Research Papers

The following is a list of selected peer-reviewed research publications authored or coauthored by Dr Emily Patterson-Kane. Alternatively, you can connect via the following research platforms: ORCID, Researchgate, Sciprofiles, and Web of Science.

Rat Welfare

Animal Cruelty

  • Olsson, I. A. S., Nevison, C. M., Patterson-Kane, E. G., Sherwin, C. M., Van de Weerd, H. A., & Würbel, H. (2003). Understanding behaviour: the relevance of ethological approaches in laboratory animal science. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 81(3), 245-264.

  • Patterson-Kane, E. G., Hunt, M., & Harper, D. (2002). Rats demand social contact. Animal Welfare, 11(3), 327-332.

  • Ras, T., Van de Ven, M., Patterson-Kane, E. G., & Nelson, K. (2002). Rats' preferences for corn versus wood-based bedding and nesting materials. Laboratory Animals, 36(4), 420-425.

  • Patterson-Kane, E. G., Harper, D. N., & Hunt, M. (2001). The cage preferences of laboratory rats. Laboratory Animals, 35(1), 74-79.

  • Patterson-Kane, E. G., Kogan, L. R., Gupta, M. E., Touroo, R., Niestat, L. N., & Kennedy-Benson, A. (2022). Veterinary needs for animal cruelty recognition and response in the United States center on training and workplace policies. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 260(14), 1853-1861.

  • Patterson-Kane, E. G., & Piper, H. (2012). 15 Animal Abuse and Cruelty. The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War, 254.

  • Patterson‐Kane, E. G., & Piper, H. (2009). Animal abuse as a sentinel for human violence: A critique. Journal of Social Issues, 65(3), 589-614.

Veterinary Medicine

  • Knesl, O., Hart, B. L., Fine, A. H., Cooper, L., Patterson-Kane, E., Houlihan, K. E., & Anthony, R. (2017). Veterinarians and humane endings: when is it the right time to euthanize a companion animal?. Frontiers in veterinary science, 4, 45.

  • Underwood, W., Anthony, R., Cartner, S., Corey, D., Grandin, T., Greenacre, C., ... & Yanong, R. (2013). AVMA guidelines for the euthanasia of animals: 2013 edition. Schaumburg, IL: American Veterinary Medical Association.

  • Arkow, P., Boyden, P., & Patterson-Kane, E. (2011). Practical guidance for the effective response by veterinarians to suspected animal cruelty, abuse and neglect. Schaumburg, IL: American Veterinary Medical Association.

Other

  • Patterson-Kane, E., Nicol, C. J., Foster, T. M., & Temple, W. (1997). Limited perception of video images by domestic hens. Animal Behaviour, 53(5), 951-963.

  • Macri, A. M., & Patterson-Kane, E. (2011). Behavioural analysis of solitary versus socially housed snow leopards (Panthera uncia), with the provision of simulated social contact. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 130(3-4), 115-123.