Abnormal swimming is associated with inner ear damage and improves with meclizine treatment and increased habitat complexity: A case study in Urobatis jamaicensis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, aquarium science, elasmobranch, vestibular disease
2024
Assessing Giraffe Welfare During Seasonal Habitat Changes in Northern US Zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, enclosure, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, giraffe, recumbency
2024
A Conceptual Model for Understanding Types of Visitor Effects and Suggestions for Improving Visitor Effects Research
Publication/Journal: Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science and Practice
Keywords: animal behavior, animal visitor interaction (AVI), emotional arousal, five domains model, visitor effects
2024
The Ethics of Human–Animal Interactions at the Zoo
Publication/Journal: CABI Books
Keywords: animal experiences, animal welfare, ethics, human-animal interactions, visitor experience
2024
Factors influencing the behaviour of common leopard (Panthera pardus) in captivity
Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity
Keywords: activity pattern, enrichment, inactive, stereotypic, sustainability
2024
In Absentia—Can a Lack of Behaviour Be a Useful Welfare Indicator? An Application to the Captive Management of Livingstone’s Fruit Bats, Pteropus livingstonii
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: behavioural indicator, chiroptera, hurdle models, individual welfare, obesity
2024
Internal and external factors affect pair mate proximity in captive coyotes, Canis latrans
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: coyote, hormone, pair-bonding, progesterone, proximity, synchrony
2024
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in captive olive baboons (Papio anubis): The effects of age, sex, rearing, stress, and pregnancy
Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol
Keywords: *Papio anubis/genetics/physiology, age factors, animals, baboons, early adversity, female, lymphocytes, male, neutrophil‐lymphocyte ratio, neutrophils, physiological, pregnancy, sex factors, stress
2024
Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments
Publication/Journal: Anim Welf
Keywords: animal welfare, emotion, Fixed List, free choice profiling, primate, qba
2024
A scoping review of the use of bioacoustics to assess various components of farm animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, bioacoustics, precision livestock farming, vocalization
2024