World Animal Day 2023

Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 15: Life on land

Nanowarming improves survival of vitrified ovarian tissue and follicular development in a sheep model

Elsevier, Heliyon, Volume 9, August 2023

The study shows the investigation concludes that the Nanowarming of cryopreserved ovarian tissue has the potential to protect the tissue from cryoinjury in sheep.

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Health and wellbeing; Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Phenotypic characterization of donkey population in South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Elsevier, Heliyon, Volume 9, August 2023

The study was conducted with the aim of investigating population diversification and characterization morphologically which helps to fill the gap of molecular characterization on the population of donkey.

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Data & Analytics, Africa

Health and welfare assessment of beef cattle during the adaptation period in a specialized commercial fattening unit

Elsevier, Research in Veterinary Science, Volume 158, May 2023

Talks about the welfare of cattle in the beef industry.

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Health and wellbeing, Global

Dogs working in schools–Safety awareness and animal welfare

Elsevier, Journal of Veterinary Behavior, Volume 57, November 2022

Talks about the safety and environment of dogs in schools and their interactions with children.

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Health and wellbeing; Animal Welfare, Global

Gastrointestinal parasites in Swedish pigs: Prevalence and associated risk factors for infection in herds where animal welfare standards are improved

Elsevier, Veterinary Parasitology, Volume 295, July 2021

Discusses the influence of parasite prevalance in pig heards where there are better animal welfare standards.

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

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Health and wellbeing, Europe

The Veterinary Psychiatry of Cats - Chapter 4.1: What a cat needs

Elsevier, The Veterinary Psychiatry of Cats, 2023, pp 133-138

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by describing the needs of cats in order to promote companion animal welfare.

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

The Veterinarian's Guide to Animal Welfare - Chapter 4: Assessing animal welfare

Elsevier, The Veterinarian's Guide to Animal Welfare, 2022, pp 117-138

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by describing the various methods and metrics to use in assessing animal welfare, from wildlife to livestock to laboratory animals and beyond.

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Health and wellbeing; Science; Animal Welfare, Global

The Perfect Puppy - Chapter 6: The aging dog: Making life easier for them and you, when and how to say goodbye, creating a memorial

Elsevier, The Perfect Puppy, 2022, pp 309-313

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by describing effective and compassionate end of life care for dogs to promote companion animal welfare.

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals (Third Edition) - Chapter 1: Ethics

Elsevier, Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, Third Edition, 2023, pp 3-16

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by discussing the ethical considerations of using laboratory animals as test subjects.

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Health and wellbeing; Science; Animal Ethics, Global

Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals (Third Edition) - Chapter 29: Anesthesia for in vivo imaging studies: practical considerations for experimental outcomes and animal welfare

Elsevier, Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, Third Edition, 2023, pp 711-723

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by considering best practices for using anesthesia on laboratory animals to promote laboratory animal welfare.

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

New Aspects of Meat Quality (Second Edition) - Chapter 24: Fundamentals of animal welfare in meat animals and consumer attitudes to animal welfare

Elsevier, New Aspects of Meat Quality: From Genes to Ethics, Second Edition, 2022, pp 667-703

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by discussing the role of transparency regarding livestock animal welfare in consumer attitudes toward livestock production practices.

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Health and wellbeing; Science; Animal Ethics, Global

Advances in Pig Welfare - Chapter 13: Pig-human interactions: Creating a positive perception of humans to ensure pig welfare

Elsevier, Advances in Pig Welfare, 2018, pp 381-398

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by discussing the role of human-animal relationships in maintaining livestock welfare.

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 14: Life below water

Laboratory Fish in Biomedical Research - Chapter 5: The welfare of zebrafish

Elsevier, Laboratory Fish in Biomedical Research, 2021, pp 101-117

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 14: Life under Water by discussing the ethical considerations and welfare needs of zebrafish in laboratory settings.

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

Spontaneous Pathology of the Laboratory Non-Human Primate - Chapter 2: Regulations and ethics concerning the use of non-human primates in research

Elsevier, Spontaneous Pathology of the Laboratory Non-Human Primate, 2023, pp 7-13

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by discussing the ethical considerations of caring for non-human primates as laboratory subjects.

