The effects of human-zoo ambassador animal interactions on millennial populations

Authors: Brittany Fischer, Madeline Winans, Kimberly Cole, Sara Adamczak, Lauren Sommers, Kelly Ann George

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: education, human-animal interactions, millennial, welfare, zoo animals

2024

Acoustic Monitoring of Professionally Managed Marine Mammals for Health and Welfare Insights

Authors: Kelley A. Winship, Brittany L. Jones

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acoustic welfare, anthropogenic sound, marine mammal welfare

2023

Using ecosystem health and welfare assessments to determine impacts of wild collection for public aquariums

Authors: Brittany Fischer, Jessica Pempek, Kelly Ann George, Jaylene Flint, Thomas Wittum, Mark Flint

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords:

2023

A System for Monitoring Acoustics to Supplement an Animal Welfare Plan for Bottlenose Dolphins

Authors: Brittany L Jones, Michael Oswald, Samantha Tufano, Mark Baird, Jason Mulsow, Sam H Ridgway

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: acoustic monitoring, animal welfare, bioacoustics, communication, distress call, marine mammal, vocal behavior, vocal biomarkers

2021

Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress?

Authors: Misha Ross, Quinn Rausch, Brittany Vandenberg, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chickens, environmental enrichment, stress, welfare

2020

Husbandry and propagation of the Chinese big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo

Authors: Nichole Shelmidine, Brittany Murphy, Katelyn Massarone

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, hibernation, incubation

2016

Prenatal stress and ketamine affect the behavioral and physiological responsiveness of early adolescent pigs to a novel arena and social confrontation test

Authors: Brittany L. Backus, Pamela J. Bryer, Mhairi A. Sutherland

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anxiety, behavior, cortisol, ketamine, prenatal stress, swine

2013

Signaling stress? An analysis of phaeomelanin-based plumage color and individual corticosterone levels at two temporal scales in North American barn swallows, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

Authors: Brittany R. Jenkins, Maren N. Vitousek, Rebecca J. Safran

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, eumelanin, hirundo rustica, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (hpa) axis, melanocortins, phaeomelanin, plumage color, sexual selection, stress response

2013

Evaluation of nutrient digestibility and fecal characteristics of exotic felids fed horse- or beef-based diets: use of the domestic cat as a model for exotic felids

Authors: Brittany M. Vester, Alison N. Beloshapka, Ingmar S. Middelbos, Sarah L. Burke, Cheryl L. Dikeman, Lee G. Simmons, Kelly S. Swanson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: comparative nutrition, diet comparison, digestibility, fecal analysis, feline

2010

Influence of feeding raw or extruded feline diets on nutrient digestibility and nitrogen metabolism of African wildcats (Felis lybica)

Authors: Brittany M. Vester, Sarah L. Burke, Kari J. Liu, Cheryl L. Dikeman, Lee G. Simmons, Kelly S. Swanson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: felid, kibble, nitrogen balance, nutrient digestibility

2010