HABRI Central

Investigation of the Effects of Service Dogs on Individuals Who Use Wheelchairs

Contributor(s):: Amanda Marie Reinsfelder

With modern medicine and advances in technology, people are living longer and expecting a higher quality of life. Individuals may not be receiving the ideal assistive devices because they are not sure where to obtain the proper equipment, or what is available. An increased flow of informational...

Changing human-animal relationships in sport: an analysis of the UK and Australian horse racing whips debates

| Contributor(s):: Graham, R., McManus, P.

Changing social values and new technologies have contributed to increasing media attention and debate about the acceptable use of animals in sport. This paper focuses on the use of the whip in thoroughbred horse racing. Those who defend its use argue it is a necessary tool needed for safety,...

Companion Animal Owner Perceptions, Knowledge, and Beliefs Regarding Pain Management in End-of-Life Care

| Contributor(s):: Heuberger, R., Petty, M., Huntingford, J.

Contribuição para o reconhecimento da dor oncológica em cães : possíveis indicadores de qualidade de vida e bem-estar

| Contributor(s):: Catarina Sofia Ferreira Duarte

A avaliação da dor nos animais de companhia é complexa e desafiante, existindo poucos estudos relativos à dor oncológica. O objectivo deste estudo consistiu pois na investigação de possíveis indicadores da qualidade de vida e bem-estar em...

Using the Horse Grimace Scale (HGS) to Assess Pain Associated with Acute Laminitis in Horses (Equus caballus)

| Contributor(s):: Emanuela Dalla Costa, Diana Stucke, Francesca Dai, Michela Minero, Matthew C. Leach, Dirk Lebelt

Acute laminitis is a common equine disease characterized by intense foot pain, both acutely and chronically. The Obel grading system is the most widely accepted method for describing the severity of laminitis by equine practitioners, however this method requires movement (walk and trot) of the...

The ethics of ear cropping

| Contributor(s):: Jennifer O'Rourke

Development of a facial expression scale using footrot and mastitis as models of pain in sheep

| Contributor(s):: McLennan, Krista M., Rebelo, Carlos J. B., Corke, Murray J., Holmes, Mark A., Leach, Matthew C., Constantino-Casas, Fernando

Management of pain in sheep is limited by the challenges of recognising and accurately quantifying pain in this species. The use of facial expression scoring to assess pain is a well-utilised, practical tool in both humans and non-human animals. The objective of this study was to develop a...

Detecting horses' sickness: in search of visible signs

| Contributor(s):: Hausberger, M., Fureix, C., Lesimple, C.

Assessing sickness in animals, by which we refer to non-specific states involving both physical discomfort and negative emotional states, is a real challenge. In this review, we demonstrate the need for clear and simple indicators of sickness in horses, a species in which suffering is largely...

Assessment of aversion and unconsciousness during exposure to carbon dioxide at high concentration in lambs

| Contributor(s):: Rodriguez, P., Dalmau, A., Manteca, X., Litvan, H., Jensen, E. W., Velarde, A.

The most widely used stunning method in sheep is electrical. However, in lambs, this method leads to rupture of the blood vessels, provoking ecchymoses. In pigs ( Sus scrofa), the use of CO 2-stunning systems has increased in popularity due to positive effects on meat quality and animal welfare...

Effects of carprofen, meloxicam and butorphanol on broiler chickens' performance in mobility tests

| Contributor(s):: Hothersall, B., Caplen, G., Parker, R., Nicol, C. J., Waterman-Pearson, A. E., Weeks, C. A., Murrell, J. C.

Lame broiler chickens perform poorly in standardised mobility tests and have nociceptive thresholds that differ from those of non-lame birds, even when confounding factors such as differences in bodyweight are accounted for. This study investigated whether these altered responses could be due...

Korsgaard and Non-Sentient Life

| Contributor(s):: Bock, Gregory L.

What (If Anything) Do We Owe to Wild Animals?

| Contributor(s):: Palmer, Clare

Darwin's Doubts and the Problems of Animal Pain

| Contributor(s):: Kraemer, E.R.

Reply to Comstock

| Contributor(s):: Lynch, J.J.

The Ethics of Painism: The Argument Against Painful Experiments

| Contributor(s):: Ryder, R.D.

Theodicy and Animals

| Contributor(s):: Lynch, J.J.