Robert Howard, Rupert McShane, James Lindesay, Craig Ritchie et al.
BACKGROUND: Clinical trials have shown the benefits of cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease. It is not known whether treatment benefits continue after the progression to moderate-to-severe disease. METHODS: We assigned 295 community-dwelling patients wh...
Michelle Sinclair, Claire Fryer, Clive Phillips
In this study, 17 focus group meetings were held with livestock industry leaders in geographically dispersed areas of China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, India and Bangladesh, regarding animal welfare issues, potential solutions and attitudes. Livestock leaders were asked 'what do you see as the ben...
Mohammad Ariful Islam, Arvind Sharma, Shamir Ahsan, Shimul Mazumdar et al.
Protocols for assessing the welfare of dairy cows in large scale intensive dairy systems in the developed world have been used extensively. Little attention has been paid to the use of similar welfare assessment protocols for small dairy enterprises in developing countries. We modified part of the s...
Michelle Sinclair, Clive Phillips
The welfare of farm animals has been the focus of increasing international interest, however, the movement has had little engagement with livestock leaders who are, arguably, the stakeholders in the position most able to make decisions that impact on animal welfare at critical times. Previous studie...
Jashim Uddin, Clive Phillips, Mathieu Auboeuf, David McNeill
The welfare of dairy cows is sometimes compromised by anxiety that could be indicated by changes in body temperature. We hypothesized that there was an association between external body surface infrared temperature (IRT) of lactating cows and behavioural responses to anxiety, using rectal temperatur...
Michelle Sinclair, I. Zulkifli, Georgette Leah Burns, Clive Phillips
Preslaughter stunning; the induction of unconsciousness and insensibility of animals prior to slaughter, is an important process for the welfare of livestock. The application of stunning is required by legislation in some countries, and rarely practised in others. In order to effectively advocate th...
Jashim Uddin, David McNeill, Clive Phillips
The emotions of cows could be reflected in their body temperature, productivity and behaviours. We tested whether there is a positive correlation between non-invasive infrared temperature (IRT) and right-side laterality (presumed to indicate anxiety), and negative correlation with milk production in...
Jashim Uddin, David McNeill, Clive Phillips
In commercial dairy cows, the conditions in which they are kept may lead to negative emotional states associated with the development of chronic physiological and behavioural abnormalities that may compromise their health, welfare and productivity. Such states include fear, stress or anxiety. Behavi...