Automated Video-Based Analysis Framework for Behavior Monitoring of Individual Animals in Zoos Using Deep Learning—A Study on Polar Bears

Authors: Matthias Zuerl, Philip Stoll, Ingrid Brehm, René Raab, Dario Zanca, Samira Kabri, Johanna Happold, Heiko Nille, Katharina Prechtel, Sophie Wuensch

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal monitoring, animal welfare, behavior observation, deep learning, object detection, ursus maritimus

2022

Dolphin Welfare Assessment under Professional Care:‘Willingness to Participate’, an Indicator Significantly Associated with Six Potential ‘Alerting Factors’

Authors: Fabienne Delfour, Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Cristina Pilenga, Daniel Garcia-Parraga, Heiko G Rödel, Nuria García Caro, Enrique Perlado Campos, Birgitta Mercera

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: dolphins, human-animal interaction, qualitative behavioural assessment, welfare

2020

Assessment of anxiety in open field and elevated plus maze using infrared thermography

Authors: Benjamin Lecorps, Heiko G. Rödel, Christophe Féron

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, emotion, infrared thermography, unconditioned fear tests

2016

Positive Reinforcement Training for Blood Collection in Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) Results in Undetectable Elevations in Serum Cortisol Levels: A Preliminary Investigation

Authors: Nicole M. Joyce-Zuniga, Ruth C. Newberry, Charles T. Robbins, Jasmine V. Ware, Heiko T. Jansen, O. Lynne Nelson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: grizzly bear, positive reinforcement training, serum cortisol, voluntary blood draw

2016

Split Parturition Observed in a Captive North American Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

Authors: J. V. Ware, O. L. Nelson, C. T. Robbins, H. T. Jansen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: brown bears, hibernation, pregnancy, ursid

2012

Living in a dangerous world decreases maternal care: A study in serotonin transporter knockout mice

Authors: Rebecca S. Heiming, Carina Bodden, Friederike Jansen, Lars Lewejohann, Sylvia Kaiser, Klaus-Peter Lesch, Rupert Palme, Norbert Sachser

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: 5-htt knockout mice, adaptation, anxiety, behavioral profile, corticosterone, early adversity, maternal care, maternal effects, prenatal stress

2011