The Days and Nights of Zoo Elephants: Using Epidemiology to Better Understand Stereotypic Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in North American Zoos

Authors: B. J. Greco, C. L. Meehan, J. N. Hogan, K. A. Leighty, J. Mellen, G. J. Mason, J. A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Plos One

2016

Developing a Collaborative Agenda for Humanities and Social Scientific Research on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare

Authors: G. F. Davies, B. J. Greenhough, P. Hobson-West, R. G. W. Kirk, K. Applebee, L. C. Bellingan, M. Berdoy, H. Buller, H. J. Cassaday, K. Davies, D. Diefenbacher, T. Druglitro, M. P. Escobar, C. Friese, K. Herrmann, A. Hinterberger, W. J. Jarrett, K. Jayne, A. M. Johnson, E. R. Johnson, T. Konold, M. C. Leach, S. Leonelli, D. I. Lewis, E. J. Lilley, E. R. Longridge, C. M. McLeod, M. Miele, N. C. Nelson, E. H. Ormandy, H. Pallett, L. Poort, P. Pound, E. Ramsden, E. Roe, H. Scalway, A. Schrader, C. J. Scotton, C. L. Scudamore, J. A. Smith, L. Whitfield, S. Wolfensohn

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: animal welfare, laboratory animals, social science

2016

Elephant Management in North American Zoos: Environmental Enrichment, Feeding, Exercise, and Training

Authors: B. J. Greco, C. L. Meehan, L. J. Miller, D. J. Shepherdson, K. A. Morfeld, J. Andrews, A. M. Baker, K. Carlstead, J. A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: diet, elephant husbandry, enrichment, training, zoos

2016

Feed-restricted broiler breeders: State-dependent learning as a novel welfare assessment tool to evaluate their hunger state?

Authors: Louise Anne Buckley, Victoria Sandilands, Paul Morison Hocking, Bert Jan Tolkamp, Rick Brian D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeder, choice test, feed restriction, preference test, state-dependent learning

2015

Relationship between plasma and tissue corticosterone in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus): implications for stress physiology and animal welfare

Authors: C. R. Ralph, P. H. Hemsworth, B. J. Leury, A. J. Tilbrook

Publication/Journal: Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Keywords: animal welfare, bioavailable corticosterone, corticosterone, stress physiology, tissue glucocorticoids

2015

Establishing ‘quality of life’ parameters using behavioural guidelines for humane euthanasia of captive non-human primates

Authors: S. P. Lambeth, S. J. Schapiro, B. J. Bernacky, G. K. Wilkerson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural assessment, captive management, euthanasia, non-human primates, quality of life

2013

Assessing the welfare of dairy calves: outcome-based measures of calf health versus input-based measures of the use of risky management practices

Authors: E. Vasseur, D. Pellerin, A. M. de Passill, C. Winckler, B. J. Lensink, U. Knierim, J. Rushen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy calves, health, management, on-farm assessment, producers' attitude

2012

Differences in Titi Monkey (Callicebus cupreus) Social Bonds Affect Arousal, Affiliation, and Response to Reward

Authors: B. J. Ragen, S. P. Mendoza, W. A. Mason, K. L. Bales

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: attachment, callicebus, reward, social bond, sweet

2012

Quantifying hungry broiler breeder dietary preferences using a closed economy T-maze task

Authors: Louise A. Buckley, Victoria Sandilands, Bert J. Tolkamp, Richard B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: broiler breeder, choice tests, hunger stress, preference testing, qualitative food restriction, quantitative feed restriction

2011

Too hungry to learn? Hungry broiler breeders fail to learn a Y-maze food quantity discrimination task

Authors: L.A. Buckley, L.M. McMillan, V. Sandilands, B.J. Tolkamp, P.M. Hocking, R.B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeders, choice test, feed restriction, learning, stress

2011

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