Feather Corticosterone Measurements and Behavioral Observations in the Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Living under Different Flight Restraint Conditions in German Zoos

Authors: Gudrun Haase, Mechthild Wiegard, Christa Thöne-Reineke, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Hermann Will, Roswitha Merle, Manel Lopez-Bejar, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annais Carbajal

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, clipping feathers, deflighting, feather corticosterone, great white pelican, pinioning, zoo animal welfare

2021

Oxytocin is associated with infant-care behavior and motivation in cooperatively breeding marmoset monkeys

Authors: Christa Finkenwirth, Eloisa Martins, Tobias Deschner, Judith M. Burkart

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: alloparental care, callithrix jacchus, cooperative breeding, hormonal priming, motivation, oxytocin, proactive food sharing

2016

Behaviour of horses in a judgment bias test associated with positive or negative reinforcement

Authors: Sabrina Briefer Freymond, Elodie F. Briefer, Anja Zollinger, Yveline Gindrat-von Allmen, Christa Wyss, Iris Bachmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, emotions, equus-caballus, optimism, training method

2014

Macaque mothers’ preconception testosterone levels relate to dominance and to sex of offspring

Authors: V. J. Grant, M. Konečná, R. S. Sonnweber, R. J. Irwin, B. Wallner

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: barbary macaque, female testosterone, good condition, macaca sylvanus, maternal dominance hypothesis, sex ratio

2011

A survey of the management and development of captive African elephant (Loxodonta africana) calves: birth to three months of age

Authors: Nicole L. Kowalski, Robert H. I. Dale, Christa L. H. Mazur

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: african elephant, behavior, calf, development, parturition

2010

The Effect of Feeding Enrichment on the Moloch Gibbon (Hylobates Moloch)

Authors: Deborah Wells, Rosie Irwin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, feeding devices, gibbons

2009

Systematic Review of Swine Euthanasia Methods and Welfare Measures Reported

Authors: Christa Irwin, Gabriel Young, Suzanne T. Millman, Scanlon Daniels, Sherrie Niekamp, Alex Ramirez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: euthanasia, swine, welfare

2009