Does Enclosure Size Influence the Behaviour & Welfare of Captive Snakes (Pantherophis guttatus)?

Authors: Tatjana Hoehfurtner, Anna Wilkinson, Matthew Walker, Oliver Burman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, enclosure size, preference, reptile behavior, reptile welfare

2021

Investigating temporary acyclicity in a captive group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Relationship between management, adrenal activity and social factors

Authors: K. L. Edwards, J. Trotter, M. Jones, J. L. Brown, H. W. Steinmetz, S. L. Walker

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, birth synchrony, central mechanisms, chemical communication, dominance status, endocrinology & metabolism, enzyme immunoassay, estrous synchrony, glucocorticoids, loxodonta-africana elephants, management, oestrous synchrony, ovarian activity, reproduction, reproductive cyclicity, temporary acyclicity, zoo elephants

2016

Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dogs in the shelter and home environment and relationship with quantitative behaviour assessment and physiological responses

Authors: Jessica K. Walker, Arnja R. Dale, Richard B. D’Eath, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural expression, canis familiaris, dog, saliva cortisol, shelter

2016

Comparison of SAFER Behavior Assessment Results in Shelter Dogs at Intake and After a 3-Day Acclimation Period

Authors: Sara L. Bennett, Hsin-Yi Weng, Sheryl L. Walker, Margaret Placer, Annette Litster

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavioral assessments, safer® assessment, shelter dogs

2015

Domesticated horses differ in their behavioural and physiological responses to isolated and group housing

Authors: Kelly Yarnell, Carol Hall, Chris Royle, Susan L. Walker

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behaviour, corticosterone, equine, housing

2015

The effect of conspecific removal on behavioral and physiological responses of dairy cattle

Authors: J. K. Walker, D. R. Arney, N. K. Waran, I. G. Handel, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, association, calves, conspecific, cows, dairy & animal science, dairy cattle, food science & technology, heifers, immune system, immunoglobulin a, milk, salivary iga, secretory immunoglobulins, separation, serum, social behavior

2015

Social bonds in the dispersing sex: partner preferences among adult female chimpanzees

Authors: Steffen Foerster, Karen McLellan, Kara Schroepfer-Walker, Carson M. Murray, Christopher Krupenye, Ian C. Gilby, Anne E. Pusey

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: chimpanzee social structure, core area, dyadic association, kin bias, range estimation, social bonding, social preference

2015

Stereotypic mice are aggressed by their cage-mates, and tend to be poor demonstrators in social learning tasks

Authors: L. Harper, E. Choleris, K. Ervin, C. Fureix, K. Reynolds, M. Walker, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, mice, social learning, stereotypic behaviour

2015

Competing for space: female chimpanzees are more aggressive inside than outside their core areas

Authors: Jordan A. Miller, Anne E. Pusey, Ian C. Gilby, Kara Schroepfer-Walker, A. Catherine Markham, Carson M. Murray

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, chimpanzee, foraging, pan troglodytes schweinfurthii, resource competition, space use, territoriality

2014

Does owning a companion animal influence the belief that animals experience emotions such as grief?

Authors: J. K. Walker, N. McGrath, I. G. Handel, N. K. Waran, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, companion animal, emotions, grief, public attitudes, separation

2014

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