PUBLICATIONS

Invited Articles

2017         Cussen, V.A. (2017) Psittacine cognition: Individual differences and sources of variation. Behavioural Processes 134: 103-109.

Peer Reviewed Articles

2015         Cussen, V.A. and Mench, J.A. (2015) The Relationship Between Personality Dimensions and Resiliency to Environmental Stress in Orange-Winged Amazon Parrots (Amazona amazonica) as Indicated by the Development of Abnormal Behaviors. PLoS One 10: e0126170.

2014        Cussen, V.A. and Mench, J.A. (2014) Personality predicts cognitive bias in captive psittacines, Amazona amazonica. Animal Behavior 89: 123-130.

2014         Cussen, V.A. and Mench, J.A. (2014) Performance on the Hamilton Search Task, and the influence of lateralization, in captive orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica). Animal Cognition 17: 901-909.

2007         Garcés, L., Cussen, V., and Wirth, H. (2007). View point of long distance transport (LDT) from animal welfare organisations. Veterinaria Italia 44: 59-69.

2005         Garcia-Garcia, F., Ponce, S., Brown, R., Cussen, V., and Kreuger, J.M.  (2005).  Sleep disturbances in the rotenone animal model of Parkinson disease.  Brain Research 1042: 160-168.

Conference Proceedings

2016         Ogata, N and Cussen, V.A. SUBMITTED. Discriminant Validity of a Questionnaire Survey in Canine Behavior Disorders. Veterinary Behavior Conference.

2015         Vezzoli, G., Buczkowski, G. Cussen, V.A., Hester, P.Y. and Makagon. M.M. (2015.) The use of essential oils to combat northern fowl mites in poultry houses. Poultry Science (94) E-suppl. 1. Pg. 112.

2015         Vezzoli, G., Buczkowski, G. Cussen, V.A., Hester, P.Y. and Makagon. M.M. (2015.) The use of essential oils to combat northern fowl mites in poultry houses. Poultry Science (94) E-suppl. 1. Pg. 112.

2014         Miller, K., Reid, P. and Cussen, V (2014). Are underweight shelter dogs more likely to display resource guarding of food or chews? Proceedings of the 51st Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society August 9 – August 14 2014, Princeton, New Jersey.

2013         Cussen, V.A. and Mench, J.A. (2013). Personality predicts attention bias for threat in orange-winged Amazon parrots, Amazona amazonica. Proceedings of the 50th Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society July 28 – August 1 2013, Boulder, Colorado. 

2013         Cussen, V.A. and Mench, J.A. (2013). Feathered primates? Performance on the Hamilton Search Task by Amazona amazonica. In: Bateson, Melissa; Nettle, Daniel; Rowe, Candy; Smulders, Tom (Ed.): Behaviour 2013: Proceedings of the joint meeting of the 33rd International Ethological Conference (IEC) and the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), Newcastle, UK, 2013. p 169. 

2012         Cussen, V.A. and Mench, J. (2012) Perseverative parrots: individual differences and changes in perseveration in orange- winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica). In: Waiblinger, S; Winckler, C; and Gutmann, A (Ed): Quality of Life in Designed Environments? Proceedings of the 46th Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology 31 July- 4 August, Vienna, Austria, Wageningen Academic Publishers. p 18.

2011         Cussen, V.A. and Mench, J. (2011) Perseveration and learning in orange winged Amazon parrots, Amazona amazonica. Behavior 2011: Proceedings of the joint meeting of the 48th Annual Conference of the Animal Behavior Society and the International Ethological Congress July 25 – July 30 2011, Bloomington, Indiana.

Book Chapters

2014         Mench, J.A., Cussen, V.A., Klasing, K. and Paul-Murphy, J. IN PREPARATION. Parrots. In: Yeates, J. (ed) Companion Animal Care and Welfare - The UFAW Companion Animal Handbook. Wiley-Blackwell, Ames, Iowa.

2007         Cussen, V. (2007). Enforcement of Transport Regulations: The EU as Case Study. In: Appleby, M.C., Cussen, V., Garcés, L., Lambert, L. and Turner, J. (eds) Long Distance Transport and Welfare of Farm Animals CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

Edited Volumes

2008         Appleby, M.C., Cussen, V., Garcés, L., Lambert, L. and Turner, J. (eds) (2008). Long Distance Transport and Welfare of Farm Animals. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

Other Publications

2008         World Horse Welfare (2008) Recommendations for amendments to EU Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005: Dossier of Evidence. [Contributor] World Horse Welfare, Norfolk, UK.