Assessing Negative Welfare Measures for Wild Invertebrates: The Case for Octopuses

Authors: Michaella P. Andrade, Charles Morphy D. Santos, Mizziara M. M. De Paiva, Sylvia L. S. Medeiros, C. E. O’Brien, Françoise D. Lima, Janaina F. Machado, Tatiana S. Leite

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body patterns, cephalopoda, field study, sentience

2023

Assessment of welfare and brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome signs in young, breeding age French Bulldogs and Pugs, using owner questionnaire, physical examination and walk tests

Authors: M. Aromaa, L. Lilja-Maula, M. M. Rajamäki

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, dog, french bulldog, pug, walk test

2019

Visitor effects on zoo-housed Sulawesi crested macaque (Macaca nigra) behaviour: Can signs with ‘watching eyes’ requesting quietness help?

Authors: Alice M. M. Dancer, Charlotte C. Burn

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, noise effects, primates, visitor effects, zoo animals

2019

Food puzzles for cats: Feeding for physical and emotional wellbeing

Authors: L. M. S. Dantas, M. M. Delgado, I. Johnson, C. A. T. Buffington

Publication/Journal: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Keywords: cats, puzzle feeder

2016

Larval host plant experience modulates both mate finding and oviposition choice in a moth

Authors: P. Anderson, M. M. Sadek, M. Larsson, B. S. Hansson, G. Thöming

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: attraction, decision-making, experience, host plant choice, mating, oviposition, spodoptera littoralis, volatile

2013

Acute and chronic stress-like levels of cortisol inhibit the oestradiol stimulus to induce sexual receptivity but have no effect on sexual attractivity or proceptivity in female sheep

Authors: M. M. Papargiris, E. T. A. Rivalland, P. H. Hemsworth, A. D. Morrissey, A. J. Tilbrook

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: attractivity, cortisol, estradiol, ewe, luteinizing-hormone, proceptivity, receptivity, sexual behaviour, stress

2011

Effect of feed type and sex on digestibility and feed efficiency utilization in black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata)

Authors: P. Rueda-Zozaya, G. D. Mendoza, M. M. Crosby, G. González, V. H. Reynoso

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black iguana, ctenosaura pectinata, digestibility, feed efficiency, sex

2011

Species identification and chromosome variation of captive two-toed sloths

Authors: C.C. Steiner, M.L Houck, O.A. Ryder

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: choloepus, coi, enam, karyotype, restriction enzyme

2011

Effect of a cage divider permitting social stimuli on stress and food intake in rats

Authors: M. M. Boggiano, S. A. Cavigelli, J. R. Dorsey, C. E. P. Kelley, C. M. Ragan, P. C. Chandler-Laney

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: adrenal, animal welfare, body weight, catecholamines, corticosterone, enrichment, feces, feeding, glucocorticoids, housing, hpa, hplc, husbandry, ingestive behavior, ria, rodent, stress hormones

2008