and Their Mimics
Most research into the adaptive significance of warning signals has focused on the colouration and patterns of prey animals. However, behaviour, odour and body shape can also... -
Broiler welfare trade-off: A semi-quantitative welfare assessment for optimis...
In order to support decision making on how to most effectively improve broiler welfare an innovative expert survey was conducted based on principles derived from semantic... -
Financial Costs of Large Carnivore Translocations – Accounting for Conservation
Human-carnivore conflict continues to present a major conservation challenge around the world. Translocation of large carnivores is widely implemented but remains strongly...
