Simple Summary Oxidative stress is an adverse condition in animals that can cause tissue
damage and result in poor health. A number of factors can contribute to this condition …

Working animals spend hours each day in close contact with humans and require training to
understand commands and fulfil specific tasks. However, factors driving cooperation …

Free-living species exhibit seasonal variation in various life history traits, including vital rates
such as birth and death patterns. Different physiological mechanisms are thought to underlie …

Despite numerous studies emerging on the human-horse relationship, significant gaps exist
in the identification of the horse and handler factors that influence the quality of their …

Cues such as the human pointing gesture, gaze or proximity to an object are widely used in
behavioural studies to evaluate animals' abilities to follow human-given cues. Many …

Slowly reproducing and long-lived terrestrial mammals are often more at risk from
challenges that influence fitness and survival. It is, therefore, important to understand how …

Simple Summary Between May 2018 and December 2020, three orangutans (P. p.
pygmaeus and P. p. abelii) were housed at a holding facility (Veterinary Medical Center …

Although social behaviour is common in group-living mammals, our understanding of its
mechanisms in long-lived animals is largely based on studies in human and non-human …

The use of animals for work is an ancient activity that has allowed communities to develop in
different aspects including transport, agriculture, and forestry. The most frequent species …

Background: The intestinal tract of practically all animals is inhabited by a diverse
microorganism referred to as gut microbiome. The importance of gut microbiome to its host is …