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  Behaviour of isolated piglets before and after tooth clipping, grinding or sham-grinding

  Sinclair, A. RL., Tallet, C., Renouard, A., Brunton, P. J., D'Eath, R. B., Sandercock, DA. & Prunier, A., Aug 2019. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • grinding
  • piglets
  • teeth
  • litters (young animals)
  • ears

• Can dietary fibre level and a single enrichment type reduce the risk of tail biting in undocked pigs

  Chou, J-Y., D'Eath, R. B., Sandercock, DA. & O'Driscoll, K., May 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • tail biting
  • dietary fiber
  • swine
  • toys
  • weanlings

• Hunger in farm animals

  D'Eath, RB., Jan 2014, p. 23. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Individual variation of enrichment use in finishing pigs with one point source item and the impact on tail biting outcome

  Chou, J-Y., D'Eath, R. B., Sandercock, DA. & O'Driscoll, K., Aug 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • tail biting
  • swine finishing

• Investigation of response to the novel object test in pigs in relation to tail biting phenotypes

  Chou, J-Y., D'Eath, R. B., Sandercock, DA. & O'Driscoll, K., 7 Aug 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Long-term effects of piglet tooth resection on molecular markers of inflammation and pain in tooth pulp

  Sinclair, ARL., D'Eath, RB., Brunton, PJ., Prunier, A. & Sandercock, DA., 28 Jun 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • tooth pulp
  • resection
  • pain
  • long term effects
  • piglets

• Managing tail biting in undocked pigs on fully-slatted floors with different enrichment strategies

  Chou, JYC., Sandercock, DA., D'Eath, RB. & O'Driscoll, K. K. M., 20 Aug 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

• Traumatic tooth shortening in commercial piglets: Effects on gross tooth pathology and mRNA markers of inflammation and pain.

  Sinclair, ARL., D'Eath, RB., Brunton, PJ., Prunier, A. & Sandercock, DA., 12 Sep 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • pain
  • shortenings
  • piglets
  • inflammation
  • teeth

• Use of different wood types as enrichment to reduce tail biting in pigs managed on fully-slatted floors

  Chou, JYC., Haigh, A., D'Eath, RB., Sandercock, DA., Waran, N. & O'Driscoll, K., 27 Jun 2017.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • tail biting
  • swine
  • tail
  • Picea
  • ear biting

• Using experimental data to evaluate the effectiveness of tail biting outbreak intervention protocol

  Chou, J-Y., O'Driscoll, K., D'Eath, R. B., Sandercock, DA. & Camerlink, I., Aug 2019. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

  • tail biting
  • protocols

• Using technology to improve animal welfare: 3D cameras can detect lowered tail posture and give early warning of tailbiting in pigs

  D'Eath, RB., Jack, MC., Futro, A., Talbot, D., Zhu, Q., Barclay, D. & Baxter, EM., Jun 2018, p. 52. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• Article

  Age over experience: consistency of aggression and mounting behaviour in male and female pigs

  Clark, CCA. & D'Eath, RB., Jul 2013, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 147, p. 81 - 93 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aggression
  • aggression
  • Swine
  • swine
  • testing
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Aggressive behaviour at regrouping is a poor predictor of chronic aggression in stable social groups

  Turner, SP., Nevison, IM., Desire, S., Camerlink, I., Roehe, R., Ison, SH., Farish, M., Jack, MC. & D'Eath, RB., 10 Feb 2017, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 191, p. 98 - 106 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • social class
  • Aggression
  • aggression
  • Swine
  • lesions (animal)
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• A high enrichment replenishment rate reduces damaging behaviours and increases growth rate in undocked pigs kept in fully slatted pens

  Chou, JYC., Sandercock, DA., D'Eath, RB. & O'Driscoll, K. K. M., 13 Nov 2020, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7, 584706.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Swine
  • Tail
  • Weaning
  • swine
  • weaning
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Analysis of the phenotypic link between behavioural traits at mixing and increased long-term social stability in group-housed pigs

  Desire, S., Turner, SP., D'Eath, RB., Doeschl-Wilson, AB., Lewis, CRG. & Roehe, R., 2015, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 166, p. 52 - 62 11 p.

