Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo
2023
Biological and Management-Related Predictors of Reproductive Success in North American Ex Situ Asian Small-Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: breeding programs, deslorelin, habitat complexity, mate incompatibility, reproductive viability analysis (RVA), reversibility, Suprelorin, zoo
2023
Blood pressure monitoring in zoologically managed bonobos (Pan paniscus)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: blood pressure monitoring, bonobos, zoo
2023
Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal
2023
Linking management practices with survival to improve outcomes for a red wolf population
Publication/Journal: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Keywords: breeding program, red wolves, reintroduction
2023
Manatees in Zoological Parks throughout the World: History, State, and Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behaviour, cognition, ecology, management, manatee, welfare, zoos
2023
Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone
2023
The perception of felid welfare by zookeepers in North America and the implications for zoo managers
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare management, felids, five freedoms, zookeepers, zoos
2023
Surgical placement of implantable cardiac loop recorders in great apes
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: great apes, loop recorders, surgery
2023