Interest in coloured objects and behavioural budgets of individual captive freshwater turtles

Authors: Angus James Campbell Thomson, Callum Craig Bannister, Reece Taylor Marshall, Natasha McNeil, Donna Maria Mear, Susie Lovick-Earle, Mirela Cuculescu-Santana

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enrichment, escape behaviour, novelty stress

2021

Behavioral and physiological assessment of liquid nitrogen cryoablation to prevent horn development in dairy calves

Authors: Mhairi A. Sutherland, Suzanne K. Dowling, Karin E. Schütz, Vanessa M. Cave, Nikki J. Kells, Craig B. Johnson, Mairi Stewart

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, calves, cryoablation, disbudding, welfare

2019

Deconstructing compassionate conservation

Authors: Matt W. Hayward, Alex Callen, Benjamin L. Allen, Guy Ballard, Femke Broekhuis, Cassandra Bugir, Rohan H. Clarke, John Clulow, Simon Clulow, Jennifer C. Daltry, Harriet T. Davies-Mostert, Peter J. S. Fleming, Andrea S. Griffin, Lachlan G. Howell, Graham I. H. Kerley, Kava Klop-Toker, Sarah Legge, Tom Major, Ninon Meyer, Robert A. Montgomery, Katherine Moseby, Daniel M. Parker, Stephanie Periquet, John Read, Robert J. Scanlon, Rebecca Seeto, Craig Shuttleworth, Michael J. Somers, Cottrell T. Tamessar, Katherine Tuft, Rose Upton, Marcia Valenzuela-Molina, Adrian Wayne, Ryan R. Witt, Wolfgang Wuster

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, effective conservation, evidence-based conservation, invasive species, invasives, lethal control, translocation

2019

Neuroplasticity in the maternal hippocampus: Relation to cognition and effects of repeated stress

Authors: Jodi L. Pawluski, Kelly G. Lambert, Craig H. Kinsley

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: depression, hippocampus, lactation, parental brain, postpartum, pregnancy, spatial memory, steroid hormones

2016

Why did the fish cross the tank? Objectively measuring the value of enrichment for captive fish

Authors: Miriam Sullivan, Craig Lawrence, Dominique Blache

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aquarium, carassius auratus, enrichment, motivational test, ornamental fish, preference

2016

Analysis of the phenotypic link between behavioural traits at mixing and increased long-term social stability in group-housed pigs

Authors: Suzanne Desire, Simon P. Turner, Richard B. D’Eath, Andrea B. Doeschl-Wilson, Craig R. G. Lewis, Rainer Roehe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggressive behaviour, long-term social behaviour, mixing aggression, pigs, skin lesions

2015

Attenuation of social interaction-associated ultrasonic vocalizations and spatial working memory performance in rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress

Authors: Muhammad S. Riaz, Martin O. Bohlen, Barak W. Gunter, Quentin Henry, Craig A. Stockmeier, Ian A. Paul

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anhedonia, cognitive decline, major depression, spatial navigation, sprague dawley rats, stress, ultrasonic vocalizations, unpredictable chronic mild stress (cus), usvs, working memory

2015

Nitrous oxide as a humane method for piglet euthanasia: Behavior and electroencephalography (EEG)

Authors: Jean-Loup Rault, Nikki Kells, Craig Johnson, Rachel Dennis, Mhairi Sutherland, Donald C. Lay Jr

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aversive, carbon dioxide, death, gas, swine, welfare

2015

Optimal husbandry of hatchling Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) during a captive head-start program

Authors: Michael P. Wines, Valerie M. Johnson, Brad Lock, Fred Antonio, James C. Godwin, Elizabeth M. Rush, Craig Guyer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet diversity, husbandry, incubation temperature, optimal growth, repatriation

2015

Percutaneous ureteral stent placement for the treatment of a benign ureteral obstruction in a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

Authors: Katie W. Delk, Raymund F. Wack, Anne Burgdorf-Moisuk, Carrie A. Palm, Allison Zwingenberger, Craig B. Glaiberman, Kenneth H. Ferguson, William T. N. Culp

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: fluoroscopy, hydronephrosis, interventional radiology, nephroureterogram, non-domestic felid, ureterolith

2015

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