Recent Publications
Selected academic publications
- Knight A, Bauer A & Brown H (2023) Vegan versus meat-based cat food: Guardian-reported health outcomes in 1,369 cats, after controlling for feline demographic factors. PLoS ONE 18(9): e0284132. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.028413.
- Knight A, Phillips C & Sparks P (Eds) (2023). Routledge Handbook of Animal Welfare. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
- Bandoli F, Mace J & Knight A (2023). The integrated effect of environmental conditions and human presence on the behaviour of a pair of zoo-housed Asian small-clawed otters. Animals, 13(13):2228. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132228.
- Mace JL and Knight A (2022). The impacts of colony cages on the welfare of chickens farmed for meat. Animals, 12(21):2988. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12212988.
- Mace JL and Knight A (2022). Effects of colony cages on chickens. Scholarly Community Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/33547.
- Knight A (2022). Call for evidence-based positions on vegan diets. Vet Times 52(29), 19.
- Knight and, A. and Zemanova, M.A. (2022). Animal use in veterinary education. In B. Kipperman and B.E. Rollin (eds). Ethics in Veterinary Practice, Hoboken, NJ, US: Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119791256.ch18.
- Knight A (2022). The weight-of-evidence position on vegan diets. Vet Times 52(21), 23.
- Knight A, Huang E, Rai N, Brown H (2022). Vegan versus meat-based dog food: Guardian-reported indicators of health. PLoS ONE 17(4): e0265662. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265662.
- Knight A, Mace J, O’Brien C and Carter A (2022). Development of a screencast-based flipped classroom to enrich learning and reduce faculty time requirements in an animal welfare master’s degree. J Vet Med Educ. e20210117. doi: 10.3138/jvme-2021-0117.
- Carvalho C, Herrmann K, Marques TA and Knight A (2021). Time to abolish the forced swim test in depression research? Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research. 4(2), 170-178. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/25889567-bja10026.
- Knight A and Satchell L, (2021). Vegan versus meat-based pet foods: owner-reported palatability behaviours and implications for canine and feline welfare. PLoS ONE 16(6): e0253292. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253292.
- Knight A and Light N. (2021). The nutritional soundness of meat-based and plant-based pet foods. Revista Electronica De Veterinaria 22(1), 1 – 21. http://veterinaria.org/index.php/REDVET/article/view/92.
- Zemanova, M. A., Knight, A. and Lybæk, S. (2021). Educational use of animals in Europe indicates reluctance to implement alternatives. ALTEX – Alternatives to Animal Experimentation, 38(3), pp. 490-506. doi: 10.14573/altex.2011111.
- Schmidt K, Duffield D, Rodriguez Ferrere M, and Knight A. (2021). Farmed Animal Welfare Law in New Zealand: Investigating the Gap Between the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and its Delegated Legislation. Wellington: New Zealand Animal Law Association.
- Rivera SN, Knight A and McCulloch SP (2021). Surviving the wildlife trade in Southeast Asia: reforming the ‘disposal’ of confiscated live animals under CITES. Animals 11(2), 439. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/2/439.
- Zemanova MA and Knight A (2021). The educational efficacy of humane teaching methods: a systematic review of the evidence. Animals; 11(1), 114.
- Knight A, Parkinson C, MacCormack P, Twine R, Peixoto M and Pederson H, et al. (2020). Transition to plant-based diets will help us fight pandemics. Latin American Journal of Nature Rights and Animal Law, 3(2), 143-148. https://periodicos.ucsal.br/index.php/rladna/article/view/845/0.
- Open Cages, Knight A and Wiebers D (2020). A British Pandemic: the Cruelty and Danger of Supermarket Chicken. UK: Open Cages.
- Carvalho C, Varela SAM, Marques TA, Knight A and Vicente L (2020). Are in vitro and in silico approaches used appropriately for animal-based Major Depressive Disorder research? PLoS ONE. 15(6), e0233954.
- Carvalho, C., Peste, F., Marques, T. A., Knight, A., & Vicente, L. (2020). The contribution of rat studies to the current knowledge of Major Depressive Disorder: results from citation analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1486.
- Knight (2020), Should New Zealand do more to uphold animal welfare? Animal Studies Journal, 9(1), 114-149.
- De Boo J and Knight A (2020). The Green Protein Report: Meeting New Zealand’s Climate Change Targets by 2030 Through Reduced Reliance on Animal Agriculture. Auckland: Vegan Society of Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Carvalho, C., Varela, S. A. M., Bastos, Knight A, et al. (2019). The relevance of in silico, in vitro and non-human primate based approaches to clinical research on Major Depressive Disorder. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals, 47(34), 128-139.
- Carvalho, C.; Gaspar, A.; Knight, A. and Vicente, L (2019). Ethical and scientific pitfalls concerning laboratory research with non-human primates, and possible solutions. Animals 9, 12.
