Behaviour Links

EXPLORE OTHER WEBSITES WITH INFORMATION ON ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Below is a list of websites which provide information on animal behaviour. Originally, the list was compiled for the veterinary students at WCVM as a potential starting point for finding information on the web about the treatment and prevention of behavioural problems. However, many of the sites have additional information that may be useful to anyone with an interest in animal behaviour.

· Applied animal behaviour or animal welfare research groups ^15-Jul-08

· Other animal behaviour research groups ^15-Jul-08

· Animal welfare sites and centres ^15-Jul-08

· Journals ^15-Jul-08

· Professional behaviour societies, associations and certification programs ^15-Jul-08

· Animal legislation ^15-Jul-08

· Behavioural software and equipment ^15-Jul-08

· Various ^15-Jul-08

· Canadian animal welfare links

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Applied animal behaviour or animal welfare research groups

· Animal Welfare Research Centre – University of Helsinki

· University of Chester Anthrozoology Unit – Equine Welfare Research

· Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation -- Armidale, Australia

· Danish Department of Animal Health, Welfare & Nutrition -- Foulum, Denmark

· FBN – Dummerstorf – Research Unit in Behavioural Physiology – Germany

· Ghent University Laboratory for Ethology -- Belgium

· IBMC Laboratory Animal Science -- Portugal

· Institut Nationale de la Recherche Agronomique -- INRA, Nouzilly, France

· Animal Welfare and Ethology - Justus-Liebig-University of Geissen – Germany

· University of Lincoln - Animal Behaviour – behaviour problems – Lincoln, UK ^15-Jul-08

· Michigan State University –  East Lansing, MI, USA

· Nordic Project: Group housing horses under Nordic conditions

· NCR-131 Multistate Research Project in Applied Animal Behaviour & Welfare –  USA and Canadian research groups

· University of Guelph – Guelph, Ontario, Canada ^15-Jul-08

· Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies – University of Edinburgh

· University of Alberta – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

· University of Bristol – Langford, UK

· University of British Columbia – Vancouver, BC, Canada

· University of California-Davis – Davis, CA, USA

· University of Edinburgh – Scotland, UK

· University of Oxford -- Oxfordshire, UK

· University of Saskatchewan -- Saskatoon, SK, Canada

· University of Southampton ^15-Jul-08

· United States Department of Agriculture Livestock Behavior -- West Lafayette, IN, USA

· United States Department of Agriculture Livestock Issues -- Lubbock, TX, USA

· Scottish Agricultural College -- Edinburgh, UK ^15-Jul-08

· Swedish University of Agriculture -- Skara, Sweden

· Texas A & M University -- College Station, TX, USA

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Other animal behaviour research groups

· Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience -- Rutgers University ^15-Jul-08

· Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior -- Indiana University

· Konrad Lorenz Institute for Comparative Ethology -- Vienna, Austria

· Macquarie University Animal Behaviour Research Group -- Sydney, Australia ^15-Jul-08

· Nebraska Behavioral Biology Group -- University of Nebraska

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Animal welfare sites and centres

· Animal Welfare Audit Program -- National Council of Chain Restaurants & Food Marketing Institute, USA

· Animal Welfare Science Centre -- Australia ^15-Jul-08

· Animal Welfare Information Centre -- United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

· Animal Information Network -- University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

· Center for Animal Alternatives -- Davis, CA, USA

· Center for Animal Welfare -- Davis, CA, USA

· Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics – University of Queensland

· Centre for the Study of Animal Well-being -- Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

· Centre for Food Animal Productivity and Well-being -- Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

· Colonel K.L. Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare -- University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

· Department of Food and Rural Affairs -- DEFRA, UK

· Europa -- Animal Welfare -- European Commission activities regarding animal welfare

· Lab Animal Welfare Training Exchange

· Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry -- MAF, New Zealand

· Sir James Dunn Animal Welfare Centre -- University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

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Journals

• Acta Ethologica
• Agriculture and Human Values
• Animal Behaviour
• Animal Cognition
• Animal Welfare
• Anthrozoos ^15-Jul-08
• Applied Animal Behaviour Science
• ATLA - Alternatives to Laboratory Animals
• Behavioral and Brain Sciences
• Behavioral Ecology
• Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology ^15-Jul-08
• Behaviour
• Behavioural Neuroscience
• Behavioural Processes
• Bioacoustics
• Brain and Cognition
• Brain and Language
• Brain, Behavior and Evolution
• Brain, Behavior and Immunity
• Canadian Journal of Animal Science
• Cerebral Cortex
• Comparative Cognition and Behavior Review
• Ethology
• Hormones and Behavior
• J. of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
• J. of Animal Science
• J. of Applied Animal Welfare Science
• J. of Applied Behavior Analysis
• J. of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology ^15-Jul-08
• J. of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic and Environmental Physiology ^15-Jul-08
• J. of Comparative Psychology ^15-Jul-08
• J. of Ethology
• J. of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
• J. of Mind and Behavior
• J. of Range Management
• Learning and Motivation
• Nature
• Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
• Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
• Physiology and Behavior ^15-Jul-08
• Science
• Society and Animals -- journal of human-animal studies
• Zoo Biology

