The Animal-Visitor Interaction Protocol (AVIP) for the assessment of Lemur catta walk-in enclosure in zoos

Authors: Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Daniela Florio, Linda Ferrante, Francesca Bandoli, Elisabetta Macchi, Alessia Muzzo, Barbara de Mori

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal welfare, AVIP, lemur, zoo

2022

Enriching Zoo-Housed Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta): Assessing the Influence of Three Types of Environmental Enrichment on Behavior

Authors: Marta Caselli, Patrizia Messeri, Francesco Dessì-Fulgheri, Francesca Bandoli

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral management, enrichment, L. catta, zoo

2022

Material and food exploration by zoo‐housed animals can inform cognition and enrichment apparatus design

Authors: Fay E Clark, Lucy Chivers, Olivia Pearson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, enrichment, zoo

2022

Should Zoo Foods be Chopped or Should We ‘Lemur’ them Whole

Authors: JE Brereton

Publication/Journal: MedPress Nutrition & Food Sciences

Keywords: chopped food, food presentation, lemur catta, primate, zoo

2022

Assessing Allostatic Load in Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)

Authors: Kathryn E Seeley, Kathryn L Proudfoot, Barbara Wolfe, Douglas E Crews

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: allostatic load index, chronic stress, lemur catta, non-human primates

2021

Inter-specific interactions involving Lemur catta housed in mixed-species exhibits in UK zoos

Authors: Samantha Law, Susanne Prankel, Christoph Schwitzer, John Dutton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aggression, captivity, lemur catta, mixed-species housing, zoos

2021

Are “visitor effects” overestimated? Behaviour in captive lemurs is mainly driven by co-variation with time and weather

Authors: Anne E. Goodenough, Katie McDonald, Kayleigh Moody, Clare Wheeler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: activity budget, captivity, lemur catta, time of day, zoo animals

2019

The effects of olfactory stimulation on the behavior of captive ring‐tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

Authors: Brittanny Baker, Sienna Taylor, V. Tamara Montrose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: environmental enrichment, lemur behavior, odors, zoo welfare

2018

Mutual grooming functions to prolong grooming received in ringtailed lemurs

Authors: Gabriele Schino, Alessandro Alessandrini

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: grooming, reciprocity

2018

Does positive reinforcement training affect the behaviour and welfare of zoo animals? The case of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Authors: Caterina Spiezio, Stefano Vaglio, Consuelo Scala, Barbara Regaiolli

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal well-being, captive primate behaviour, lemur catta, training programme

2017