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  • Aggression
  • Swine
  • aggression
  • swine
  • Social Hierarchy
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Automatic early warning of tail biting in pigs: 3D cameras can detect lowered tail posture before an outbreak

  D'Eath, RB., Jack, MC., Futro, A., Talbot, D., Zhu, Q., Barclay, D. & Baxter, EM., 4 Apr 2018, In: PLoS ONE. 13, 4, 7 p., 0194524.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • tail biting
  • posture
  • cameras
  • Posture
  • Tail
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)

• Behavioural differences between weaner pigs with intact and docked tails

  Paoli, MA., Lahrmann, HP., Jensen, T. & D'Eath, RB., 1 May 2016, In: Animal Welfare. 25, 2, p. 287 - 296 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • feeder pigs
  • Mastication
  • Tail
  • tail
  • Swine
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  53 Downloads (Pure)

• Can increased dietary fibre level and a single enrichment device reduce the risk of tail biting in undocked growing-finishing pigs in fully slatted systems?

  Chou, JYC., O'Driscoll, K. K. M., Sandercock, DA. & D'Eath, RB., 30 Oct 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 10, e0241619.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Dietary Fiber
  • tail biting
  • swine finishing
  • Tail
  • dietary fiber
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  3 Downloads (Pure)

• Conditioned place preference or aversion as animal welfare assessment tools: limitations in their application

  Dixon, LM., Sandilands, V., Bateson, M., Brocklehurst, S., Tolkamp, BJ. & D'Eath, RB., Sep 2013, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 148, 1-2, p. 164 - 176 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Animal Welfare
  • welfare assessment
  • Birds
  • birds
  • Food
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Differential mRNA expression of genes in the porcine adrenal gland associated with psychosocial stress

  Murani, E., Ponsuksili, S., D'Eath, RB., Turner, SP., Evans, G., Thoelking, L., Kurt, E., Klont, R., Foury, A., Mormede, P. & Wimmers, K., 2011, In: Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 46, p. 165 - 174 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adrenal Glands
  • Swine
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
  • Gene Expression
  • Messenger RNA
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Early indicators of tail biting outbreaks in pigs

  Wedin, M., Baxter, EM., Jack, MC., Futro, A. & D'Eath, RB., 30 Aug 2018, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 208, p. 7 - 13 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • tail biting
  • Tail
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • tail
  • Swine
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  35 Downloads (Pure)

• Early intervention with enrichment can prevent tail biting outbreaks in weaner pigs

  Lahrmann, HP., Hansen, CF., D'Eath, RB., Busch, ME., Nielsen, JP. & Forkman, B., 23 Jun 2018, In: Livestock Science. 214, p. 272 - 277 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • tail biting
  • feeder pigs
  • Tail
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Swine
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  58 Downloads (Pure)

• Enrichment use in finishing pigs and its relationship with damaging behaviours: comparing three wood species and a rubber floor toy

  Chou, JYC., D'Eath, RB., Sandercock, DA. & O'Driscoll, K., Mar 2020, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 224, 104944.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • toys
  • Play and Playthings
  • Rubber
  • swine finishing
  • rubber
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Feed-restricted broiler breeders: state-dependent learning as a novel welfare assessment tool to evaluate their hunger state?

  Buckley, LA., Sandilands, V., Hocking, PM., Tolkamp, BJ. & D'Eath, RB., 2015, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 165, p. 124 - 132 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • welfare assessment
  • broiler breeders
  • Hunger
  • hunger
  • Reward
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Food restriction reduces neurogenesis in the avian hippocampal formation

  Robertson, B-A., Rathbone, L., Cirillo, G., D'Eath, RB., Bateson, M., Boswell, T., Wilson, PW., Dunn, IC. & Smulders, TV., 6 Dec 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 12, e0189158.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • neurogenesis
  • hippocampus
  • Neurogenesis
  • Hippocampus
  • Food
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Genetic associations between behavioral traits and direct-social effects of growth rate in pigs

  Canario, L., Turner, SP., Roehe, R., Lundeheim, N., D'Eath, RB., Lawrence, AB., Knol, E., Bergsma, R. & Rydhmer, L., 2012, In: Journal of Animal Science. 90, 13, p. 4706 - 4715 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sociological Factors
  • Breeding
  • breeding value
  • Swine
  • swine
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Genetic associations of short- and long-term aggressiveness identified by skin lesion with growth, feed efficiency and carcass characteristics in growing pigs

  Desire, S., Turner, SP., D'Eath, RB., Doeschl-Wilson, AB., Lewis, CRG. & Roehe, R., 2015, In: Journal of Animal Science. 93, 7, p. 3303 - 3312

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • skin lesions
  • carcass characteristics
  • aggression
  • feed conversion
  • Swine
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Hepatic expression patterns in psychosocially high-stressed pigs suggest mechanisms following allostatic principles

  Oster, M., Murani, E., Ponsuksili, S., D'Eath, RB., Turner, SP., Evans, G., Thoelking, L., Kurt, E., Klont, R., Foury, A., Mormede, P. & Wimmers, K., 2014, In: Physiology and Behavior. 128, p. 159 - 165 7 p.

