Influence of laying hen (Gallus gallus domesticus) social behaviour on the performance of natural behaviours and the utilization of enrichments in alternative housing systems

Jessica C. Gill, Rebecca K. Meagher

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 300, Elsevier BV, 2026 Jul, p. 106990

Early-life enrichment in American mink (Neogale vison): Effects of juvenile physical enrichment on behaviour, temperament, and long-term stereotypic behaviour

Gabrielle B. Clark, María Díez-León, Rebecca K. Meagher

Animal Welfare, vol. 34, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2025

Early-life enrichment in American mink (Neogale vison): Enrichment of the perinatal environment improves maternal nest building and reduces stereotypic behaviour

Gabrielle B Clark, María Díez-León, Rebecca K Meagher

Animal Welfare, vol. 34, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2025

Environment Enrichment for Farmed Ruminants Within a Positive Animal Welfare Framework

K.L. Proudfoot, E.K. Miller-Cushon, M.V. R?rvang, R.K. Meagher

Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice, vol. 41, 2025, pp. 421-437

Are laterality effects present in novel object responses of calves?

Chenyu Zhang, Molly Kindell, Rebecca K. Meagher

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 292, Elsevier BV, 2025 Nov, p. 106757

Evaluating the consistency of dairy goat kids' responses to two methods of assessing fearfulness

H.M. Vickery, F.P. Johansen, R.K. Meagher

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 272, 2024

The effect of a hiding space on the behaviour and heart rate variability of dairy calves during temporary separation from the dam

H.B. Spitzer, R.K. Meagher, M.L. O'Sullivan, W. Montelpare, M.B. Gordon, S.L.B. McKenna, K.L. Proudfoot

Animal Welfare, vol. 33, 2024

A preliminary investigation of the feeding behaviour of dairy goat kids reared away from their dams on a computerised ad libitum milk feeding system

H.M. Vickery, R.K. Meagher, S. Stergiadis, R.A. Neal

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 261, 2023

Gradually weaning goat kids may improve weight gains while reducing weaning stress and increasing creep feed intakes

H.M. Vickery, R.A. Neal, S. Stergiadis, R.K. Meagher

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 10, 2023

Lying around with nothing to do: boredom in farmed mink

R.K. Meagher, D.L.M. Campbell, G.J. Mason

Proceedings of the 51st Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology Understanding Animal Behaviour, 2023, p. 197

Diversity and novelty in environmental enrichment increases enrichment use in juvenile American mink (Neogale vison)

Gabrielle B. Clark, María Díez-León, Rebecca K. Meagher

Frontiers in Animal Science, vol. 4, Frontiers Media SA, 2023 Aug

Assessing dairy calf response to long-distance transportation using conditioned place aversion

K.C. Creutzinger, K. Broadfoot, H.M. Goetz, K.L. Proudfoot, J.H.C. Costa, R.K. Meagher, D.L. Renaud

Jds Communications, vol. 3, 2022, pp. 275-279

Effects of physical enrichment and pair housing before weaning on growth, behaviour and cognitive ability of calves after weaning and regrouping

C. Zhang, D.T. Juniper, R.K. Meagher

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 249, 2022

Holstein calves' preference for potential physical enrichment items on different presentation schedules

C. Zhang, D.T. Juniper, R. McDonald, S. Parsons, R.K. Meagher

Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 105, 2022, pp. 8316-8327

Parallels to Boredom in Nonhuman Animals

R.K. Meagher, J. Robbins

Moral Psychology of Boredom, 2022, pp. 267-289

Practice does not make perfect: Juvenile object play does not improve the predation skills of adult mink in simulated prey tests

L.C. Dawson, R. Meagher, J. Ahloy-Dallaire, G. Mason

Developmental Psychobiology, vol. 64, 2022

Rearing goat kids away from their dams 1. A survey to understand rearing methods

H.M. Vickery, R.A. Neal, R.K. Meagher

Animal, vol. 16, 2022

Rearing goat kids away from their dams 2. Understanding farmers? views on changing management practices

H.M. Vickery, R.A. Neal, R.K. Meagher

Animal, vol. 16, 2022

The impact of providing hiding spaces to farmed animals: A scoping review

H.B. Spitzer, R.K. Meagher, K.L. Proudfoot

Plos One, vol. 17, 2022

Boredom-like exploratory responses in farmed mink reflect states that are rapidly reduced by environmental enrichment, but unrelated to stereotypic behaviour or ?lying awake?

A. Polanco, R. Meagher, G. Mason

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 238, 2021

Editorial: Behavior and Welfare of the Individual Within Large, Commercially-Relevant Groups

M.J. Toscano, R.K. Meagher, D.L.M. Campbell

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 8, 2021

Effects of physical enrichment items and social housing on calves? growth, behaviour and response to novelty

C. Zhang, D.T. Juniper, R.K. Meagher

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 237, 2021

Assessing the motivation to learn in cattle

Rebecca K. Meagher, Emma Strazhnik, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Daniel M. Weary

Scientific Reports, vol. 10, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020 Apr

Discussion of “In-depth analysis of the emotional reactivity of American mink (Neovison vison) under behavioral tests”

R.K. Meagher, María Díez-León

Filippo Miglior, Canadian Journal of Animal Science, vol. 100, Canadian Science Publishing, 2020 Mar, pp. 218–219

Invited review: A systematic review of the effects of early separation on dairy cow and calf health

Annabelle Beaver, Rebecca K. Meagher, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk, Daniel M. Weary

Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 102, American Dairy Science Association, 2019 Jul, pp. 5784–5810

Invited review: A systematic review of the effects of prolonged cow–calf contact on behavior, welfare, and productivity

Rebecca K. Meagher, Annabelle Beaver, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk

Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 102, American Dairy Science Association, 2019 Jul, pp. 5765–5783

Is boredom an animal welfare concern?

