Cate Dewey

TL;DR: The use of the REFLECT statement, which addresses issues unique to livestock trials, should improve the quality of reporting and design for trials reporting production, health, and food-safety outcomes.

TL;DR: Underweight, overweight, and obesity are prevalent in rural regions of southern India, indicating a village-level dual burden, and policymakers must simultaneously focus on encouraging positive behaviour through education and addressing society-level risk factors that inhibit individuals from achieving optimal health.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on temperament tests in group-housed finishing pigs, with the objective of validating measures that are readily applicable in commercial settings and potentially related to individual differences in stress response.

TL;DR: The present systematic review and meta-analysis highlights the need for further research and standardization of data collection to improve understanding of the reasons for dog relinquishment and suggests certain study characteristics were associated with the reported proportions of reasons for surrender.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors study farmer beliefs and perceptions on local pig farming practices and explore opportunities for improved located production in selected villages of Western Kenya, seeking to understand why the local pig breed still remains the predominant breed in these areas despite numerous calls to introduce better exotic breeds.