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Lucas, R. J., Allen, A. E., Brainard, G. C. et al. 2024. Recommendations for measuring and standardizing light for laboratory mammals to improve welfare and reproducibility in animal research. PLOS Biology 22(3), e3002535.

Light enables vision and exerts widespread effects on physiology and behavior, including regulating circadian rhythms, sleep, hormone synthesis, affective state, and cognitive processes. Appropriate lighting in animal facilities may support welfare and ensure that animals...

Chang, L.-J., Weng, H.-Y., Lien, C.-Y. et al. 2024. Retrospective comparison of the anesthetic effects of tiletamine–zolazepam with dexmedetomidine and ketamine with dexmedetomidine in captive Formosan serow (Capricornis swinhoei). Animals 14(10), 14

Formosan serows are endemic to the mountainous regions of Taiwan. This crossover study aimed to assess and compare the anesthetic induction and recovery using either dexmedetomidine–tiletamine–zolazepam (DZ) or dexmedetomidine–ketamine (DK) by intramuscular injection from a...

Weeder, M. M., Kleinhenz, M. D., Reppert, E. J. et al. 2024. Comparison of firocoxib and meloxicam for pain mitigation in goats undergoing surgical castration. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 262(4), 498–505.

OBJECTIVE This study sought to determine whether firocoxib (FIRO) or meloxicam (MEL) was effective at providing analgesia after surgical castration in goats. ANIMALS 18 intact male crossbred goats (6 to 8 months old) were enrolled...

Paskaš, S., Miočinović, J., Savić, M. et al. 2024. Welfare assessment on different-sized dairy goat farms in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 27(2), 210–222.

This research aimed for the first time to identify the essential welfare problems on 46 goat dairy farms in Vojvodina, based on the goat AWIN welfare protocol. The study showed that space allowance per goat...

Cuttance, E. L., Mason, W. A., McDermott, J. et al. 2024. Comparison of three anaesthetic options to reduce acute pain response in kid goats. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 27(3), 465–476.

Three options for anesthetizing the skin around the horn bud of dairy goat kids were explored. Forty-five

Trowbridge, F. 2023. The perfect playground: Designing a goat enclosure for pygmy and Anglo-Nubian goats. RATEL (Journal of the Association of British and Irish Wild Animal Keepers) 50(3-4), 18-20.

Goats are known for their lively and curious nature and our pygmy and Nubian goats are no exception. Providing them with a stimulating environment is essential for their physical and mental well-being and one way...

Taylor, P. S., Schrobback, P., Verdon, M. et al. 2023. An effective environmental enrichment framework for the continual improvement of production animal welfare. Animal Welfare 32, e14.

Substrates and objects are provided to farm animals on the assumption that they improve animal welfare by enriching the environment, but these often fail to consider the extent to which an environmental enrichment (EE) improves...

LaFollette, M. R., Cloutier, S., Brady, C. M. et al. 2023. Benchmarking enrichment efforts in the US & Canada across species and enrichment categories. JAALAS 62(4), 303–316.

Enrichment is important for animal welfare and data quality. Provision of enrichment opportunities varies between species and enrichment category. However, data benchmarking these differences does not exist. Our objective was to characterize enrichment provision and...

Mason, M. A., Semple, S., Marshall, H. H. et al. 2024. Goats discriminate emotional valence in the human voice. Animal Behaviour 209, 227–240.

Reading another animal’s emotional state can enable receivers to anticipate their behavioural motivations, which is important in guiding interactions with that individual. For species living closely alongside humans, the emotional cues that we express can...

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