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  • swine
  • skin lesions
  • liver
  • catecholamines
  • aggression
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Hypothalamic agouti-related peptide mRNA is elevated during natural and stress-induced anorexia

  Dunn, IC., Wilson, PW., D'Eath, RB. & Boswell, T., 27 May 2015, In: Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 27, 9, p. 681 - 691 11 p.

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  • Dasyproctidae
  • Anorexia
  • Pro-Opiomelanocortin
  • Peptides
  • Messenger RNA
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  4 Downloads (Pure)

• Hypothalamic agouti-related protein expression is altered by both acute and chronic experience of food restriction and re-feeding in chickens

  Dunn, IC., Wilson, PW., Smulders, TV., Sandilands, V., D'Eath, RB. & Boswell, T., Oct 2013, In: Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 25, 10, p. 920 - 928 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Agouti-Related Protein
  • Birds
  • Chickens
  • Food
  • Pro-Opiomelanocortin
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Injurious tail biting in pigs: How can it be controlled in existing systems without tail docking?

  D'Eath, RB., Arnott, G., Turner, SP., Jensen, T., Lahrmann, HP., Busch, ME., Niemi, JK., Lawrence, AB. & Sandoe, P., 2014, In: Animal. 8, 9, p. 1479 - 1497 19 p.

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  • tail docking
  • tail biting
  • tail
  • swine
  • anaerobic digesters
  87 Citations (Scopus)

  119 Downloads (Pure)

• Long term benefits on social behaviour after early life socialization of piglets

  Camerlink, I., Farish, M., D'Eath, RB., Arnott, G. & Turner, SP., 29 Oct 2018, In: Animals. 8, 11, p. 192 - 203 12 p., 192.

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  • Socialization
  • Social Behavior
  • social behavior
  • sows
  • piglets
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Measuring motivation for appetitive behaviour: food-restricted broiler breeder chickens cross a water barrier to forage in an area of wood shavings without food

  Dixon, LM., Brocklehurst, S., Sandilands, V., Bateson, M., Tolkamp, BJ. & D'Eath, RB., 2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 7 e102322

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  • Appetitive Behavior
  • wood shavings
  • broiler breeders
  • Birds
  • Chickens
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• More tail lesions among undocked than tail docked pigs in a conventional herd

  Lahrmann, HP., Busch, ME., D'Eath, RB., Forkman, B. & Hansen, CF., 15 Mar 2017, In: Animal. 11, 10, p. 1825 - 1831 7 p.

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  • tail
  • herds
  • lesions (animal)
  • swine
  • tail docking
  26 Citations (Scopus)

  39 Downloads (Pure)

• Mounting behaviour in finishing pigs: stable individual differences are not due to dominance or stage of sexual development

  Hintze, S., Scott, D., Turner, SP., Meddle, SL. & D'Eath, RB., Jul 2013, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 147, 1-2, p. 69 - 80 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sexual Development
  • swine finishing
  • sexual development
  • dominance (genetics)
  • Individuality
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Multi-step tail biting outbreak intervention protocols for pigs housed on slatted floors

  Chou, JY., O'Driscoll, K., D'Eath, RB., Sandercock, DA. & Camerlink, I., 20 Aug 2019, In: Animals. 9, 8, 582.

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  • tail biting
  • Tail
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Swine
  • protocols
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Pair-bonding and companion recognition in domestic donkeys, Equus asinus

  Murray, LMA., Byrne, K. & D'Eath, RB., 15 Jan 2013, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 143, 1, p. 67 - 74 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Equus asinus
  • attachment behavior
  • Object Attachment
  • Equidae
  • asses
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Pancreatic PYY but not PPY expression is responsive to short-term nutritional state and the pancreas constitutes the major site of PYY mRNA expression in chickens

  Reid, AMA., Wilson, PW., Caughey, SD., Dixon, LM., D'Eath, RB., Sandilands, V., Boswell, T. & Dunn, IC., 8 Jul 2017, In: General and Comparative Endocrinology. 252, p. 226 - 235 10 p.

