Qualitative behaviour assessment for zoo-housed polar bears (Ursus maritimus): Intra- and inter-day consistency and association to other indicators of welfare

Authors: Cecilie Ravn Skovlund, Marlene Katharina Kirchner, Barbara Contiero, Signe Ellegaard, Xavier Manteca, Mikkel Stelvig, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Björn Forkman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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2023

Retrospective pathology review of captive black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis in the EAZA Ex-situ Programme (1995-2022)

Authors: Katharina Radeke-Auer, Marcus Clauss, Julia Stagegaard, Linda G. R. Bruins-Van Sonsbeek, Javier Lopez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

Automated Video-Based Analysis Framework for Behavior Monitoring of Individual Animals in Zoos Using Deep Learning—A Study on Polar Bears

Authors: Matthias Zuerl, Philip Stoll, Ingrid Brehm, René Raab, Dario Zanca, Samira Kabri, Johanna Happold, Heiko Nille, Katharina Prechtel, Sophie Wuensch

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal monitoring, animal welfare, behavior observation, deep learning, object detection, ursus maritimus

2022

A Critical review of animal-based welfare indicators for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in zoos: Identification and evidence of validity

Authors: CR Skovlund, MK Kirchner, LW Moos, N Alsted, X Manteca, O Tallo-Parra, M Stelvig

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, polar bear, welfare assessment, welfare indicators, zoo welfare

2021

Measurement of Fecal Testosterone Metabolites in Mice: Replacement of Invasive Techniques

Authors: Kerstin E. Auer, Marius Kußmaul, Erich Möstl, Katharina Hohlbaum, Thomas Rülicke, Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: androgens, feces, mice, non-invasive, testosterone

2020

Adolescent oxytocin response to stress and its behavioral and endocrine correlates

Authors: Anka Bernhard, Cindy van der Merwe, Katharina Ackermann, Anne Martinelli, Inga D. Neumann, Christine M. Freitag

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: adolescents, Control-TSST, salivary cortisol, salivary oxytocin, TSST

2018

Behavioural response of dairy cows with and without calf-contact to hair of own and alien calves presented in the milking parlour

Authors: Katharina A. Zipp, Kerstin Barth, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: calf rearing, cattle, maternal discrimination, olfaction, young recognition

2016

Is rearing calves with the dam a feasible option for dairy farms?—Current and future research

Authors: Julie Føske Johnsen, Katharina A. Zipp, Tasja Kälber, Anne Marie de Passillé, Ute Knierim, Kerstin Barth, Cecilie Marie Mejdell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: alternative calf rearing, dairy calves, suckling, welfare

2016

Digestive physiology of the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): A large herbivorous hystricomorph rodent

Authors: Katharina B. Hagen, Dorothea Besselmann, Ulrike Cyrus-Eulenberger, Catharina Vendl, Sylvia Ortmann, Robert Zingg, Ellen Kienzle, Michael Kreuzer, Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, coprophagy, herbivory, nutrition, obesity

2015

Network characteristics and development of social structure of agonistic behaviour in pigs across three repeated rehousing and mixing events

Authors: Kathrin Büttner, Katharina Scheffler, Irena Czycholl, Joachim Krieter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behaviour, group level, pigs, social network analysis

2015

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