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Ruth C. Newberry
Researcher at Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Publications - 114
Citations - 5813
Ruth C. Newberry is an academic researcher from Norwegian University of Life Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Flock & Animal welfare. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 107 publications receiving 5019 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruth C. Newberry include Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada & Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
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Environmental enrichment: increasing the biological relevance of captive environments
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define environmental enrichment as an improvement in the biological functioning of captive animals resulting from modifications to their environment, which can include increased lifetime reproductive success, increased inclusive fitness or a correlate of these such as improved health.
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Mammalian Play: Training for the Unexpected
TL;DR: The "training for the unexpected" hypothesis can account for some previously puzzling kinematic, structural, motivational, emotional, cognitive, social, ontogenetic, and phylogenetic aspects of play and may also account for a diversity of individual methods for coping with unexpected misfortunes.
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Hen welfare in different housing systems
Donald C. Lay,R. M. Fulton,Patricia Y. Hester,Darrin M. Karcher,Joergen Kjaer,Joy A. Mench,Bradley A. Mullens,Ruth C. Newberry,Christine J Nicol,Neil P. O'Sullivan,Robert E. Porter +10 more
TL;DR: It appears that no single housing system is ideal from a hen welfare perspective and any attempt to evaluate the sustainability of a switch to an alternative housing system requires careful consideration of the merits and shortcomings of each housing system.
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The suckling behaviour of domestic pigs in a semi-natural environment
TL;DR: The suckling behaviour of domestic pigs living in a socially and ecologically rich outdoor environment was examined in order to obtain a baseline for comparison with behaviour in more restricted and barren environments and it was found that the piglets' growth rates were not consistently influenced by their suckling location along the udder.
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Subjective and objective measurements of postoperative pain in cats.
TL;DR: Determination of the presence of pain in cats can be made on the basis of observation and interaction by a trained observer and Physiologic measurements, including plasma cortisol and beta-endorphin concentrations, did not differentiate between control cats and cats that underwent surgery.