Health and environmental effects to wildlife from radio telemetry and tracking devices—state of the science and best management practices
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: data-loggers, fish, microchips, PIT tags, radio telemetry, radio-tracking, RFID chips, wildlife
2024
Conducting sensitive social science research about on-farm animal welfare incidents: challenges and approaches
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, human-farm animal relationships, participant recruitment, sensitive research, social science, the republic of ireland
2016
Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: capuchin, personality, primate, stereotypy, subjective well-being, welfare
2016
Two seconds is all it takes: European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) increase levels of circulating glucocorticoids after witnessing a brief raptor attack
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: avian, corticosterone, depredation, hpa axis, stress response
2016
Assessment of Flooring Renovations on African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Behavior and Glucocorticoid Response
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: asian elephant, captive elephants, endocrinology, maximus, multidisciplinary sciences, national-park, nocturnal behavior, serum cortisol, stress, walking rates, zoo elephants
2015
Capuchin monkeys with similar personalities have higher-quality relationships independent of age, sex, kinship and rank
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: cebus apella, homophily, partner compatibility, sociability, social rank, temperament
2015
An Investigation into the Human Element of On-farm Animal Welfare Incidents in Ireland
Publication/Journal: Sociologia Ruralis
Keywords: attitudes, behavior, commercial dairy-cows, consequences, geography, indicators, mental-health, pigs, productivity, reproductive-performance, sociology, stockpersons
2015
Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) for Eimeria tenella replication — Implications for experimental refinement and animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Parasitology International
Keywords: avian coccidiosis, chicken, cytoplasmic beta-actin gene (actb), rapd-scar marker (tn-e03-1161)
2015
Personality structure in brown capuchin monkeys (Sapajus apella): Comparisons with chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), orangutans (Pongo spp.), and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: *animal social behavior, animal strain differences, chimpanzees, monkeys, personality-traits
2013
Ultrasonic calling in isolated infant prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and montane voles (M. montanus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Mammalogy
Keywords: communication, microtus montanus, microtus ochrogaster, montane voles, parental care, prairie voles, thermoregulation, ultrasonic calls, ultrasonic vocalization
2002