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

Invited review: Changes in the dairy industry affecting dairy cattle health and welfare

Authors: H. W. Barkema, M. A. G. von Keyserlingk, J. P. Kastelic, Tjgm Lam, C. Luby, J. P. Roy, S. J. LeBlanc, G. P. Keefe, D. F. Kelton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: activity-monitoring-system, agriculture, antimicrobials, automated calf feeder, automated milking system, automatic, avium subspecies paratuberculosis, biosecurity, clinical mastitis, dairy & animal science, farm-animal, food science & technology, genome-wide association, herd size, immune-response traits, level risk-factors, milking systems, somatic-cell score, viral diarrhea virus, welfare

2015

Willingness of Dutch broiler and pig farmers to convert to production systems with improved welfare

Authors: É Gocsik, I. A. van der Lans, Agjm Oude Lansink, H. W. Saatkamp

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, barriers to adoption, broiler production, contingent valuation, farmers' decision-making, pig production

2015

Nutrition and health in amphibian husbandry

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Vance C. Alford, Jim Atkinson, Eric Baitchman, Diane Barber, William S. Blaner, Graham Crawshaw, Andy Daneault, Ellen Dierenfeld, Mark Finke, Greg Fleming, Ron Gagliardo, Eric A. Hoffman, William Karasov, Kirk Klasing, Elizabeth Koutsos, Julia Lankton, Shana R. Lavin, Andrew Lentini, Shannon Livingston, Brad Lock, Tom Mason, Alejandra McComb, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Tom Probst, Carlos Rodriguez, Kristine Schad, Kent Semmen, Jamie Sincage, M. Andrew Stamper, Jason Steinmetz, Kathleen Sullivan, Scott Terrell, Nina Wertan, Catharine J. Wheaton, Brad Wilson, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium, disease, ex situ, husbandry, life stage, nutrition, pathology, population, research, vitamin, water, zoo

2014

Mating status and kin recognition influence the strength of cannibalism

Authors: Whitney Parsons, Wenborui Zhong, Volker H. W. Rudolf

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: confused flour beetle, filial cannibalism, kin recognition, mating status, tribolium confusum

2013

Comparison of indoor and captive, free-roaming management in golden- headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) at Zürich Zoo

Authors: H.W. Steinmetz, R. Zingg, P. Ossent, U. Eulenberger, M. Clauss, J.M. Hatt

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, disease, golden-headed lion tamarin, husbandry, reproduction, zoonosis

2011

Individual Personality and the Spatial Distribution of Groups of Grazing Animals: An Example with Sheep

Authors: A. M. Sibbald, H. W. Erhard, J. E. McLeod, R. J. Hooper

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: exploration test, grazing, minimum convex hull area, nearest neighbour distance, sheep, shy–bold continuum

2009

Use of thermography to screen for subclinical bumblefoot in poultry

Authors: C. S. Wilcox, J. Patterson, H. W. Cheng

Publication/Journal: Poultry Science

Keywords: bumblefoot, chicken, infection, thermography, welfare

2009

Lens-anomalies and other ophthalmic findings in a group of closely-related angola lions (Panthera leo bleyenberghi)

Authors: Andrea Steinmetz, Klaus Eulenberger, Jens Thielebein, Sarah Buschatz, Andreas Bernhard, Albrecht Wilsdorf, Ron Ofri

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding, cataract, eye, inheritance, katanga lion, nutrition

2006