Effect of a water conditioner on ornamental fish behaviour during commercial transport

Authors: M. Vanderzwalmen, E. Edmonds, P. Carey, D. Snellgrove, K. A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture

Keywords: ornamental fish, transport, Water conditioner, welfare

2020

An investigation into keeper opinions of great ape diets and abnormal behaviour

Authors: R. Hammerton, K. A. Hunt, L. M. Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: *tool use, abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, chimpanzees, cultivated fruit-free, diet, environmental enrichment, food presentation, foods, gorillas, great ape, keeper opinion, questionnaire, regurgitation, reingestion, wild

2019

Technical Contribution: A Cautionary Note on the Use of Behavioural Diversity (H-Index) in Animal Welfare Science

Authors: K. A. Cronin, S. R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural diversity, H-index, shannon-wiener diversity index, welfare metrics, well-being

2019

Evaluating mood changes in response to anthropogenic noise with a response-slowing task in three species of zoo-housed primates

Authors: K. A. Cronin, E. J. Bethell, S. L. Jacobson, C. Egelkamp, L. M. Hopper, S. R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: affect, gorilla gorilla, macaca fuscata, mood, noise, pan troglodytes, response slowing, zoo

2018

Determination of swine euthanasia criteria and analysis of barriers to euthanasia in the United States using expert opinion

Authors: C. R. Mullins, M. D. Pairis-Garcia, K. A. George, R. Anthony, A. K. Johnson, G. J. Coleman, J. L. Rault, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, decision-making, education, euthanasia, swine, timeliness

2017

Behavioural response of dairy cows with and without calf-contact to hair of own and alien calves presented in the milking parlour

Authors: Katharina A. Zipp, Kerstin Barth, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: calf rearing, cattle, maternal discrimination, olfaction, young recognition

2016

The Days and Nights of Zoo Elephants: Using Epidemiology to Better Understand Stereotypic Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in North American Zoos

Authors: B. J. Greco, C. L. Meehan, J. N. Hogan, K. A. Leighty, J. Mellen, G. J. Mason, J. A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: elephants, stereotypy, zoo

2016

Elephant Management in North American Zoos: Environmental Enrichment, Feeding, Exercise, and Training

Authors: B. J. Greco, C. L. Meehan, L. J. Miller, D. J. Shepherdson, K. A. Morfeld, J. Andrews, A. M. Baker, K. Carlstead, J. A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: diet, elephant husbandry, enrichment, training, zoos

2016

Is rearing calves with the dam a feasible option for dairy farms?—Current and future research

Authors: Julie Føske Johnsen, Katharina A. Zipp, Tasja Kälber, Anne Marie de Passillé, Ute Knierim, Kerstin Barth, Cecilie Marie Mejdell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: alternative calf rearing, dairy calves, suckling, welfare

2016