Search filters

List of works by Isabelle Veissier

A note on overdispersion as an index of behavioural synchrony: a pilot study in dairy cows

A note on the consistency and specificity of lambs’ responses to a stockperson and to their photograph in an arena test

article

A prospective exploration of farm, farmer, and animal characteristics in human-animal relationships: An epidemiological survey

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

A review of the impact of housing on dairy cow behaviour, health and welfare

article

Aggregation of measures to produce an overall assessment of animal welfare. Part 1: a review of existing methods

scientific article published on September 2007

Aggregation of measures to produce an overall assessment of animal welfare. Part 2: analysis of constraints

article

An assessment of the impact of rumenocentesis on pain and stress in cattle and the effect of local anaesthesia

scientific article

An on-farm investigation of beef suckler herds using an animal welfare index (AWI).

scientific article

Animal Welfare Management in a Digital World

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Animal welfare: towards transdisciplinarity ? the European experience

Appraisal process in sheep (Ovis aries): interactive effect of suddenness and unfamiliarity on cardiac and behavioral responses

scientific article published in August 2006

Assessing and improving farm animal welfare: the way forward

Assessment of positive emotions in animals to improve their welfare

scientific article published on 24 February 2007

Association between breeding bulls’ reactivity to humans or handling and their daily behaviour and growth

scientific article published in July 2022

Behavioural adaptations of sheep to repeated acidosis challenges and effect of yeast supplementation

scientific article

Behavioural and physiological responses of lambs to controllable vs. uncontrollable aversive events

scientific article

Calves' responses to repeated social regrouping and relocation

scientific article published on October 1, 2001

Cubicle housing systems for cattle: Comfort of dairy cows depends on cubicle adjustment

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Decrease in cow-calf attachment after weaning

scientific article published on 01 June 1990

Dehorning of cattle in the EU Member States: A quantitative survey of the current practices

Description and factors of variation of the overall health score in French dairy cattle herds using the Welfare Quality(®) assessment protocol.

scientific article published on 9 August 2013

Development of welfare measures and protocols for the collection of data on farms or at slaughter

article

Do International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR) dimension recommendations for loose housing of cows improve animal welfare?

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Does milk yield reflect the level of welfare in dairy herds?

article by Maud Coignard et al published January 2014 in The Veterinary Journal

Does nutritive and non-nutritive sucking reduce other oral behaviors and stimulate rest in calves?

scientific article published in October 2002

Does repeated regrouping alter the social behaviour of heifers?

Does the use of a device to measure heart rate affect the behavioural responses of lambs to humans?

article

Editorial: Pigs crying, silent fish and other stories about animal welfare assessment

Effect of autonomic blockers on heart period variability in calves: evaluation of the sympathovagal balance.

scientific article

Effects of Burdizzo castration on CO2 laser induced thermal nociception of Holstein–Friesian calves of different ages

article published in 2010

Effects of age of Holstein-Friesian calves on plasma cortisol, acute-phase proteins, immunological function, scrotal measurements and growth in response to Burdizzo castration

article

Effects of the forage-to-concentrate ratio of the diet on feeding behaviour in young Blond d'Aquitaine bulls

scientific article

Emotional experience in sheep: predictability of a sudden event lowers subsequent emotional responses

scientific article published on 21 May 2007

Emotions in farm animals: a new approach to animal welfare in applied ethology

scientific article published in November 2002

Enhancement of performances in a learning task in suckler calves after weaning and relocation: Motivational versus cognitive control?