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Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 15: Life on land

Imperiled - The Jaguar: Hope for a Brighter Future in the Americas

Elsevier, Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation, 2022, pp 113-120

This chapter aligns with Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Goal 15: Life on Land by giving a review of the jaguar species, including their ecology, behavior, threats, and conservation status, highlighting recent initiatives to conserve jaguars.

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Forests, South America

Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 10 - Chapter 37: Zoo Animal Welfare in the 21st Century - Contemporary Thinking, Assessment, and Best Practice

Elsevier, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 10, 2022, pp 245-250

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by discussing the importance and assessment of zoo animal welfare.

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

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Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 15: Life on land

Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 10 - Chapter 39: Concepts of Animal Welfare in Natural Habitats and in Zoos: Meaning and Anxiety

Elsevier, Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 10, 2022, pp 255-260

This chapter aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and Goal 15: Life on Land by comparing animal welfare across zoos and natural habitats.

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Short-term swimming up-regulates pro-inflammatory mediators and cytokines in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Volume 284, October 2023

This article advances SDG # 14 by investigating the impact aerobic swimming exercise in fish has on improving robustness of some species and the importance of establishing suitable rearing conditions to improve the welfare of cultured fish.

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Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Oceans & Seas; Sustainable consumption and production, Global

The ethics of intervening in animal behaviour for conservation

Elsevier, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 38, September 2023

Conservation scientists often aim to modify animal behaviour for management. However, there are ethical/welfare issues associated with this. The authors provide a decision support tool to assess the ethical considerations of modifiy animal behaviour against alternative options

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Responsible tourism; Biodiversity and ecosystems; Rural development; Animal Ethics, Global

Comparing the effectiveness of two roadkill survey methods on roads

Elsevier, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 121, August 2023

This article advances SDG # 15 and SDG # 11 by examining the large number of animals killed on road and establish how best to assess the problem so as to improve mitigation.

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Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Sustainable transport, Global

Breeding stage impacts on chronic stress and physiological condition in northern gannets (Morus bassanus)

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Volume 274, December 2022

This article advances SDG # 15 and SDG # 14 by highlighting the value of the use of haematology in identifying changing patterns of health among seabirds which may serve as an early indicator of breeding failure, overwintering mortality, and population declines.

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Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 14: Life below water

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Blubber and serum cortisol concentrations as indicators of the stress response and overall health status in striped dolphins

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Volume 272, October 2022

This article advances SDG # 14 by looking at the impact that environmental changes and anthropogenic threats are having on marine mammals through the assessment of different stress biomarkers in certain body tissues of chronically affected and bycaught striped dolphins.

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Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Temporal patterns and factors influencing vertebrate roadkill in China

Elsevier, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Volume 15, September 2022

Increasing road traffic in China means roadkill is a large and growing problem there. This paper analyses patterns in order to support mitigation measures.

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Sustainable transport, Asia

Physiological effects of capture and short-term captivity in an invasive snake species, the Burmese python (Python bivittatus) in Florida

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Volume 267, May 2022

This article advances SDG # 15 and SDG # 11 by looking at the impact captivity has on wild animals and help identify which species may be able to successfully transition to a captive environment.

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Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Science, Global

Cuticle melanization and the expression of immune-related genes in the honeybee Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) adult workers

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Volume 257, January 2022

This article advances SDG # 15 and # 11 by investigating one of the factors leading to the global decline of bee populations. Pathogens, which need overcome the insect defenses such as the physical barriers, the body cuticle and peritrophic matrix (primary defenses), as well as the secondary defenses with antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and the enzyme lysozyme were evaluated according to cuticle maturation.

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Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

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Biodiversity and ecosystems, Global

Antibiotic drugs alter zebrafish behavior

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, Volume 242, April 2021

This article advances SDG #14 by looking at the impact widely used antibiotics are having on aquatic organisms when they are excreted unchanged into enter our water bodies.

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Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 14: Life below water

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Water and sanitation, Global

Assessing oxidative stress in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus): Associations with mercury and selenium concentrations

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, Volume 235, September 2020

This article advances SDG # 15 and # 14 by looking at the potential adverse effects relatively high total mercury concentration has on the developing fetus of Steller sea lions.

