[HTML][HTML] The Impact of Early-Life Cecal Microbiota Transplantation on Social Stress and Injurious Behaviors in Egg-Laying Chickens

Y Fu, J Hu, H Zhang, MA Erasmus, TA Johnson… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A plethora of studies have evidenced that the gut microbiota profoundly
influences host brain function and behavioral characteristics in humans and various …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacological validation of an attention bias test for conventional broiler chickens

MI Lourenço da Silva, A Ulans, L Jacobs - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Fear and anxiety are considered concerns for animal welfare as they are associated with
negative affective states. This study aimed to pharmacologically validate an attention bias …

Assessing Judgment Bias in Ambassador Animals: Two Case Studies

J Truax, J Vonk - 2024 - preprints.org
Judgment bias tasks assess optimism and pessimism through responses to ambiguous
stimuli. Optimistic individuals anticipate receiving a reward whereas pessimistic individuals …

Environmental complexity impacts anxiety in broiler chickens depending on genetic strain and body weight

A Ulans, G Brooks, L Jacobs - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The objective was to assess the impact of environmental complexity on affective state
(anxiety) in fast-and slow-growing broilers (Gallus gallus domesticus) as they gain weight …