The effect of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on self-directed behaviour, activity budgets, movement patterns, and spatial use in semi-captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Primrose Manning, Elisabeth Dawson, Christina Tholander, Maud Bonato

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: Animal tourism venues, Anthropause, Captive animal welfare, COVID-19, displacement activity, human-animal interactions

2023

Chopped and dispersed food enhances foraging and reduces stress-related behaviours in captive white-naped mangabeys (Cercocebus lunulatus)

Authors: Sophie Waasdorp, Joe A Tuffnell, Linda Bruins-van Sonsbeek, Chrispijn M Schilp, Yvonne RA van Zeeland, Elisabeth HM Sterck

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: food distribution, food size, positive welfare indicators, primates, self-directed behaviours, zoo welfare

2021

Welfare of feral cats and potential influencing factors

Authors: Elisabeth Marianne Gilhofer, Ines Windschnurer, Josef Troxler, Veronika Heizmann

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, colony cats, environment, health status, human-animal relationship, stray cats

2019

Behavioural testing based breeding policy reduces the prevalence of fear and aggression related behaviour in Rottweilers

Authors: Joanne A. M. van der Borg, Elisabeth A. M. Graat, Bonne Beerda

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, behavioural testing, c-barq, dog, fear, prevalence

2017

Recapturing the canopy: stimulating Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) natural locomotion behaviour in a zoo environment

Authors: Tom S Roth, Thomas R Bionda, Elisabeth H M Sterck

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body postures, enclosure design, great apes, movement patterns, positional behaviour, zoo welfare

2017

Determining the effects of duration and recency of exposure to environmental enrichment

Authors: Ida Ahlbeck Bergendahl, Anne Gro V. Salvanes, Victoria A. Braithwaite

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural development, behavioural flexibility, captive rearing, enrichment, learning

2016

The effect of a diet change on regurgitation and reingestion in captive chimpanzees

Authors: Iris Mulder, Raymond van der Meer, Han de Vries, Elisabeth HM Sterck

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captivity, chimpanzee, diet change, regurgitation and reingestion

2016

Ectoparasitic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) affect behavior and brain serotonergic activity in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Perspectives on animal welfare

Authors: Øyvind Øverli, Janicke Nordgreen, Cecilie M. Mejdell, Andrew M. Janczak, Silje Kittilsen, Ida B. Johansen, Tor E. Horsberg

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, experimental infestation, neurochemistry, parasites, sea lice

2014

Adaptive management of body mass by Siberian jays

Authors: Irja Ida Ratikainen, Jonathan Wright

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: body-mass, caching, environmental unpredictability, perisoreus infaustus, rule of thumb, siberian jay, winter fattening

2013

The behavioral context of visual displays in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Authors: Raïssa A. de Boer, Anne M. Overduin-de Vries, Annet L. Louwerse, Elisabeth H. M. Sterck

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: body posture, common marmoset, communication, facial expression, social behavior

2013

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