Impact of diet and environmental enrichment management in stereotyped behaviours: a case study in tayra Eira barbara

Authors: Ana Camila Beltrán Urrego, Daniel Alejandro Bernal Aguilar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, Five Domains, mustelids, nutrition, stereotypies

2024

Reducing stress and stereotypic behaviors in captive female pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmeaus)

Authors: Josue Alejandro, Yumi Yamanashi, Kei Nemoto, Keiko Mouri, Ching-wen Huang, Fred B. Bercovitch, Michael A. Huffman

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: all-female groups, animal welfare, fecal glucocorticoids, social housing, stereotypic behaviors, Xanthonycticebus

2023

Thermal Imaging to Assess the Health Status in Wildlife Animals under Human Care: Limitations and Perspectives

Authors: Daniel Mota-Rojas, Alfredo MF Pereira, Julio Martínez-Burnes, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Patricia Mora-Medina, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Jennifer Rios-Sandoval, Ana de Mira Geraldo, Dehua Wang

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: infrared thermography, pain, thermal status, thermal window

2022

Costs and benefits of living in a vegetated, compared with non‐vegetated, enclosure in male Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Josue Alejandro, Michael A Huffman, Fred B Bercovitch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budget, environment, japanese macaques, naturalistic enclosure, vegetation, zoo welfare

2021

Social relationships among captive male pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus): Is forming male same‐sex pairs a feasible management strategy?

Authors: Yumi Yamanashi, Kei Nemoto, Josue Alejandro

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: affiliative, aggression, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, management strategies, same-sex grouping, slow loris, social group

2021

Differences in between-reinforcer value modulate the selective-value effect in great apes (Pan troglodytes, P. Paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo abelii)

Authors: Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro, Mar Peretó, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal feeding behavior, *choice behavior, *food preferences, bonobos, chimpanzees, decision-making, discrimination, economics, gorillas, monkeys

2016

Are primates out of the market?

Authors: Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro, Federica Amici

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: biological market theory (bmt), cognition, exchange of commodities, grooming, primate biological market (pbm), social relationships

2015

Global climate change attitudes and perceptions among south American zoo visitors

Authors: Jerry F. Luebke, Susan Clayton, Lisa-Anne DeGregoria Kelly, Alejandro Grajal

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: connection to nature, culture, informal learning

2015

Is Sarcoptes scabiei infection in pigs a major welfare concern? A quantitative assessment of its effect in the host’s nocturnal rubbing and lying behavior

Authors: Elena Goyena, Rocío Ruiz de Ybáñez, Carlos Martínez-Carrasco, Aída Sáez-Acosta, Guillermo Ramis, Alejandro Torrecillas, Francisco Alonso de Vega, Rosa Casais, José Manuel Prieto, Eduardo Berriatua

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: histamine, lying, pigs, rubbing, sarcoptes scabiei

2015

Development of boldness and docility in yellow-bellied marmots

Authors: Matthew B. Petelle, Dakota E. McCoy, Vanessa Alejandro, Julien G. A. Martin, Daniel T. Blumstein

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural syndrome, boldness, docility, marmota flaviventris, ontogeny, personality, yellow-bellied marmot

2013

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