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Alexandra Harlander Matauschek
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Research
Latest papers
A wing-assisted incline running exercise regime during rearing increases initial flight velocity during descent in adult white- and brown-feathered laying hens.
Poultry science · 2024 · senior author
Does wing use and disuse cause behavioural and musculoskeletal changes in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus)?
Royal Society open science · 2023 · senior author
Genetic parameters of feather corticosterone and fault bars and correlations with production traits in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo).
Scientific reports · 2023
Latest funding
- $150,000
Use of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry to monitor changes in body composition and skeletal integrity in live chickens
NSERC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $62,000
Understanding the mechanisms underlying severe feather-pecking behaviour in laying hens
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $148,823
Telemetry implant system to collect and analyze physiological data on free-moving animals
NSERC · 2018 · Co-investigator
42 publications.
A wing-assisted incline running exercise regime during rearing increases initial flight velocity during descent in adult white- and brown-feathered laying hens.
Hong GAT, Tobalske BW, van Staaveren N, Leishman EM, Widowski T, Powers DR, Harlander-Matauschek A
Does wing use and disuse cause behavioural and musculoskeletal changes in domestic fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus)?
Garant RC, Tobalske BW, Ben Sassi N, van Staaveren N, Tulpan D, Widowski T, Powers DR, Harlander-Matauschek A
Genetic parameters of feather corticosterone and fault bars and correlations with production traits in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo).
Leishman EM, Vanderhout RJ, Abdalla EA, van Staaveren N, Naim A, Barbut S, Wood BJ, Harlander-Matauschek A, Baes CF
Biomechanics of landing in injured and uninjured chickens and the role of meloxicam.
van Staaveren N, Tobalske BW, Brost J, Sharma R, Beaufrère H, Elias A, Harlander-Matauschek A
Reduction of wing area affects estimated stress in the primary flight muscles of chickens.
Hong GAT, Tobalske BW, van Staaveren N, Leishman EM, Widowski TM, Powers DR, Harlander-Matauschek A
Regulatory T Cell Modulation by Lactobacillus rhamnosus Improves Feather Damage in Chickens
Mindus C, van Staaveren N, Fuchs D, Gostner JM, Kjaer JB, Kunze W, Mian MF, Shoveller AK, Forsythe P, Harlander-Matauschek A
The usual suspects: Co-occurrence of integument injuries in turkey flocks.
Leishman EM, Wood BJ, Baes CF, Harlander-Matauschek A, van Staaveren N
Wing-feather loss in white-feathered laying hens decreases pectoralis thickness but does not increase risk of keel bone fracture.
Garant R, Tobalske BW, Sassi NB, van Staaveren N, Widowski T, Powers DR, Harlander-Matauschek A
Effects of clipping of flight feathers on resource use in Gallus gallus domesticus.
Garant R, Tobalske BW, BenSassi N, van Staaveren N, Tulpan D, Widowski T, Powers DR, Harlander-Matauschek A
Reliability of a White Striping Scoring System and Description of White Striping Prevalence in Purebred Turkey Lines.
Vanderhout RJ, Leishman EM, Hiscock H, Abdalla EA, Makanjuola BO, Mohr J, Harlander-Matauschek A, Barbut S, Wood BJ, Baes CF, van Staaveren N
Use of Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry to monitor changes in body composition and skeletal integrity in live chickens
Principal investigators: Bedecarrats, Gregoy
Keywords: poultry; body composition; skeletal integrity; keel bone health; dual x-ray absorptiometry
Understanding the mechanisms underlying severe feather-pecking behaviour in laying hens
Principal investigators: Harlander Matauschek, Alexandra
Keywords: animal welfare; laying hens; behaviour; feather pecking; feather damage; abnormal behaviour; stressors; behavioural changes; physiological changes
Telemetry implant system to collect and analyze physiological data on free-moving animals
Principal investigators: Cant, John
Understanding underlying mechanisms for feather-pecking behaviour in laying hens
Principal investigators: Harlander Matauschek, Alexandra
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Wolfgang Kunze and Alexandra Harlander Matauschek: 6 shared papers
- Jennifer Ellis and Alexandra Harlander Matauschek: 3 shared papers
- Alexandra Harlander Matauschek and Shai Barbut: 3 shared papers
- Wolfgang Kunze and Paul Forsythe: 2 shared papers
- Alexandra Harlander Matauschek and Dan Tulpan: 2 shared papers
- Paul Forsythe and Alexandra Harlander Matauschek: 1 shared paper
- Paul Forsythe and Dan Tulpan: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Ellis and Shai Barbut: 1 shared paper
- Georgia Mason and Alexandra Harlander Matauschek: 1 shared paper
- Animal Biosciences
- Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
- Animal BioSciences
- Food Science
- Department of Animal Biosciences
- Integrative Biology
- Medicine
Co-authors at University of Guelph, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Wolfgang Kunze
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
6 shared papers, latest 2022
Shai Barbut
Food Science
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Jennifer Ellis
Animal BioSciences
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Dan Tulpan
Department of Animal Biosciences
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Paul Forsythe
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Georgia Mason
Integrative Biology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
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