More Than Just Kibbles: Keeper Familiarity and Food Can Affect Bonobo Behavior

Authors: Marta Caselli, Emilio Russo, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Elisa Demuru, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, food, keeper familiarity, pan paniscus, social behavior

2023

Not lost in translation: Changes in social dynamics in Bonobos after colony relocation and fusion with another group

Authors: Marta Caselli, Beatrice Malaman, Giada Cordoni, Jean-Pascal Guéry, José Kok, Elisa Demuru, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bonobos, group dynamics, relocation, social dynamics

2023

A retrospective study on the prevalence of main clinical findings in brown bears (Ursus arctos) rescued from substandard husbandry conditions

Authors: Stagni,Elena, Sequeira,Sara, Brscic,Marta, Redtenbacher,Irene, Hartmann,Sabine

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, brown bear, Clinical finding, health, keeping condition, pre-rescue bear origin

2023

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

Stress hormone level and the welfare of captive European bison (Bison bonasus): the effects of visitor pressure and the social structure of herds

Authors: Daniel Klich, Rafał Łopucki, Marta Gałązka, Agnieszka Ścibior, Dorota Gołębiowska, Rita Brzezińska, Bartosz Kruszewski, Tadeusz Kaleta, Wanda Olech

Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Keywords: aggression, cortisol, enclosure, feces, parasitological infestation, wisent, zoo

2021

Cardiac activity and salivary cortisol concentration of leisure horses in response to the presence of an audience in the arena

Authors: Iwona Janczarek, Izabela Wilk, Anna Stachurska, Leszek Krakowski, Marta Liss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: audience, emotions, horses, leisure, stress

2019

Relocation and Hair Cortisol Concentrations in New Zealand White Rabbits

Authors: Tanja Peric, Antonella Comin, Mirco Corazzin, Marta Montillo, Federico Canavese, Marco Stebel, Alberto Prandi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cortisol, hair, hpa axis, rabbit, relocation

2017

Activity Budgets of Captive Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) Under a Training Regime

Authors: Kaja Wierucka, Sonia Siemianowska, Marta Woźniak, Katarzyna Jasnosz, Magdalena Kieliszczyk, Paulina Kozak, Agnieszka Sergiel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: activity budget, seals, training

2016

Aggressive behavior and hair cortisol levels in captive Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas) as animal-based welfare indicators

Authors: Marina Salas, Déborah Temple, Teresa Abáigar, Mariano Cuadrado, Maria Delclaux, Conrad Enseñat, Vanessa Almagro, Eva Martínez-Nevado, Miguel Ángel Quevedo, Annaïs Carbajal, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Maria Sabés-Alsina, Marta Amat, Manel Lopez-Bejar, Hugo Fernández-Bellon, Xavier Manteca

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, glucocorticoid, social behavior, zoo

2016

Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats

Authors: Javier delBarco-Trillo, Lydia K. Greene, Ines Braga Goncalves, Miriam Fenkes, Jillian H. Wisse, Julian A. Drewe, Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton-Brock, Christine M. Drea

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, antiandrogen, behavioral neuroendocrinology, communication, cooperative breeder, field experiment, flutamide, prosocial behavior, subordinate male, testosterone

2016

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