RK Meagher

Animal Welfare, vol. 28, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2019 Feb, pp. 21–32

Corrigendum to ?Effects of enrichment on boredom-like states in mink and their behavioural correlates: A replicate study? [Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 197 (2017) 112?119] (S0168159117302307) (10.1016/j.applanim.2017.08.001))

R.K. Meagher, D.L.M. Campbell, G.J. Mason

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 204, 2018, p. 135

Boredom-like states in mink and their behavioural correlates: A replicate study

Rebecca K. Meagher, Dana L.M. Campbell, Georgia J. Mason

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 197, Elsevier {BV}, 2017 Dec, pp. 112--119

Some like it varied: Individual differences in preference for feed variety in dairy heifers

Rebecca K. Meagher, Daniel M. Weary, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 195, Elsevier {BV}, 2017 Oct, pp. 8--14

Inconsistency in dairy calves’ responses to tests of fearfulness

Rebecca K. Meagher, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk, Dax Atkinson, Daniel M. Weary

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 185, Elsevier BV, 2016 Dec, pp. 15–22

Early pair housing increases solid feed intake and weight gains in dairy calves

J. H. C. Costa, R. K. Meagher, M. A. G. von Keyserlingk, D. M. Weary

Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 98, 2015, pp. 6381-6386

Effects of Degree and Timing of Social Housing on Reversal Learning and Response to Novel Objects in Dairy Calves

Rebecca K. Meagher, Rolnei R. Daros, Joao H. C. Costa, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Maria J. Hoetzel, Daniel M. Weary

Plos One, vol. 10, 2015

What can inactivity (in its various forms) reveal about affective states in non-human animals? A review

Carole Fureix, Rebecca Kathleen Meagher

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 171, Elsevier {BV}, 2015 Oct, pp. 8--24

Benefits of a Ball and Chain: Simple Environmental Enrichments Improve Welfare and Reproductive Success in Farmed American Mink (Neovison vison)

Rebecca K. Meagher, Jamie Ahloy Dallaire, Dana L. M. Campbell, Misha Ross, Steen H. Moller, Steffen W. Hansen, Maria Diez-Leon, Rupert Palme, Georgia J. Mason

Plos One, vol. 9, 2014

Social Housing Improves Dairy Calves' Performance in Two Cognitive Tests

Charlotte Gaillard, Rebecca K. Meagher, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Daniel M. Weary

Plos One, vol. 9, 2014

Feather-damaging behaviour in companion parrots: An initial analysis of potential demographic risk factors

H.Y. McDonald Kinkaid, D.S. Mills, S.G. Nichols, R.K. Meagher, G.J. Masona

Avian Biology Research, vol. 6, 2013, pp. 289-296

Providing 'get-away bunks' and other enrichments to primiparous adult female mink improves their reproductive productivity

Misha Buob, Rebecca Meagher, Lauren Dawson, Rupert Palme, Derek Haley, Georgia Mason

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 147, 2013, pp. 194-204

Sleeping tight or hiding in fright? The welfare implications of different subtypes of inactivity in mink

Rebecca K. Meagher, Dana L. M. Campbell, Jamie Ahloy Dallaire, Maria Diez-Leon, Rupert Palme, Georgia J. Mason

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 144, 2013, pp. 138-146

Decreased litter size in inactive female mink (Neovison vison): Mediating variables and implications for overall productivity

Rebecca Meagher, Allison Bechard, Rupert Palme, Maria Diez-Leon, Douglas Bruce Hunter, Georgia Mason

Canadian Journal of Animal Science, vol. 92, 2012, pp. 131-141

Environmental Enrichment Reduces Signs of Boredom in Caged Mink

R. K. Meagher, G. J. Mason

Plos One, vol. 7, 2012

Individual differences in stereotypic behaviour predict individual differences in the nature and degree of enrichment use in caged American mink

Jamie A. Dallaire, Rebecca K. Meagher, Georgia J. Mason

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 142, 2012, pp. 98-108

Mink with Divergent Activity Levels have Divergent Reproductive Strategies

Rebecca K. Meagher, Allison Bechard, Georgia J. Mason

Ethology, vol. 118, 2012, pp. 543-554

Environmental enrichment reduces the likelihood of alopecia in adult C57BL/6J mice

A. Bechard, R. Meagher, G. Mason

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, vol. 50, 2011, pp. 171-174

Recurrent perseveration correlates with abnormal repetitive locomotion in adult mink but is not reduced by environmental enrichment

Jamie A. Dallaire, Rebecca K. Meagher, Maria Diez-Leon, Joseph P. Garner, Georgia J. Mason

Behavioural Brain Research, vol. 224, 2011, pp. 213-222

Who's afraid of the big bad glove? Testing for fear and its correlates in mink

Rebecca K. Meagher, Ian Duncan, Allison Bechard, Georgia J. Mason

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 133, 2011, pp. 254-264

Observer ratings: Validity and value as a tool for animal welfare research

Rebecca K. Meagher

Applied Animal Behaviour Science, vol. 119, 2009, pp. 1-14