Behaviour change in Amur tigers Panthera tigris altaica after an enclosure move

Authors: Bridget Johnson, Jack Langton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: amur tiger, enclosure, environmental enrichment

2021

Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?

Authors: Jack Boultwood, Michelle O’Brien, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect

2021

Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020

Physiological and behavioural evaluation of common anaesthesia practices in the rainbow trout

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: 2-phenoxyethanol, anaesthetic, aversion, cortisol, stress

2018

Characterization of multiple pathways modulating aggression in the male clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)

Authors: Heather B. DeCaluwe, Nadja C. Wielebnowski, JoGayle Howard, Katharine M. Pelican, Mary Ann Ottinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: androgens, glucocorticoids, gnrh agonist, serotonergic regulation, tricyclic antidepressant

2016

Does environmental enrichment promote recovery from stress in rainbow trout?

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Jonathan Buckley, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, fish welfare, intraspecific variation, oncorhynchus-mykiss, recovery, stress

2016

Aquarium microbiome response to ninety-percent system water change: Clues to microbiome management

Authors: William Van Bonn, Allen LaPointe, Sean M. Gibbons, Angel Frazier, Jarrad Hampton-Marcell, Jack Gilbert

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium life support, aquatic microbes, dysbiosis, fish health, veterinary

2015