Baited remote underwater video station (BRUVS) investigations of benthic scavenging by fish and invertebrates were conducted in an Irish sea lough. Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) baits deployed under natural light during the day dim red at night. Ethograms for feeding mechanisms agonistic behaviours established four abundant scavengers (two crabs: harbour crab Liocarcinus depurator, European green...

Background: Autism spectrum disorder, the fastest growing childhood neurodevelopmental diagnosis, shows good outcomes with early intervention. The search for behavioral markers is an important area of research. Studies breastfeeding and weaning behaviours in autism have reported characteristic patterns which could be indicators this condition. Methods: study was a cross sectional survey during ...

Behavioural time budgets of organisms reflect their reaction norms to environmental conditions and, as such, indicate behavioural plasticity. In environments which limit the activity organisms, efficient organization behaviours is critical enhancing performance achieve necessary functions and minimize and/or energetic costs. We investigated variations in a common deposit-feeding crab, Scopimera...

INTRODUCTION We describe our experience of using the Medical Research Council framework on complex interventions to guide the development and evaluation of an intervention to prevent obesity by modifying infant feeding behaviours. METHODS We reviewed the epidemiological evidence on early life risk factors for obesity and interventions to prevent obesity in this age group. The review suggested...

1. Forty-six flocks of commercially-reared Pekin ducks were studied to determine the effects of housing system and environment on the behaviour of farmed ducks and its correlation with physical condition. Houses differed predominantly in their ventilation, drinking, feeding and brooding systems, and were indicative of systems currently in use in the UK. 2. At 41 d of age ducks spent 15% of the ...

The aim of our study was to evaluate the welfare quality status in nine conventional pig farms Republic Korea (South Korea) using Welfare Quality® (WQ®) assessment protocol from January February 2013, and compare criteria level WQ® South with that European nations for potential risk their welfare. consists 12 within four principles: ‘Good feeding’, ‘good housing’, health’ ‘appropriate behaviour...