- Knight A (2019). Critically evaluating animal research. In Herrmann K and Jayne K. (2019). Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
- Carvalho C, Alves D, Knight A and Vicente L (2019). Is animal-based biomedical research being used in its original context? In Herrmann K and Jayne K. (2019). Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
- Lymbery P Knight A et al. (2018). Governments should unite to curb meat consumption. Nature 563, 325.
- Knight A (2018). Injuries in Racing Greyhounds. Cleveland, UK: Greyt Exploitations.
- Knight A and De Boo J (2018). The case for veganism. In D’Silva J and McKenna C. Farming Food and Nature: Respecting Animals, People and the Environment. London: Routledge. 238 – 247.
- Knight A (2018). Uncaging New Zealand’s Sows: Scrutinising Farrowing Crates. Wellington, New Zealand: SAFE.
- Grevemeyer B and Knight A. (2018). The development of a clinical skills laboratory at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals 46, 177-183.
- Benz-Schwarzburg J. and Knight A. (2017). Cognitive relatives yet moral strangers? In: A. Linzey and C. Linzey (Eds). Animal Ethics for Veterinarians. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press. 45-77. [reprinted from J Anim Ethics 2011; 1(1): 9-36].
- Knight A. (2017). Advice requested via social media. In Practice 39, 478-479.
- Knight A. (2017). Painful truths: what systematic reviews reveal about the utility of animal research. Proceedings of the ANZCCART Conference 2017, Maintaining Social Licence in a Changing World, Wellington. Wellington: ANZCCART. 31-36.
- Knight A. (2017). Owners cannot afford treatment. In: S. Mullan and A. Fawcett (Eds). Veterinary Ethics: Navigating Tough Cases. Sheffield, UK: 5M Publishing. 199-201.
- Knight A (2017). Samples & freebies. In: S. Mullan and A. Fawcett (Eds). Veterinary Ethics: Navigating Tough Cases. Sheffield, UK: 5M Publishing. 244-246.
- Knight (2017). Difficulties in obtaining consent. In: S. Mullan and A. Fawcett (Eds). Veterinary Ethics: Navigating Tough Cases. Sheffield, UK: 5M Publishing. 302-304.
- Knight A (2017). Acting without consent. In: S. Mullan and A. Fawcett (Eds). Veterinary Ethics: Navigating Tough Cases. Sheffield, UK: 5M Publishing. 312-315.
- Knight A (2017). Zoonosis. In S. Mullan and A. Fawcett (Eds). Veterinary Ethics: Navigating Tough Cases. Sheffield, UK: 5M Publishing. 436-438.
- Knight A. and Watson K.D. (2017). Was Jack the Ripper a slaughterman? Human-animal violence and the world’s most infamous serial killer. Animals, 7, 30.
- Knight, A. (2016). Hunters fail to silence critics. Veterinary Times, 46(24). 28.
- Anderson, R., Waayers, R. and Knight, A. (2016). Orca behavior and implications for oceanaria confinement and use in performances: aggression increases and behavioral pathology. Animals, 6(8).
- Knight, A. and Leitsberger, M. (2016). Vegetarian versus meat-based diets for companion animals. Animals, 6, 57.
- Carvalho C., Crespo M.V., Bastos L.F., Knight A. and Vicente L. (2016). Contribution of animal models to contemporary understanding of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. ALTEX, 33(3), 243-249.
- Knight A. (2016). A request for euthanasia: handling the client. In Practice 38, 358-359.
- Knight A. (2016). Can hunts control their hounds? Vet Times 46(15), 5.
- Knight A. (2016). Horse manure: the new secret weapon in cetacean conservation research. Vet Practice 48(1), 34.
- Knight A (2014). Conscientious objection to harmful animal use within veterinary and other biomedical education. Animals, 4, 16-34.
- Knight A. (2014). Weighing the harms and benefits: invasive animal research. The Biochemist 36(3), 30-33.
- Knight A. (2014). Everyday ethics: dealing with dark desires [feline case]. In Practice 36, 54-55.
- Knight A. (2014). Animal welfare and rights: pet and companion animals. In: B. Jennings (Ed.), Bioethics (4th Edn). Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA. 269-270.
- Knight A. (2013) The Australasian regulation of scientific animal use: a chimera of protection. In: P. Sankoff, S. White and C. Black (Eds.) Animal Law in Australasia: Continuing the Dialogue (2nd Edn). Annandale, NSW, Australia: Federation Press. 264-288.
- Knight A. (2013) Animal agriculture and climate change. In: A. Linzey (Ed.). The Global Guide to Animal Protection. Chicago: University of Illinois Press. 254-256.
- Knight A. (2012) The potential of humane teaching methods within veterinary and other biomedical education. ALTEX Proc 1: 365-375.
- Knight A. (2012) A critique of the Bateson Review of Research Using Non-human Primates. AATEX 17 (2): 53-62.
- Benz-Schwarzburg J and Knight A. (2011) Cognitive relatives yet moral strangers? J. Anim. Ethics 1 (1): 9-36.
- Knight A. (2011) The Costs and Benefits of Animal Experiments, Palgrave Macmillan Series on Animal Ethics (hardback 2011, paperback 2013).