Perception of the ethical acceptability of live prey feeding to aquatic species kept in captivity

Authors: L. Marshall, W. D. McCormick, G. M. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: ability, behavior, cuttlefish, enrichment, fish, memory, pain, welfare

2019

Cortisol treatment affects locomotor activity and swimming behaviour of male smallmouth bass engaged in paternal care: A field study using acceleration biologgers

Authors: Dirk A. Algera, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Kathleen M. Gilmour, Michael J. Lawrence, Aaron J. Zolderdo, Steven J. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: accelerometer, glucocorticoid, parental care, parental investment, teleost

2017

Effects of maternal cortisol treatment on offspring size, responses to stress, and anxiety-related behavior in wild largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Authors: Julia C. Redfern, Steven J. Cooke, Robert J. Lennox, Michael A. Nannini, David H. Wahl, Kathleen M. Gilmour

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, behavior, boldness, cortisol, exploration, intergenerational effects, largemouth bass, maternal stress, stress response, thigmotaxis

2017

Ten practical realities for institutional animal care and use committees when evaluating protocols dealing with fish in the field

Authors: S. J. Cooke, A. D. M. Wilson, C. K. Elvidge, R. J. Lennox, N. Jepsen, A. H. Colotelo, R. S. Brown

Publication/Journal: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Keywords: animal care, atlantic salmon, catch-and-release, conservation, ethics, field research, fisheries, fresh-water fauna, marine & freshwater biology, rainbow-trout, research, sockeye-salmon, stress, telemetry transmitters, welfare, wildlife research

2016

Behavioural indicators of welfare exhibited by the common European cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)

Authors: Gavan M Cooke, Belinda M Tonkins

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: cuttlefish, welfare indicators

2015

Cuttlefish in captivity: An investigation into housing and husbandry for improving welfare

Authors: Belinda M. Tonkins, Alexandra M. Tyers, Gavan M. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cuttlefish, husbandry, welfare

2015

Puffed and bothered: Personality, performance, and the effects of stress on checkered pufferfish

Authors: Naomi Pleizier, Alexander D. M. Wilson, Aaron D. Shultz, Steven J. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: coping, cortisol, movement, sphoeroides testudineus, swimming performance

2015

Comparing the relative benefits of grooming-contact and full-contact pairing for laboratory-housed adult female Macaca fascicularis

Authors: G.H. Lee, J.P. Thom, K.L. Chu, C.M. Crockett

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behavior, environmental enrichment, laboratory macaques, pair housing, psychological well-being, social housing

2012

Consequences of Acute Stress and Cortisol Manipulation on the Physiology, Behavior, and Reproductive Outcome of Female Pacific Salmon on Spawning Grounds

Authors: S. H. McConnachie, K. V. Cook, D. A. Patterson, K. M. Gilmour, S. G. Hinch, A. P. Farrell, S. J. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, cortisol, hormone injections, metyrapone, oncorhynchus gorbuscha, pacific salmon, reproduction, senescence, stress

2012

Detecting autocorrelation problems from GPS collar data in livestock studies

Authors: H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso, S.M. Cooper, A.F. Cibils, M. Figueroa-Pagán, K. Udaeta, C.M. Black-Rubio

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal tracking, distance statistics, livestock, sampling intervals

2012

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