Can colored object enrichment reduce the escape behavior of captive freshwater turtles?

Authors: Callum C Bannister, Angus JC Thomson, Mirela Cuculescu‐Santana

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral types, olfactory cues, Pseudemys sp., Trachemys scripta ssp.

2021

Interest in coloured objects and behavioural budgets of individual captive freshwater turtles

Authors: Angus James Campbell Thomson, Callum Craig Bannister, Reece Taylor Marshall, Natasha McNeil, Donna Maria Mear, Susie Lovick-Earle, Mirela Cuculescu-Santana

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enrichment, escape behaviour, novelty stress

2021

Physiological and behavioural evaluation of common anaesthesia practices in the rainbow trout

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: 2-phenoxyethanol, anaesthetic, aversion, cortisol, stress

2018

Does environmental enrichment promote recovery from stress in rainbow trout?

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Jonathan Buckley, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, fish welfare, intraspecific variation, oncorhynchus-mykiss, recovery, stress

2016

Plumage damage in free-range laying hens: Behavioural characteristics in the rearing period and the effects of environmental enrichment and beak-trimming

Authors: Kate M. Hartcher, Mary K. T. N. Tran, Stuart J. Wilkinson, Paul H. Hemsworth, Peter C. Thomson, Greg M. Cronin

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: feather pecking, free range, laying hen, open-field test, plumage damage, tonic immobility

2015

Environmental change alters personality in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Authors: Ashley J. Frost, Jack S. Thomson, Charlotte Smith, Hannah C. Burton, Ben Davis, Phillip C. Watts, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, boldness, coping style, hypoxia, oncorhynchus-mykiss, predation risk, rainbow-trout, temperature

2013

Plasticity of Boldness in Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: Do Hunger and Predation Influence Risk-Taking Behaviour?

Authors: J. S. Thomson, P. C. Watts, T. G. Pottinger, L. U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavioral plasticity, behavioural plasticity, coping style, cortisol, food availability, gene expression, oncorhynchus-mykiss, predation threat, rainbow-trout

2012

Challenges and paradoxes in the companion-animal niche

Authors: P.D. McGreevy, P.C. Bennett

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding, cat, companion, dog, domestication

2010

Measuring the success of environmental education programs

Authors: S. Staniforth, J. Hoffman, G. Thomson

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: environmental education, outcome based evaluation

2010