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Mette S. Herskin

Bio: Mette S. Herskin is an academic researcher from Aarhus University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Animal welfare. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 101 publications receiving 2041 citations. Previous affiliations of Mette S. Herskin include University of Copenhagen & Scotland's Rural College.


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TL;DR: Dairy cows show classic signs of illness behavior in the hours after intramammary challenge with E. coli, which can be useful for the development of welfare assessment protocols, early disease detection, and for future work aimed at understanding the behavioral needs of dairy cows suffering from mastitis.

132 citations

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TL;DR: Responses of observer cows may be affected by the responses of the cows being treated, and whether cows can learn to approach or avoid a handler by observing the neighbouring cow's responses is examined.

123 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of acute stressors on behavioral, adrenocortical and nociceptive responses were examined in 24 dairy cows kept in tie stalls, using 15 min of social isolation in novel surroundings (ISOL), fixation by the head in the home stall (FIX) and the provision of novel neighbors/stall (NEIGH) as acute stressor as well as a control treatment (CON).

105 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the effects of biologically relevant stimuli on nest building and farrowing behavior were investigated using a 2×2 factorial design with nine replicates of four multiparous sows.

100 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed algorithms for the detection of walking and standing in dairy cows based on the output from an electronic device quantifying acceleration in three dimensions, and the results suggest that the number of steps taken per time unit as well as the frequency and duration can be estimated with a reasonable accuracy.

99 citations


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TL;DR: Play, affiliative behaviors and some vocalizations appear to be the most promising convenient indicators for assessing positive experiences in laboratory and farm animals under commercial conditions.

1,086 citations

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TL;DR: This review attempts to establish the level of repeatability and validity found for fear tests used on cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, poultry and horses, and focuses on the three most common types of fear tests: the arena test, the novel object test, and the restraint test.

755 citations

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TL;DR: A review of paul related measuring behaviour can be found in this article, where an introductory guide to measuring behaviour is presented. But the authors do not provide a review of the other aspects of measuring behavior.

580 citations

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TL;DR: Why an increased understanding of the human–animal relationship (HAR) is an essential component of any strategy intended to improve the welfare of farmed animals and their stockpersons is explained and the various types of test procedures used to assess the HAR are argued.

533 citations