Automated real-time stress monitoring of police horses using wearable technology

Authors: Tomas Norton, Deborah Piette, Vasileios Exadaktylos, Daniel Berckmans

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: horse, performance, police, stress, suitability, wearable technology

2018

Physiological and behavioral effects of animal-assisted interventions on therapy dogs in pediatric oncology settings

Authors: Amy McCullough, Molly A. Jenkins, Ashleigh Ruehrdanz, Mary Jo Gilmer, Janice Olson, Anjali Pawar, Leslie Holley, Shirley Sierra-Rivera, Deborah E. Linder, Danielle Pichette, Neil J. Grossman, Cynthia Hellman, Noémie A. Guérin, Marguerite E. O’Haire

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-assisted intervention, behavior, salivary cortisol, stress, therapy dog

2018

Cognitive bias and paw preference in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

Authors: Deborah L. Wells, Peter G. Hepper, Adam D. S. Milligan, Shanis Barnard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, *choice behavior, *cognitive bias, *lateral dominance, *preferences, animal sex differences, dogs, motor processes

2017

A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers

Authors: Deborah A. Dawson, Natalie dos Remedios, Gavin J. Horsburgh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes

2016

Technique for venipuncture of the transverse facial vein in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

Authors: Justin R. Schlanser, George W. Bohart, Deborah W. Paperd, Cynthia Wagner, Mark Marquardt, Tara M. Harrison

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black rhinoceros, diceros-bicornis, transverse facial vein, venipuncture

2016

A Multi-Institutional Assessment of Factors Influencing Locomotion and Pacing in Captive Okapis (Okapia johnstoni)

Authors: Cynthia Bennett, Lauri Torgerson-White, Deborah Fripp, Jason Watters, Ann Petric

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: captivity, okapi, pacing

2015

Behavioral and Psychological Characteristics of Canine Victims of Abuse

Authors: Franklin D. McMillan, Deborah L. Duffy, Stephen L. Zawistowski, James A. Serpell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dog abuse

2014

The Effects of Sex, Climate, and Management on Normal and Repetitive Behaviors in Okapis (Okapi johnstoni)

Authors: Deborah Fripp, Cynthia L. Bennett, Gerald A. Binczik, Ann Petric, Jason V. Watters

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, management, okapi

2013

Responses to capture stress and exogenous corticosterone vary with body condition in female red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)

Authors: Catherine A. Dayger, Arianne J. Cease, Deborah I. Lutterschmidt

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: body condition, capture stress, estradiol, glucocorticoid, hpa axis, mating behavior, receptivity, reptile

2013

Effects of Sex and Climate on the Normal and Repetitive Behavior of Okapis

Authors: Deborah Fripp, Cynthia Bennett, Gerald A Binczik, Ann Petric, Watters,Jason V

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: putative stereotypical behavior, putative stereotypical behaviour, ranging behavior, ranging behaviour, sex differences, ungulate

2012

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