Abstracts – Page 15

Abstracts: Development of an ethogram/guide for identifying feline emotions

June 22, 2021June 1, 2021adminLeave a Comment

Background: An accurate assessment of feline behaviour is essential in reducing the risk of handler injury and evaluating/improving feline welfare within veterinary practices. However, inexperience and/or suboptimal education in feline behaviour may cause many veterinary professionals to be ill equipped for this. In addition, busy veterinary professionals may not have time to thoroughly search the literature […]

Abstracts: Comparison of genetic merit for weight and meat traits between the polled and horned cattle in multiple beef breeds

June 16, 2021June 1, 2021adminLeave a Comment

Breeding for polled animals is deemed the most practical solution to eradicate horns naturally and circumvent management costs and risks on health and welfare. However, there has been a historical reluctance by some farmers to select polled animals due to perceived lower productivity of their calves.

Abstracts: Dog cognitive development – a longitudinal study

June 4, 2021June 1, 2021adminLeave a Comment

While our understanding of adult dog cognition has grown considerably over the past 20 years, relatively little is known about the ontogeny of dog cognition. To assess the development and longitudinal stability of cognitive traits in dogs, we administered a battery of tasks to 160 candidate assistance dogs at 2 timepoints. The tasks were designed […]

Abstracts: Serum concentration of bisphenol A in elderly cats and its association with clinicopathological findings

May 29, 2021May 7, 2021adminLeave a Comment

Objectives: Bisphenol A (BPA) has been mentioned as a possible factor contributing to feline hyperthyroidism. Nevertheless, there are no previous studies reporting on the concentration of BPA in feline serum and its association with thyroid function. The objectives of this study were to measure serum BPA concentration in cats aged ⩾7 years, considered as healthy by their […]

Abstracts: Facial action units, activity and time spent with dam are effective measures of pain in response to mulesing of Merino lambs

May 20, 2021May 7, 2021adminLeave a Comment

Repeatable measures of pain in ruminants following husbandry procedures are required to validate responses to pain relief. This study tested the hypotheses that facial action units, activity and time spent with dam can be used to assess the efficacy of pain relief in lambs following mulesing.