Orangulas: effect of scheduled visual enrichment on behavioral and endocrine aspects of a captive orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Authors: Juan Olvido Perea Garcia, Alessandro Miani, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Jens Malmkvist, Cino Pertoldi, Trine Hammer Jensen, Rikke Kruse Nielsen, Dan Witzner Hansen, Lars A Bach

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: cortisol, ethogram, no rewards, orangutan, scheduled, visual enrichment

2020

Orangulas: effect of scheduled visual enrichment on behavioral and endocrine aspects of a captive orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus): effect of scheduled visual enrichment on behavioral and endocrine aspects of a captive orangutan

Authors: Juan Olvido Perea Garcia, Alessandro Miani, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, Jens Malmkvist, Cino Pertoldi, Trine Hammer Jensen, Rikke Kruse Nielsen, Dan Witzner Hansen, Lars A Bach

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: cortisol, ethogram, no rewards, orangutan, scheduled, visual enrichment

2020

Weaning and separation stress: maternal motivation decreases with litter age and litter size in farmed mink

Authors: Jens Malmkvist, Dennis D. Sørensen, Torben Larsen, Rupert Palme, Steffen W. Hansen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: glucocorticoids, infrared thermography (irt), litter size, maternal behaviour, stress, weaning

2016

Early transfer of mated females into the maternity unit reduces stress and increases maternal care in farm mink

Authors: Jens Malmkvist, Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, hpa axis, maternal behaviour, neovison vison aka mustela vison, nest building, reproduction, stress

2015

Additional foraging elements reduce abnormal behaviour – fur-chewing and stereotypic behaviour – in farmed mink (Neovison vison)

Authors: Jens Malmkvist, Rupert Palme, Pernille M. Svendsen, Steffen W. Hansen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: foraging, fur-chewing, neovison vison aka mustela vison, stereotypies, stress, welfare

2013

Novelty exploration, baseline cortisol level and fur-chewing in farm mink with different intensities of stereotypic behaviour

Authors: Pernille M. Svendsen, Rupert Palme, Jens Malmkvist

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, fur-chewing, mustela vison syn. neovison vison, stereotypic behaviour

2013

Behaviour and stress responses in horses with gastric ulceration

Authors: Jens Malmkvist, Janne Møller Poulsen, Nanna Luthersson, Rupert Palme, Janne Winther Christensen, Eva Søndergaard

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, equine gastric ulcer syndrome (egus), faecal cortisol metabolites (fcm), gastric ulceration, horse, stress

2012

The development of on-farm welfare assessment protocols for foxes and mink: the WelFur project

Authors: J. Mononen, S. H. ller, S. W. Hansen, A. L. Hovland, T. Koistinen, L. Lidfors, J. Malmkvist, C. M. Vinke, L. Ahola

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based welfare measures, fox, fur farming, input-based welfare measures, mink

2012

Responses of mink to auditory stimuli: Prerequisites for applying the ‘cognitive bias’ approach

Authors: Pernille M. Svendsen, Jens Malmkvist, Ulrich Halekoh, Michael Mendl

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: *cognitive bias, american mink, associative learning, auditory discrimination, neovison vison aka mustela vison

2012

Do double cages and access to occupational materials improve the welfare of farmed mink

Authors: Hansen, S.W.; Malmkvist, J.; Palme, R.; Damgaard, B.M.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cage environment, enrichment, mustela vison, space allowance

2007

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