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Professional societies and associations related to animal behaviour

• American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
• American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior ^15-Jul-08
• Animal Behavior Society
• Association of Companion Animal Behavior Counselors – ACABC ^15-Jul-08
• Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors – APBC
• Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
• Associazone Italiana Specialisti in Etologia Applicata e Benessere Animale – site is in Italian
• Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour – Australia and New Zealand
• Comparative Cognition Society
• Ethologische Gesellschaft – Austria, Germany, Switzwerland ^15-Jul-08
• European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology
• International Council of Ethologists
• International Society for Equitation Science – Research about horse behaviour, training and welfare
• Italian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour
• International Society for Applied Ethology – ISAE
• ISAE Canadian Regional Home Page
• ISAE Nordic Regional Home Page ^15-Jul-08
• ISAE UK and Eirie Regional Home Page
• International Society for Behavioural Ecology
• International Society for Comparative Psychology
• Japan Ethological Society
• Polish Ethological Society
• Societe Quebecoise pour l'etude biologique de comportement
• Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
• Society of Veterinary Behavior Technicians
• Spanish Ethological Society
• ABS Certification in Applied Animal Behavior
• ACAB Certification as a Canine Behavior Counselor
• ARPAS Board Certification in Applied Animal Behavior
• ASAB Accreditation in Clinical Animal Behaviour ^15-Jul-08

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Animal legislation

· Animal Ethics Infolink – Animal Research Act & Animal Research Regulations, Australia

· Animal Legal and Historical Center – US and international animal-related laws and cases

· European Convention – for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental purposes ^15-Jul-08

· The European Commission – Scientific Committee on Animal Health & Animal Welfare

· The European Commission – Protection of Animals legislation ^15-Jul-08

· The European Commission – List of the treaties coming under Protection of Animals

· New Zealand ^15-Jul-08

· Philippines – the animal welfare act of 1998 ^15-Jul-08

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Behavioural software and equipment

· Behavioural Phenotyping -- software for your behavioural data recording and analysis purposes

· Biobserve -- software, mobile systems and equipment for behavioural data recording

· Biotelemetry -- a reference source of information ^15-Jul-08

· Flight time recorder – by Ruddweigh in Australia

· Grazing Behaviour Recorder -- automatic recording of foraging behaviour

· INTERACT – Software solution by Mangold International for video-based behavioral research and live observation

· JWatcher -- a tool for the quantitative analysis of behaviour

· LABORAS – A system for the automatic behavior recognition of rats and mice (by Metris b.v)

· Loligo Systems – We develop special-made research and teaching equipment for animal physiology, behavior and kinematics

· Minni Mitter -- physiological and behavioral monitoring for humans and animals

· The Observer -- behavioural software by Noldus Information Technology (other software: EthoVision, UltraVox, MatMan, Theme)

· Optibrand -- livestock identification using retinal images

· Raven -- interactive sound analysis software from the Cornell University lab of ornithology

· SONOTRACK – A system for the recording and analysis of Ultrasound Vocalizations (by Metris b.v)

· Sound Ruler -- a free acoustic analysis, graphing and teaching tool

· TrackSys, Limited -- software solutions for behavioural research

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Various

· ALEIS International -- radio frequency identification for livestock production

· Animalbehaviour.net -- a great resource of information on applied animal behaviour

· Animal Planet on the Discovery Channel

· Animals -- computer simulations of animal behaviour

· BEHAVE – Behavioral Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation, and Ecosystem Management

· Canadian Council on Animal Care

· Canadian Veterinary Medical Association – the CVMA and animal welfare

· Centre for the Human-Animal Bond -- Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine ^15-Jul-08

· Companion Animal Behavior Counseling Programs  -- by the American Institute for Animal Science

· Dr. Temple Grandin's Home Page

· Encyclopedia of Farm Animal Behavior

· Equine ethology project -- White Horse Farm

· Ezee Wean Halter – Halter and strap for weaning horses

· Guidelines for the recognition and assessment of animal pain -- Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Medicine, Edinburgh, UK

· Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban Ethology -- human behaviour

· Movie archives of animal behavior

· NetVet

· Quietwean -- a two-stage, "low-stress" method for weaning cattle

· Stereotypic Animal Behaviour – Fundamentals and applications to welfare (the website companion to the book)

· Universities Federation for Animal Welfare -- UFAW

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Canadian animal welfare links

· Alberta Farm Animal Council -- AFAC

· Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada

· Canadian Council on Animal Care -- CCAC

· Codes of Practice -- guidelines for the care and handling of various farmed animals

· Farm Animal Council of Saskatchewan -- FACS

· Ontario Farm Animal Council – OFAC

· National Farm Animal Care Council – NFACC

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