Posted in Article Reviews, Newsworthy on Mar 19th, 2013
Circadian rhythms and jet lag. There, cyclic crowing behavior explained. Quite a lot of people are discussing this study from Japan examining the effect of light on the crowing behavior of roosters. The authors observed several birds in experimental conditions where light intensity and duration were controlled, taking observations with audio recorders and cameras. The [...]
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Posted in Article Reviews on Aug 2nd, 2012
This article is one of many that I’m currently reviewing to build the introduction for the original research I plan to complete this summer/fall. This is the first of several posts discussing shelter cats to come in the next several weeks. This study by Kessler and Turner (1997) took a look at the stress levels [...]
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Posted in Newsworthy on May 18th, 2012
Hey all, taking a quick break from blogging as I’m busy with a personal research project I’ll report here on ASR soon, but I wanted to add a quick post for anyone subscribing to RSS or wondering if I’m still alive. This article on ScienceDaily details a study going on at the University of Georgia, [...]
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Posted in Article Reviews on Sep 22nd, 2011
Today’s article comes again from sciencedirect, and it’s the last literature review I’ll do for a while. It discusses play as an indicator for good welfare in captive and production animals. The challenges associated with understanding the motivations of play, and a brief history of landmark studies concerning play behaviors. Temple Grandin writes that play [...]
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Posted in Newsworthy on Sep 20th, 2011
It’s tough being a big guy in veterinary medicine. I’m not sure why so many dogs don’t like guys, but its going to be a big hurdle for me as my work continues with both small and large animals. Just today I met someone’s dachshund who did nothing but chase my ankles barking, growling, and [...]
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