Simple Summary This review outlines the latest in a succession of updates of the Five
Domains Model, which, at each stage, incorporated contemporary verified scientific thinking …

Measuring and understanding personality in animals is a rising scientific field. Much
research has been conducted to assess distinctive individual differences in behavior in a …

Contemporary animal welfare thinking is increasingly emphasising the promotion of positive
states. There is a need for existing assessment frameworks to accommodate this shift in …

The Sciences of Animal Welfare analyses the diverse, interconnecting subjects which
constitute this fascinating multidisciplinary field, whilst also considering the limitations and …

Developments in affective neuroscience and behavioural science during the last 10–15
years have together made it increasingly apparent that sentient animals are potentially much …

Simple Summary Formal recognition that some animals are sentient beings is now
widespread and continues to increase internationally. Sentience is a capacity of animals to …

Natural selection can generate correlated suites of phenotypic traits by acting independently
on physiological and behavioural characters or on mechanisms that exert pleiotropic …

Parental care promotes offspring survival and, for livestock species, this care is provided
solely by the mother. Maternal behaviour in the sheep has been exceptionally well-studied …

The objectives of this study were to investigate whether; 1) temperament or 2) behavioral
responsiveness to humans, can affect the behavior, physiology and productivity of dairy …

This paper defines the concept of temperament and discusses the use of behavioural
reactivity testing in sheep. The range of behavioural tests used in sheep are categorised and …