Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

Recent papers from Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

1. PEDV envelope protein promotes viral replication by remodeling host iron homeostasis via the TRIM28-KLF15-FPN axisJournal of Virology · 2026
2. No mention of animal welfare in the United Nations’ sustainable development goals? But this may be a good thing!Animal Welfare · 2026
3. Olfactory enrichment – effects of odorised straw on exploratory behaviour, straw engagement, and play in finishing pigsanimal · 2026
4. Stage 2 Registered Report: Refinement of tickling protocols to improve positive animal welfare in laboratory ratsF1000Research · 2025
5. Pseudorabies virus induces natural killer cell depletion by GSDMD-mediated inflammation and pyroptosis to promote infection and lung injuryJournal of Virology · 2025
6. Development of a scale to assess pigs’ immediate behavioural reaction when encountering novel odoursApplied Animal Behaviour Science · 2025
7. Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceansScience · 2024
8. An Analysis of Welfare Standards Within Tiger (Panthera tigris) Facilities in ThailandZoo Biology · 2024
9. Feel-good songs: application of a novel playback paradigm to induce a positive affective state in juvenile male Wistar ratsApplied Animal Behaviour Science · 2024
10. A preliminary description of Atlantic white‐sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) vocalizationsMarine Mammal Science · 2024
11. Use of an expert elicitation methodology to compare welfare impacts of two approaches for blood sampling European badgers (Meles meles) in the fieldAnimal Welfare · 2024
12. Photo‐identification and satellite telemetry connect southern right whales from South Georgia Island (Islas Georgias del Sur) with multiple feeding and calving grounds in the southwest AtlanticMarine Mammal Science · 2023
13. Ensuring ethical animal welfare research: Are more ethics review committees the solution?Peer Community Journal · 2023
14. Ensuring ethical animal welfare research: Are more ethics review committees the solution?2023
15. Odor exploration behavior of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa) as indicator of enriching properties of odorsTyöväentutkimus Vuosikirja · 2023
16. Observations of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) surface feeding on krill in austral winter at South GeorgiaMarine Mammal Science · 2023
17. Browse or browsing: Investigating goat preferences for feeding posture, feeding height and feed typeFrontiers in Veterinary Science · 2022
18. Stage 1 Registered Report: Refinement of tickling protocols to improve positive animal welfare in laboratory ratsF1000Research · 2022
19. Stage 1 Registered Report: Refinement of tickling protocols to improve positive animal welfare in laboratory ratsF1000Research · 2022
20. Historical occurrence of whales in Scottish Waters inferred from whaling recordsAquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems · 2022