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List of works by Richard B D'Eath

Association of HPA axis-related genetic variation with stress reactivity and aggressive behaviour in pigs

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

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

Colour perception and the use of video playback experiments in animal behaviour

scientific article published on October 1, 1998

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

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Early weaning results in less active behaviour, accompanied by lower 5-HT1A and higher 5-HT2A receptor mRNA expression in specific brain regions of female pigs.

scientific article published on 23 July 2008

Environmental enrichment enhances spatial cognition in rats by reducing thigmotaxis (wall hugging) during testing

Food restriction reduces neurogenesis in the avian hippocampal formation

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Genetic associations between behavioral traits and direct-social effects of growth rate in pigs1

scientific article published on September 5, 2012

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

scientific article published on July 2015

Genetic validation of postmixing skin injuries in pigs as an indicator of aggressiveness and the relationship with injuries under more stable social conditions

scientific article published on 02 July 2009

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

scientific article published on 15 February 2014

Hypothalamic Agouti-Related Peptide mRNA is Elevated During Natural and Stress-Induced Anorexia

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

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

scientific article published in October 2013

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

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Investigating the behavioural and physiological indicators of neonatal survival in pigs

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Long Term Benefits on Social Behaviour after Early Life Socialization of Piglets

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

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

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Multi-Step Tail Biting Outbreak Intervention Protocols for Pigs Housed on Slatted Floors

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

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

scientific article published on 7 July 2017

Pigs' aggressive temperament affects pre-slaughter mixing aggression, stress and meat quality.

scientific article published on April 2010

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

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Rearing Undocked Pigs on Fully Slatted Floors Using Multiple Types and Variations of Enrichment.

scientific article published on 2 April 2019

Resident-intruder trait aggression is associated with differences in lysine vasopressin and serotonin receptor 1A (5-HT1A) mRNA expression in the brain of pre-pubertal female domestic pigs (Sus scrofa).

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

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Sex differences, or not, in spatial cognition in albino rats: acute stress is the key

The Effect of Straw, Rope, and Bite-Rite Treatment in Weaner Pens with a Tail Biting Outbreak

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

The effect of long or chopped straw on pig behaviour.

scientific article published on 15 December 2014

Transcriptional responses of PBMC in psychosocially stressed animals indicate an alerting of the immune system in female but not in castrated male pigs.

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Unpredictable Chronic Mild Stress Suppresses the Incorporation of New Neurons at the Caudal Pole of the Chicken Hippocampal Formation

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

Why are most EU pigs tail docked? Economic and ethical analysis of four pig housing and management scenarios in the light of EU legislation and animal welfare outcomes

scientific article published on 2 November 2015