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Prof Robert Young's Outputs (167)

The effect of a foraging device (The ‘Edinburgh Foodball’) on the behaviour of pigs (1994)
Journal Article
Young, R., Carruthers, J., & Lawrence, A. (1994). The effect of a foraging device (The ‘Edinburgh Foodball’) on the behaviour of pigs. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 39(3-4), 237-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1591%2894%2990159-7

Sows housed under conditions of food and physical restriction often perform behaviours indicative of poor welfare (e.g. repetitive chain chewing), one cause of which may be the inability of sows to express foraging behaviour under confined conditions... Read More about The effect of a foraging device (The ‘Edinburgh Foodball’) on the behaviour of pigs.

Feeding behaviour of pigs in groups monitored by a computerized feeding system (1994)
Journal Article
Young, R., & Lawrence, A. (1994). Feeding behaviour of pigs in groups monitored by a computerized feeding system. Animal Science, 58(1), 145-152. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100007182

Electronic feeding systems for progeny testing pigs, allow selection to occur under conditions found on commercial farms. This paper reports on the feeding behaviour of six groups of 10 pigs, balanced for sex and initial body weight (mean starting an... Read More about Feeding behaviour of pigs in groups monitored by a computerized feeding system.

Risk-sensitive foraging in bitterlings Rhodeus sericus: effects of food requirement and breeding site quality (1990)
Journal Article
Young, R., Clayton, H., & Barnard, C. (1990). Risk-sensitive foraging in bitterlings Rhodeus sericus: effects of food requirement and breeding site quality. Animal Behaviour, 40(2), 288-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0003-3472%2805%2980923-6

Risk-sensitive foraging preferences in bitterlings were examined in relation to changing food deprivation and intake relative to estimated requirement. When running above estimated requirement and presented with a choice of constant and variable feed... Read More about Risk-sensitive foraging in bitterlings Rhodeus sericus: effects of food requirement and breeding site quality.

Analysis of dogs’ sleep patterns using convolutional neural networks
Presentation / Conference
Zamansky, A., Sinitca, A., Kaplun, D., Plazner, M., Schork, I., Young, R., & de Azevedo, C. Analysis of dogs’ sleep patterns using convolutional neural networks. Presented at 28th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, Munich, Germany

Video-based analysis is one of the most important tools of animal behavior and animal welfare scientists. While automatic analysis systems exist for many species, this problem has not yet been adequately addressed for one of the most studied species... Read More about Analysis of dogs’ sleep patterns using convolutional neural networks.

What studbooks can tell us about captive breeding programmes : a case study of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)
Thesis
Rodrigues Nogueira Forti, I. (in press). What studbooks can tell us about captive breeding programmes : a case study of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). (Thesis). University of Salford

The success of captive breeding programmes demands planning and communication among zoos, national parks, conservation organizations and political institutions. To avoid inbreeding and enhance the likelihood of finding suitable partners, target indiv... Read More about What studbooks can tell us about captive breeding programmes : a case study of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus).