Abnormal swimming is associated with inner ear damage and improves with meclizine treatment and increased habitat complexity: A case study in Urobatis jamaicensis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, aquarium science, elasmobranch, vestibular disease
2024
Choice-based severity scale (CSS): assessing the relative severity of procedures from a laboratory animal’s perspective
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: animal behavior, neuroscience, veterinary medicine, zoology
2024
The effect of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on self-directed behaviour, activity budgets, movement patterns, and spatial use in semi-captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: Animal tourism venues, Anthropause, Captive animal welfare, COVID-19, displacement activity, human-animal interactions
2023
JZAR Special Edition: Proceedings of the 12th European Zoo Nutrition Conference in Riga, Latvia, 20–22 September 2023
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: feeding, feeding guidelines, zoo nutrition
2023
Investigating Welfare Metrics for Snakes at the Saint Louis Zoo
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords:
2022
Use of Blood Lactate in Assessment of Manual Capture Techniques of Zoo-Housed Crocodilians
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: captivity, physiology, reptile, restraint, welfare, wellbeing
2022
Happiness, Welfare, and Personality in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: coping, monkey, psychometrics, temperament, validation
2021
Aquarium Tank Design Is Integral to the Elimination of Mantle Abrasion in the Captive Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa): A Case Study at Macduff Marine Aquarium
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
2020
Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management
2020
Challenges and solutions: An analysis of community-reported needs of AZA collaboratively managed animal populations
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: population health, population management, SSP program, sustainability
2019