Kibble diet is associated with higher faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-managed red wolves (Canis rufus)

Authors: Morgan Bragg, Carly R Muletz-Wolz, Nucharin Songsasen, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, Red wolf, zoo management

2024

Personality Characteristics Predictive of Social Pairing Outcome in Orange-Winged Amazon Parrots (Amazona amazonica)

Authors: Jamie M. Douglas, Joanne Paul-Murphy, Elizabeth Stelow, David Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, Irina Udaltsova

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: amazon parrots, amazona amazonica, compatibility, orange-winged, pair housing, personality assessment, welfare

2024

Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below ground level or ground level exhibitor and influx of visitors

Authors: Nelly Elizabeth Puc-Balam, Luis Armando Sarmiento-Franco, Pedro Geraldo González-Pech

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, visitor effects, white-tailed deer, zoo

2023

Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below-ground-level or ground-level exhibitor and influx of visitors

Authors: Nelly Elizabeth Puc-Balam, Luis Armando Sarmiento-Franco, Pedro Geraldo González-Pech

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: Crowd noise, Exhibitor environment, habituation, ungulates, Visitors’ influx

2023

Editorial: Occupational stress and joy of animal care professionals in zoos, sanctuaries, farms, shelters, and laboratory animal facilities

Authors: Sally Thompson Iritani, Sabrina Brando, Lynette Arnason Hart

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

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2023

The Effects of Oral Lavender Therapy on Wounding in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Elizabeth R. Magden, Sarah Neal Webb, Susan P. Lambeth, Stephanie J. Buchl, Steven J. Schapiro

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: chimpanzees, conflict, lavender, nonhuman primates, wounding

2023

Integrating Individual Animal and Population Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums

Authors: Louis DiVincenti, Allen McDowell, Elizabeth S. Herrelko

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aquarium, population welfare, zoo animal welfare

2023

Quality of Life Assessment: The Value of Longitudinal Data in Making the End-of-Life Care Decision for a Macaque (Macaca Silenus/Macaca Nemestrina)

Authors: Lindsay Simpson, Julie Grove, Ellen Bronson, Elizabeth S Herrelko

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal management, end-of-life decisions, quality of life, singly housed, welfare

2023

Understanding Circadian and Circannual Behavioral Cycles of Captive Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Can Help to Promote Good Welfare

Authors: Kristine M. Gandia, Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Sharon E. Kessler, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, captive, circadian, circannual

2023

Assessing animal welfare: a triangulation of preference, judgement bias and other candidate welfare indicators

Authors: Elizabeth S Paul, William Browne, Michael T Mendl, Gina Caplen, Anna Trevarthen, Suzanne Held, Christine J Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

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2022