Behavioral repertoire assessment of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) with focus on thermoregulatory behavior

Authors: Judith A. Stryker, Jim L. Atkinson, Robert D. Brown, David Barney, J. Andy B. Robinson, Jay Duncan, Esther J. Finegan

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology

Keywords: infrared thermography, microclimatic landscape design, panthera tigris, thermal comfort, thermoregulatory behavior

2019

Acute stress enhances sensitivity to a highly attractive food reward without affecting judgement bias in laying hens

Authors: Carlos E. Hernandez, Geoff Hinch, Jim Lea, Drewe Ferguson, Caroline Lee

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affective states, judgement bias, poultry, reward sensitivity, stress

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

Chimpanzee nesting patterns in savanna habitat: Environmental influences and preferences

Authors: R. Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar, Jim Moore, Craig B. Stanford

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: *preferences, environmental influences, nesting, predation, savanna chimpanzees

2013

Preference of beef cattle for feedlot or pasture environments

Authors: Caroline Lee, Andrew D. Fisher, Ian G. Colditz, Jim M. Lea, Drewe M. Ferguson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cattle, feedlot, pasture, preference, welfare

2013

Interactions between profit and welfare on extensive sheep farms

Authors: A. W. Stott, B. Vosough Ahmadi, C. M. Dwyer, B. Kupiec, C. Morgan-Davies, C. E. Milne, S. Ringrose, P. Goddard, K. Phillips, A. Waterhouse

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, economics, linear programming, profit, service quality modelling, sheep

2012

The circadian body temperature rhythm of Djungarian Hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) revealing different circadian phenotypes

Authors: Konrad Schöttner, Jim Waterhouse, Dietmar Weinert

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: arrhythmic activity patterns, body temperature, circadian rhythm, djungarian hamster, motor activity, unmasking

2011

Association networks reveal social organization in the sleepy lizard

Authors: Stephan T. Leu, Jim Bashford, Peter M. Kappeler, C. Michael Bull

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: association, network, pair-living, sleepy lizard, social organization, tiliqua rugosa

2010

Body condition score as an indicator of ewe survival under extensive conditions

Authors: C. Morgan-Davies, A. Waterhouse, M.L. Pollock, J.M. Milner

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, body condition scoring, extensive conditions, mortality, sheep, survival

2008

Acid-insoluble ash as a measure of dry matter digestibility in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Christine Pendlebury, Nicholas E. Odongo, Alejandra Renjifo, Jim Naelitz, Eduardo V. Valdes, Brian W. McBride

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acid insoluble ash, captive african elephant, dry matter digestibility

2005

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