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Björn Forkman
Researcher at University of Copenhagen
Publications - 118
Citations - 6287
Björn Forkman is an academic researcher from University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Animal welfare & Welfare. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 114 publications receiving 5255 citations. Previous affiliations of Björn Forkman include The Roslin Institute & Stockholm University.
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Assessment of positive emotions in animals to improve their welfare.
Alain Boissy,Gerhard Manteuffel,Margit Bak Jensen,Randi Oppermann Moe,Berry M. Spruijt,Linda J. Keeling,Christoph Winckler,Björn Forkman,Ivan Dimitrov,Jan Langbein,Morten Bakken,Isabelle Veissier,Arnaud Aubert +12 more
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.
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A critical review of fear tests used on cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry and horses
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.
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Personality traits in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)
Kenth Svartberg,Björn Forkman +1 more
TL;DR: The finding of a major behavioural dimension in different groups of dog breeds, together with comparable results previously found for wolves, suggests that the dimension is evolutionarily stable and has survived the varied selection pressures encountered during domestication.
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Free food or earned food? A review and fuzzy model of contrafreeloading
TL;DR: It is argued that contrafreeloading does not contradict reinforcement theory, provided that the sensory reinforcement obtained from stimuli associated with the earned food is also taken into account.
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Happy pigs are dirty! – conflicting perspectives on animal welfare
TL;DR: The title of this paper summarises the reaction of an interviewee when commenting on pictures of what is generally regarded as animal-friendly pig production and suggests that there is systematic disagreement between lay and expert views about what a good animal life is.