Environmental Enrichment and Its Effect on the Welfare of Two Asian Elephants in African Safari Wildlife Conservation Park (Puebla, Mexico)

Authors: Martha Trinidad Pérez Ramírez, Nora Garcez Mercado, María Rebeca Rojas Ronquillo, Marco Antonio Alarcón Zapata, Melina Maribel Ojeda Chi, Carlos David Pérez Brígido, Abigail Tabarez Rojas

Publication/Journal: Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behavior, environmental enrichment

2023

Environmental Enrichment and Its Effect on the Welfare of Two Asian Elephants in African Safari Wildlife Conservation Park (Puebla, Mexico)

Authors: Martha Trinidad Pérez Ramírez, Nora Garcez Mercado, María Rebeca Rojas Ronquillo, Marco Antonio Alarcón Zapata, Melina Maribel Ojeda Chi, Carlos David Pérez Brígido, Abigail Tabarez Rojas

Publication/Journal: Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behavior, environmental enrichment

2023

Modification of Domestic Animal Lameness Scales for Use in Asiatic Black Bears (Ursus thibetanus)

Authors: Mandala Hunter-Ishikawa, Jamie Y. Nakatani, David S. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: asiatic black bear, bear lameness scale, lameness assessment, locomotion, Ursus spp., Ursus thibetanus, welfare assessment

2023

Behavioral interactions and glucocorticoid production of Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) mothers and foals

Authors: Corinne P Kozlowski, Eli Baskir, Helen L Clawitter, Ashley D Franklin, Tim Thier, Martha Fischer, David M Powell, Cheryl S Asa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affiliative behavior, agonistic behavior, equid, fecal hormone, mother-offspring, nursing

2021

Characterization of estrous cycles and pregnancy in Somali wild asses (Equus africanus somaliensis) through fecal hormone analyses

Authors: Corinne P. Kozlowski, Helen L. Clawitter, Tim Thier, Martha T. Fischer, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: equid, estrogens, gestation, progestagens

2018

Feeding live invertebrate prey in zoos and aquaria: Are there welfare concerns?

Authors: Martha Keller

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, invertebrate, nociception, opioid, pain

2017

Photodynamic therapy for pododermatitis in penguins

Authors: Fábio Parra Sellera, Caetano Padial Sabino, Martha Simões Ribeiro, Loriê Tukamoto Fernandes, Fabio Celidonio Pogliani, Carlos Roberto Teixeira, Gustavo Henrique Pereira Dutra, Cristiane Lassálvia Nascimento

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: antimicrobial, bumblefoot, laser, light, methylene blue, photodynamic inactivation, photoinactivation, phototherapy, spheniscus magellanicus, wound healing

2014

Space Use as an Indicator of Enclosure Appropriateness in African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus)

Authors: Sally C. Hunter, Markus Gusset, Lance J. Miller, Michael J. Somers

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: african wild dog, enclosure design, space use

2014

Delay, avoidance and protection in oviposition behaviour in response to fine-scale variation in egg parasitism risk

Authors: Joseph B. Deas, Martha S. Hunter

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, egg stacking, life history strategy, mimosestes amicus, offspring defence, parental investment, seed beetle

2013

Is sentinel behaviour safe? An experimental investigation

Authors: Amanda R. Ridley, Martha J. Nelson-Flower, Alex M. Thompson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cooperative breeding, kin selection, pied babbler, safe location, selfish sentinel, sentinel behaviour, turdoides bicolor

2013

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