This special issue includes 7 articles that discuss blood pressure monitoring in zoologically managed bonobos, biomarkers for predicting health risks in zoo-housed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and bonobos (Pan paniscus), impact of alternating overnight housing conditions on welfare measures in a...

This proceeding contains 160 abstracts from the Annual Meeting of the German Branch of the World's Poultry Science Association. The topics presented the most challenging questions in the fields of animal welfare, hygiene and health maintenance (including avian influenza), environmental enrichment...

This issue contains 19 papers that cover: examination of the welfare implications of the main production systems; development, growth and production; husbandry and hen behaviour; and health. Some of the papers reflected on the context of egg production in Australia since a considerable amount of...

This special issue consists of 8 papers from the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) Research Conference, held in Paignton, England, last 10-11 July 2018. Topics include: (1) the use of Qualitative Behavioural Assessment to zoo welfare measurement and animal husbandry...

This issue contains 25 topics that cover farm management, husbandry conditions, nutrition, housing and farmer and consumer attitudes that affect and influence the physiology, behavior, health, welfare and milk quality of dairy cattle, sheep and goats.

For captive animals, group sizes and/or densities are established by humans based on criteria that range from enclosure size to experimental needs or economic reasons. Because group sizes in farm, zoo and laboratory animals are the result of human decisions, it is important to highlight the...

The five articles in this theme address how the US livestock supply chain is adjusting to managing the traditional profit objectives, in a globalized system, given the emerging and varied preferences of contemporary consumers finding their voices on a variety of issues. The papers deal with: the...

This special issue contains 12 papers focusing on the importance of managing environmental conditions on livestock farms. A group of studies focused on dairy production and demonstrated that heat stress will significantly impact on cow productivity but continuous measurement of physiological...

This issue presents seven papers which contains some of the latest investigations that is in connection with the issue on Optimal animal welfare: evidence-based standards and practices. Topics of papers includes: play and optimal welfare: does play indicate the presence of positive affective...

This special issue contains 8 papers and 3 commentaries on the association between understanding nonhuman primate behaviour and providing for nonhuman primate welfare. The topics of the papers include: welfare of apes in captive environments; social housing for nonhuman primates in the research...