Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques

Authors: Emilie A. Paterson, Carly I. O’Malley, Dawn M. Abney, William J. Archibald, Patricia V. Turner

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: 3rs, animal behaviour, animal welfare, behaviour management programmes, refinement, welfare assessment

2024

Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Dawn Zimmerman, Balbine Jourdan, Douglas E Crews, Barbara A Wolfe, Donald L Neiffer, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress

2023

Comparative Personality Traits Assessment of Three Species of Communally Housed Captive Penguins

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, Richard Preziosi, Massimo Faustini, Giulio Curone, Mariangela Albertini, Dawn Nicoll, Lorna Moffat, Romain Pizzi, Silvia Mazzola

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aptenodytes patagonicus, Eudyptes moseleyi, personality-traits, Pygocelis papua

2019

Rapid body color brightening is associated with exposure to a stressor in an Anolis lizard

Authors: Jane FF Boyer, Lindsey Swierk

Publication/Journal: Canadian Journal of Zoology

Keywords: Anolis (Norops) aquaticus, cryptic, metachrosis, physiological color change, stress, water anole

2017

Effects of temporary captivity on ranging behaviour in urban red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Authors: Bryony Tolhurst, Adam Grogan, Heather Hughes, Dawn Scott

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captivity, ex situ, home range, ranging behaviour, red fox, rehabilitation

2016

Managing repetitive locomotor behaviour and time spent off exhibit in a male black-footed cat (Felis negripes) through exhibit and husbandry modifications

Authors: Austin Leeds, Dawn Stone, Becky Johnson, Elena Less, Tad Schoffner, Patricia Dennis, Kristen Lukas, Jason Wark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: black footed cat, exhibit modification, pacing, welfare

2016

The effects of group type and young silverbacks on wounding rates in western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) groups in North American zoos

Authors: Austin Leeds, Dawn Boyer, Stephen R. Ross, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bachelor group, gorilla, management, welfare, wounding

2015

The major welfare problems of dairy cows in French commercial farms: an epidemiological approach

Authors: A. de Boyer des Roches, I. Veissier, M. Coignard, N. Bareille, R. Guatteo, J. Capdeville, E. Gilot-Fromont, L. Mounier

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cows, farm characteristics, risks factors, welfare criteria, welfare plan

2014

Lineage identification and genealogical relationships among captive Galápagos tortoises

Authors: E. Benavides, M. Russello, D. Boyer, R. J. Wiese, B. Kajdacsi, L. Marquez, R. Garrick, A. Caccone

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive and wild-born lineage identification, chelonoidis, galapagos, microsatellites, tortoise

2012

Laterality and emotions: Visual laterality in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) differs with objects’ emotional value

Authors: A. De Boyer Des Roches, M. Richardyris, S. Henry, M. Ezzaouia, M. Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: emotion, horse, laterality, perception, visual processing

2008