Observational approaches to chimpanzee behavior in an African sanctuary: Implications for research, welfare, and capacity-building

Authors: Alexandra G. Rosati, Kris H. Sabbi, Margaret A. H. Bryer, Paige Barnes, Joshua Rukundo, Titus Mukungu, Phillip Sekulya, Innocent Ampeire, Hillary Aligumisiriza, Stanley Kyama, Joseph Masereka, Winnie Nabukeera, Amos Okello, Boris Waiga, Seezi Atwijuze, Natalia Camargo Peña, Averill Cantwell, Elisa Felsche, Kelly Flores-Mendoza, Safa Mohamed, Isabelle Monroe, Megan Mulhinch, Kathleen O'Gorman, Julia Salamango, Rayna Shamah, Emily Otali, Richard W. Wrangham, Zarin P. Machanda

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, capacity building, observations, sanctuaries, welfare

2023

Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Kathleen E Hunt, MG Sachintha M Samaraweera, Rajnish PG Vandercone, Wendy K Kiso, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild

Keywords: androgens, conservation, glucocorticoids, temporal gland secretion, thyroid hormones, urine dribbling

2022

Glucocorticoid Production, Activity Levels, And Personality Traits Of Fennec Foxes (Vulpes zerda) Managed For Different Roles In Zoos

Authors: Corinne P Kozlowski, Karen L Bauman, Ashley D Franklin, John M Sahrmann, Marieke Gartner, Eli Baskir, Sheri Hanna, Kathleen LaMattina, Alice Seyfried, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: ambassador animals, circadian rhythm, cortisol metabolites, fennec foxes, pedometer, temperament

2021

Should zoo foods be chopped: macaws for consideration

Authors: Charlotte James, Andrew Nicholls, Marianne Freeman, Kerry Hunt, James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: Ara ararauna, avian, evidence-based husbandry, food presentation, keeper time, parrot

2021

Testing use of a potential cognitive enrichment device by an Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

Authors: Eszter Matrai, Angela KW Ng, Michelle MH Chan, Suzanne M Gendron, Kathleen M Dudzinski

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, dolphin, problem solving

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

Cortisol treatment affects locomotor activity and swimming behaviour of male smallmouth bass engaged in paternal care: A field study using acceleration biologgers

Authors: Dirk A. Algera, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Kathleen M. Gilmour, Michael J. Lawrence, Aaron J. Zolderdo, Steven J. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: accelerometer, glucocorticoid, parental care, parental investment, teleost

2017

Effects of maternal cortisol treatment on offspring size, responses to stress, and anxiety-related behavior in wild largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Authors: Julia C. Redfern, Steven J. Cooke, Robert J. Lennox, Michael A. Nannini, David H. Wahl, Kathleen M. Gilmour

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, behavior, boldness, cortisol, exploration, intergenerational effects, largemouth bass, maternal stress, stress response, thigmotaxis

2017

A multi-zoo investigation of nutrient provision for captive red-crested turacos

Authors: Alexander J. Hulbert, Kerry A. Hunt, Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: husbandry, multi-zoo study, nutrition, turaco, zootrition

2017

Successful treatment of infertility in a female Sumatran orangutan Pongo abelii

Authors: Neil Maclachlan, Gordon Hunt, Sarah Fowkes, Melissa Frost, John Miller, Gari Purcell-Jones, Peter Sullivan, Alberto Barbon, Andrew Routh, Francisco J. López, Eluned C. Price

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hysterosalpingography (hsg), operant conditioning, pressurized fallopian tube perfusion, proximal tube obstruction (pto), ultrasound

2017

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