The Welfare of Domestic Goats (Capra hircus) in a Zoo-Based Animal-Visitor Interaction Program

Authors: Ramont, M., Leahy M., Cronin, K.A.

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: ambassador animals, animal welfare, animal–visitor interactions, petting zoo, ungulate, visitor effect

2021

Provision of ultraviolet basking lights to indoor housed tropical birds and their effect on suspected vitamin D3 deficiency

Authors: Gabby Jeanne-Clare Drake, Robyn L Shea, Andrea Fidgett, Javier Lopez, Robert M Christley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: avian, mbd, osteodystrophy, tropical birds, ultraviolet light, uvb, vitamin d

2017

Canopy cover is correlated with reduced injurious feather pecking in commercial flocks of free-range laying hens

Authors: A. Bright, D. Brass, J. Clachan, K.A. Drake, A.D. Joret

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, canopy cover, free range, injurious feather-pecking, laying hens, range cover

2011

How access to exhibit space impacts the behavior of female tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: A. Miller, K.A. Leighty, M.A. Maloney, C.W. Kuhar, T.L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affiliation, aggression, conflict avoidance, management practices, panthera tigris

2011

Potential behavioural indicators of post-operative pain in male laboratory rabbits following abdominal surgery

Authors: M.J. Farnworth, J.K. Walker, K.A. Schweizer, C-L Chuang, S-J Guild, C.J. Barrett, M.C. Leach, N.K. Waran

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: analgesia, animal welfare, behaviour, pain, peri-operative, rabbit

2011

Song development in birds- the role of early experience and its potential effect on rehabilitation success

Authors: K.A. Spencer, S. Harris, P.J. Baker, I.C. Cuthill

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, fitness, rehabilitation, song development, songbirds, tutoring

2007

Extrinsic factors significantly affect patterns of disease in free-ranging and captive cheetah populations.

Authors: L. Munson, K.A Terio, M. Worley, M. Jago, A. Bagot-Smith, L. Marker

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: acinonyx jubatus, gastritis, glomerulosclerosis, pathology, veno-occlusive disease

2005

Spatial memory for food hidden by rats (Rattus norvegicus) on the radial maze: Studies of memory for where, what, and when

Authors: L.R. Bird, W.A Roberts, B. Abroms, K.A. Kit, C. Crupi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: discrimination learning, feeding behavior/psychology, food, long-evans, maze learning, orientation, rats, rats/psychology, retention (psychology), spatial behavior, time factors

2003

Molecular and immunogenetic analysis of major histocompatibility haplotypes in northern bobwhite enable direct identification of corresponding haplotypes in an endangered subspecies, the masked bobwhite

Authors: Beth M. Drake, Ronald M. Goto, Marcia M. Miller, George F. Gee, W. Elwood Briles

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bobwhite quail, captive breeding, genetic variability, heterozygosity, major histocompatibility complex, polymorphism

1999

The effect of a short-term biomedical research protocol on stereotyped rocking in young Chimpanzees

Authors: Pazol, K.A.; Bloomsmith, M.A.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behavior, abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, behavioral management, behavioural management, body rocking, chimpanzee, psychological well-being

1997