Erratum to “Effects of Burdizzo castration on CO2 laser induced thermal nociception of Holstein–Friesian calves of different ages” [Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 126 (2010) 12–18]

scholarly article published in Applied Animal Behaviour Science

European approaches to ensure good animal welfare

article published in 2008

Exploration of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function as a tool to evaluate animal welfare

scientific article published on 16 January 2007

Five or eight weeks of restricted suckling: influence on dairy calves’ feed intake, growth and suckling behaviour

Guest editorial: Ruminant physiology; digestion, metabolism and effects of nutrition on reproduction and welfare

Heart rate variability as a measure of autonomic regulation of cardiac activity for assessing stress and welfare in farm animals -- a review

scientific article published on 20 January 2007

Heat stress in cows at pasture and benefit of shade in a temperate climate region

scientific article published on 17 November 2017

Hot-iron disbudding: stress responses and behavior of 1- and 4-week-old calves receiving anti-inflammatory analgesia without or with sedation using xylazine

article

How does the method used to feed lambs modulate their affinity to their human caregiver?

Human contact and feeding as rewards for the lamb's affinity to their stockperson

Image analysis to refine measurements of dairy cow behaviour from a real-time location system

scholarly article by Bruno Meunier et al published September 2018 in Biosystems Engineering

Integration of data collected on farms or at slaughter to generate an overall assessment of animal welfare

Introduction

Learning to suckle from an artificial teat within groups of lambs: Influence of a knowledgeable partner

scientific article published in August 1993

Links between specialization in the finishing of bulls, mixing, farmers' attitudes towards animals and the production of finishing bulls: a survey on French farms

article

Maternal social stress during late pregnancy affects hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function and brain neurotransmitter systems in pig offspring

scientific article published on 30 October 2009

Mixing at the beginning of fattening moderates social buffering in beef bulls

New recommendations for self-locking barriers to reduce skin injuries in dairy cows

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Nonnutritive oral activities and stress responses of veal calves in relation to feeding and housing conditions

article

Observational learning in cattle

On the way to assess emotions in animals: do lambs (Ovis aries) evaluate an event through its suddenness, novelty, or unpredictability?

scientific article

Ontogeny of social awareness in domestic herbivores

Opinion paper: Increasing the economic value of male calves from dairy herds to avoid poor animal welfare

scientific article published in August 2023

Pig's responses to repeated social regrouping and relocation during the growing-finishing period

article

Positive attitudes of farmers and pen-group conservation reduce adverse reactions of bulls during transfer for slaughter

Reactions of calves to handling depend on housing condition and previous experience with humans

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Reactivity of Aubrac heifers exposed to a novel environment alone or in groups of four

Refinement of international recommendations for cubicles, based on the identification of associations between cubicle characteristics and dairy cow welfare measures

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Relevance and implementation of Welfare Quality® assessment systems

Repeatability and reliability of an approach test to determine calves’ responsiveness to humans: “a brief report”

article published in 2003

Repeated regrouping of pair-housed heifers around puberty affects their behavioural and HPA axis reactivities

Risk of subacute ruminal acidosis in sheep with separate access to forage and concentrate

Seven steps to enhance Open Science practices in animal science

Social behaviour in domestic beef cattle when yearling calves are left with the cows for the next calving

Special Section — stress and welfare in farm animals

Stress and welfare: two complementary concepts that are intrinsically related to the animal's point of view.

scientific article published on 19 December 2006

Suckling, weaning, and the development of oral behaviours in dairy calves

article

Temporal association between food distribution and human caregiver presence and the development of affinity to humans in lambs

scientific article published in March 2008

The Nature of Animal Welfare Science

The Welfare Quality® project and beyond: Safeguarding farm animal well-being

The Welfare Quality® vision

The ability of lambs to form expectations and the emotional consequences of a discrepancy from their expectations

scientific article published on 13 January 2011

The effects of rearing in individual crates on subsequent social behaviour of veal calves

The formation of preferential relationships at early age in cattle

scientific article published on 8 May 2010

The influence of farmers' behavior on calves' reactions to transport and quality of veal meat.

scientific article

The major welfare problems of dairy cows in French commercial farms: an epidemiological approach

article

The motivation of cows to walk as thwarted by tethering

scientific article published on 6 June 2008

The use of circadian behaviour to measure adaptation of calves to changes in their environment

Weaning in calves: Its effects on social organization