From: IN%"margory@rcn.com" "margory cohen" 14-DEC-2002 06:38:09.08 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "Ethology Posting" CC: Subj: RE: Territorial Aggression II margory cohen writing in: Where is your owner? =20 I think she needs a referral to a trainer who will _train_ and teach the = the dog and the owner. Train. Not re-condition. Not necessary rely on drugs or diet to change the dog. Dogs are responsible for their actions if they know what action is = expected. If you can send a location, I'll be pleased to enquire with trainers I = know for a local in-person referral. But then your owner has to be consistent and follow the program and not = think because one day is good, the proper handling and communication = she's using can be discarded for this old stuff that clearly fails. Respectfully, -margory cohen San Francisco ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Pablo Hern=E1ndez=20 Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:06 AM Subject: Territorial Aggression II Dear all, First of all, thank you very much to all for your comments and = interest. &nb sp; There has been many suggestions but unfortunately I've already tried = many of them (don't know if properly). From: IN%"marisanna.speroni@isz.it" "Marisanna Speroni" 16-DEC-2002 14:01:12.88 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: A request for help:how dark for dairy cows? Dear all, Dear all, My name is Marisanna Speroni, I'm a researcher at the Animal Production Research Institute in Cremona, Italy. I'm working on an automatic milking system. I'm starting a comparison between two herds conventionally or automatically milked in the two side of the same barn. Because the animals activity desincronization and the alarm calls, some farmer choose to leave some light on during the night in the barn with automatic milking system. I'm wondering "How much dark must be the dark during the night to allow the cows to rest"? I'll try to explain better my question: which is the level of lighting that could be still considered dark in order to observe the same behaviour ? Swiss Federal Act on animal Protection says "during the day the minimum level of illumination ..... shall be 15 lux...... Housing shall not be artificially lit for more than 16 hours a day" . According Albright and Arawe (from Girard et al ): "adult cattle experience REM sleep, almost exclusively at night" . According Dhal et al 2000 (from Philips and Weiguo 1991) "cattle appear to be able to discriminate light at intensity as low as 5 lux". I found information in articles about manipulation of photoperiod for increasing milk yield: the inhibition on melatonin secretion occurs upper the 10-20 lux. To have an effect of long lightening on milk yield we need 6-8 hours of darkness. Can I consider these figures to answer my question? In your opinion a level of illumination of 10- 20 -25 lux or more during the night can have some effect on cows' behaviour and welfare ? Have you any input? Thank you very much for your help Marisanna Marisanna Speroni Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia via Porcellasco 7 26100 Cremona tel 0372 433029 fax 0372 435056 marisanna.speroni@isz.it From: IN%"hubrecht@ufaw.org.uk" "Dr R HUBRECHT" 19-DEC-2002 11:25:05.54 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Grant availability UFAW would like to receive applications for funding to support research projects or pilot studies aimed at leading to significant advances in anima= l welfare. A total of =A320,000 is available through this scheme and the Grants Panel may decide to award this sum to support one project or to subdivide i= t to support more than one. Application forms are available from UFAW at the address below, please quot= e reference GR/Dec02. Completed applications must be received by UFAW by 14t= h February 2003. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare The Old School Brewhouse Hill Wheathampstead Herts=20 AL4 8AN, UK Tel +44 (0) 1582 831818 Fax +44 (0) 1582 831414 SCIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF ANIMAL WELFARE From: IN%"olsson@ibmc.up.pt" "Anna Olsson" 25-DEC-2002 17:25:05.30 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: pet bird behaviour problem Dear all, My question concerns feather-pecking in pet birds. I've got questions about the problem from colleagues, who wanted to know what to do with their birds at home. My answer has been the general things we usually advise to counteract this type of behavioural problems in any species: larger cage, objects which can attract the attention of the birds, possibility for exercise etc. But I've also had to admit I don't know that much about behaviour problems in pet birds. Is there anyone out there working with these questions? Any good literature to be recommended? Best wishes, Anna Olsson Anna Olsson Postdoctoral research fellow Animal Behaviour and Welfare - Bioethics Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology Rua Campo Alegre 823 4150-180 Porto tel +351 22 607 4900 fax +351 22 609 9157 From: IN%"jpgarner@ucdavis.edu" "Joseph Garner" 25-DEC-2002 20:10:30.88 To: IN%"olsson@ibmc.up.pt" "Anna Olsson", IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: RE: pet bird behaviour problem Cheryl Meehan has recently published a number of papers on the subject with Joy mench (and occasionally myself) - we have a couple more in press too. cheers Joe > Dear all, > > My question concerns feather-pecking in pet birds. I've got questions > about the problem from colleagues, who wanted to know what to do with > their birds at home. My answer has been the general things we usually > advise to counteract this type of behavioural problems in any species: > larger cage, objects which can attract the attention of the birds, > possibility for exercise etc. But I've also had to admit I don't know > that much about behaviour problems in pet birds. Is there anyone out > there working with these questions? Any good literature to be > recommended? > > Best wishes, > Anna Olsson > > Anna Olsson > Postdoctoral research fellow > Animal Behaviour and Welfare - Bioethics > > Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology > Rua Campo Alegre 823 > 4150-180 Porto > tel +351 22 607 4900 > fax +351 22 609 9157 From: IN%"kersti@ava.com.au" "Kersti Seksel" 30-DEC-2002 19:27:44.91 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: IN%"petsyd@petnet.com.au" "Sue Chaseling" Subj: International Veterinary Behaviour meeting-Australia Hi, Thanks to all of you that have submitted papers. At this stage you should have received an email from Sue Chaseling confirming the receipt of your abstract(s). Sue is collating the abstracts sent in to Dr Gaille Perry or myself so far. If you have not received the confirmation from Sue could you please resubmit your abstract to me by return email ASAP. The reason for this approach is to ensure that we have not inadvertently missed anyone who has sent an abstract and it has disappeared into cyberspace (something that happens from time to time). Happy New Year to you all and we look forward to welcoming you to Caloundra, in our sunny State of Queensland, for the 2003 meeting being held from 18 to 20 August. Regards Kersti Dr Kersti Seksel BVSc (hons) MRCVS MA (hons) FACVSc (Animal Behaviour) Dipl ACVB Registered Specialist in Animal Behaviour 55 Ethel Street Seaforth NSW 2092 Australia Ph 612 9949 8511 Fax 612 9949 6364