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  • peptide YY
  • pancreatic polypeptide
  • Peptide YY
  • Pancreatic Polypeptide
  • nutritional status
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• Prediction of reduction in aggressive behaviour of growing pigs using skin lesion traits as selection criteria

  Desire, S., Turner, SP., D'Eath, RB., Doeschl-Wilson, AB., Lewis, CRG. & Roehe, R., 9 Feb 2016, In: Animal. 10, 8, p. 1243 - 1253

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  • skin lesions
  • selection criteria
  • breeding value
  • aggression
  • prediction
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dogs in the shelter and home environment and relationship with quantitative behaviour assessment and physiological responses

  Walker, JK., Dale, AR., D'Eath, RB. & Wemelsfelder, F., 31 Aug 2016, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 184, p. 97 - 108 12 p.

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  • physiological response
  • dogs
  • Dogs
  • principal component analysis
  • Statistical Factor Analysis
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  72 Downloads (Pure)

• Quantifying hungry broiler breeder dietary preferences using a closed economy T-maze task

  Buckley, LA., Sandilands, V., Tolkamp, BJ. & D'Eath, RB., 2011, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 133, p. 216 - 227 12 p.

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Rearing undocked pigs on fully slatted floors using multiple types and variations of enrichment

  Chou, J-Y., Drique, C. M. V., Sandercock, D. A., D'Eath, R. B. & O'Driscoll, K., 2 Apr 2019, In: Animals. 9, 4, 139.

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  • rearing
  • Swine
  • swine
  • Tail
  • tail biting
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Relationship between size and age of modern hyper-prolific crossbred sows

  Moustsen, VA., Lahrmann, HP. & D'Eath, RB., 2011, In: Livestock Science. 141, p. 272 - 275 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Parity
  • sows
  • parity (reproduction)
  • crossbreds
  • Tail
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Repeated locomotion scoring of a sow herd to measure lameness: consistency over time, the effect of sow characteristics and inter-observer reliability

  D'Eath, RB., 2012, In: Animal Welfare. 21, 2, p. 219 - 231 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • lameness
  • Farms
  • sows
  • Locomotion
  • locomotion
  35 Citations (Scopus)

• Sex differences in basal hypothalamic anorectic and orexigenic gene expression and the effect of quantitative and qualitative food restriction

  Caughey, SD., Wilson, PW., Mukhtar, N., Brocklehurst, S., Reid, A., D'Eath, RB., Boswell, T. & Dunn, IC., 29 May 2018, In: Biology of Sex Differences. 9, 1, 20.

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  • Appetite Depressants
  • Chickens
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Food
  • food
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Tail posture predicts tail biting outbreaks at pen level in weaner pigs

  Lahrmann, HP., Hansen, CF., D'Eath, RB., Busch, ME. & Forkman, B., 13 Dec 2017, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 200, p. 29 - 35 7 p.

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  • tail biting
  • feeder pigs
  • posture
  • Posture
  • Tail
  21 Citations (Scopus)

  43 Downloads (Pure)

• The effect of long or chopped straw on pig behaviour

  Lahrmann, HP., Oxholm, LC., Steinmetz, H., Nielsen, MBF. & D'Eath, RB., 2014, In: Animal. 9, 5, p. 862 - 870 9 p.

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  • straw
  • swine
  • aggression
  • shoulders
  • rooting
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  94 Downloads (Pure)

• The effect of space allowance for finishing pigs on productivity and pen hygiene

  Jensen, T., Nielsen, CK., Vinther, J. & D'Eath, RB., 2012, In: Livestock Science. 149, 1-2, p. 33 - 40 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • swine finishing
  • Hygiene
  • hygiene
  • Swine
  • swine
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• The effect of straw, rope, and Bite-Rite treatment in weaner pens with a tail biting outbreak

  Lahrmann, H., Faustrup, J., Hansen, C., D'Eath, RB., Nielsen, J. & Forkman, B., 17 Jun 2019, In: Animals. 9, 6, 365.

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  • tail biting
  • ropes
  • Bites and Stings
  • weanlings
  • Tail
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• The use of conditioned place preference to determine broiler preferences for quantitative or qualitative dietary restriction

  Buckley, LA., Sandilands, V., Hocking, PM., Tolkamp, BJ. & D'Eath, RB., 2012, In: British Poultry Science. 53(3), p. 291 - 306 16 p.

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  • calcium propionate
  • dietary restriction
  • Birds
  • broiler chickens
  • birds
  11 Citations (Scopus)