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Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Determinants of traveler intention toward animal ethics in tourism: Developing a causal recipe combining cognition, affect, and norm factors

Elsevier, Tourism Management, Volume 100, February 2024

This study investigates the factors that influence travelers' intentions toward animal ethics in tourism and makes a significant contribution to methodological approaches and the body of knowledge in animal ethics in tourism.

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Responsible tourism; Animal Ethics, Global

An animal welfare literacy framework for tourism

Elsevier, Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 96, September 2022

Research indicates that tourists continue to have difficulty assessing animals' welfare at wildlife tourism attractions, and so there is an immediate need for more education on such impacts. The purpose of this paper is to fill this education knowledge gap by introducing an environmental literacy framework, i.e., “what an environmentally literate person should know and be able to do,” in progressing from animal welfare illiteracy in tourism to literacy.

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Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

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Responsible tourism; Education; Animal Welfare, Global

Early life stress causes persistent impacts on the microbiome of Atlantic salmon

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, Volume 40, December 2021

Farmed fish are commonly exposed to stress in intensive aquaculture systems, often leading to immune impairment and increased susceptibility to disease. Effects of two aquaculture-relevant early-life stressors on the gut and skin microbiome of Atlantic salmon fry (four months post hatching) using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing were studied.

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Oceans & Seas, Global

Behavioral impairment and neurotoxic responses of silver catfish Rhamdia quelen exposed to organophosphate pesticide trichlorfon: Protective effects of diet containing rutin

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology, Volume 239, January 2021

Trichlorfon is an organophosphate pesticide used extensively for controlling ectoparasites in aquaculture. Studies have found that trichlorfon caused environmental pollution and severe neurotoxic effects in several freshwater species. Feed additives such as flavonoids may reduce or prevent pesticide-induced toxicity in fish. The aim of the present study was to determine whether acute exposure to trichlorfon impairs behaviour and causes oxidative damage in brains of silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen).

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Water and sanitation, Global

Maternal behavioural analysis during a successful captive breeding of jaguars Panthera onca

Elsevier, Theriogenology Wild, Volume 2, 2023, 100027

The breeding of captive wild species can play a crucial role in their preservation. One major barrier to successful captive breeding is the difficulty of replicating the natural environment. In this study the authors provide suggestions and recommendations to facilitate future breeding efforts for captive jaguars.

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Science, Global

Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Elsevier, Theriogenology Wild, Volume 1, 2022, 100011

It is important to learn how to manage Asian male elephant reproductive behaviour for the long-term sustainability of the species. The authors provide important information that can be directly applied to improving the well-being of elephants and other wildlife.

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Sustainable tourism, Asia

One Conservation concept in practice

Elsevier, Theriogenology Wild, Volume 2, 2023, 100024

The rescue of wild animals after major environmental disasters is complex and requires an an integrative approach. Conservation scientists describe a successful example that lead to the reproduction of the only pair of Jaguars under reproductive age saved from the devastating Pantanal wildfires that killed over 16.9 million vertebrates in 2018..

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Disaster risk reduction, South America

Assessing animal welfare

Elsevier, Animal Behaviour, Volume 186, April 2022, Pages 151-177

The authors investigate whether applying multiple welfare indicators’ and triangulating them can lead to converged and corroborating evidence of welfare, or whether the indicators' contradict one another.

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Biodiversity and ecosystems; Animal Welfare, Global

Recommended Guidelines for Developing, Qualifying, and Implementing Complex In Vitro Models (CIVMs)

Elsevier, SLAS Discovery, Volume 25, Issue 10, December 2020, Pages 1174-1190

Animal models are used with increasing numbers in the late LO phase and particularly in the candidate selection phase for pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) and efficacy, and then also used in regulatory required safety studies. Therefore, there are opportunities throughout the drug discovery process to incorporate more translationally predictive cellular models, or CIVMs, to both reduce animal use aligned to our 3Rs commitment (replacement, reduction, and refinement) and provide data that better translate to the clinic, which ultimately results in better medicines for patients.

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Science, Global

Untargeted plasma metabolomic analysis of wild bottlenose dolphins

Elsevier, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, Volume 42, June 2022, 100991

The diseased state in dolphins had metabolic consequences with a shift towards protein degradation. This may constrain the way cetaceans could cope with extra stressors (e.g., human disturbances). Provides insight to how we deal with conservation policies and the impact of stressors on population dynamics.

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