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Effect of housing conditions on activity and lying behaviour of horses.

Animal

May 2010

Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Land and Food Resources, Dookie Campus, Victoria 3647, Australia.

Housing conditions for horses impose various levels of confinement, which may compromise welfare. Lying behaviour and activity can be used as welfare indicators for domestic animals and rebound behaviour suggests a build-up of motivation resulting from deprivation. The objective of this study was to determine if activity and lying behaviour of horses are affected by housing conditions and to investigate the occurrence of rebound behaviour after release from confinement.

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Validation of fixed sample size plans for monitoring lepidopteran pests of Brassica oleracea crops in North Korea.

J Econ Entomol

June 2009

Department of Resource Management and Geography, Melbourne School of Land and Food Resources, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Blvd., Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia.

The combined action of two lepidoteran pests, Plutella xylostella L. (Plutellidae) and Pieris rapae L. (Pieridae),causes significant yield losses in cabbage (Brassica oleracea variety capitata) crops in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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