Applying Behavioral and Physiological Measures to Assess the Relative Impact of the Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic Closure on Two Mammal Species at the Oregon Zoo: Cheetah (A. jubatus) and Giraffe (G. c. reticulata and G. c. tippelskirchii)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, visitor effect, wildlife endocrinology, zoo animal welfare
2021
Behavioral interactions and glucocorticoid production of Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) mothers and foals
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: affiliative behavior, agonistic behavior, equid, fecal hormone, mother-offspring, nursing
2021
Behavioural diversity as a potential welfare indicator for professionally managed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Exploring variations in calculating diversity using species-specific behaviours
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, chimpanzee, diversity index, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, immunoglobulin a, shannon-wiener diversity index
2021
Caretaker Score Reliability for Personality Assessment of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal keeper, animal personality, behaviour, captivity, dolphinarium, intra-rater dependence, temperament, welfare, zoo
2021
Development of an evidence-based welfare approach for cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) under human care
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cheetah, hair cortisol, human care, zoo
2021
DNA Damage as a Potential Non-Invasive Indicator of Welfare: A Preliminary Study in Zoo-Housed Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine, 8-OHdG, animal welfare indicator, glucocorticoids, grizzly bear, oxidative stress
2021
Effect of Visitor Number on the Behavior and Cortisol Metabolites Concentrations of Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor) in Captivity
Publication/Journal: 2nd International Conference on Veterinary, Animal, and Environmental Sciences (ICVAES 2020)
Keywords: animal behavior, cortisol metabolites, number of visitors, sambar deer
2021
Effects of scent enrichment on behavioral and physiological indicators of stress in zoo primates
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: fecal cortisol, olfactory enrichment, primates, stress, zoo welfare
2021
Effects of scent enrichment on behavioral and physiological indicators of stress in zoo primates
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: essential oils, fecal cortisol, social interactions, stereotypic behaviors
2021
Effects of the presence of zoo visitors on zoo-housed little penguins (Eudyptula minor)
Publication/Journal: New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Keywords: Kororā, little penguins, new zealand, visitor effect, visitor presence, visitor–animal interactions, zoos
2021