An Ecological and Neural Argument for Developing Pursuit-Based Cognitive Enrichment for Sea Lions in Human Care

Authors: Peter F. Cook, Colleen Reichmuth

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: cognitive enrichment, enrichment, goal-based cognition, hunting, pursuit, sea lions

2024

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

Evaluating Environmental Enrichment Methods in Three Zoo-Housed Varanidae Lizard Species

Authors: James O Waterman, Rachel McNally, Daniel Harrold, Matthew Cook, Gerardo Garcia, Andrea L Fidgett, Lisa Holmes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavior, environmental enrichment, evidence based, husbandry, lizard, reptile, welfare, zoo

2021

Race and ethnicity are not primary determinants in utilizing veterinary services in underserved communities in the United States

Authors: Jessica L. Decker Sparks, Bridget Camacho, Philip Tedeschi, Kevin N. Morris

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: companion animals, race and ethnicity, spay/neuter

2018

A comparison of fecal steroid metabolite concentrations between harem and bachelor stallions in a free-Ranging population of przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii)

Authors: Maureen D'Souza-Anjo, Bruce W. Christensen, Kristin Brabender, Waltraut Zimmermann, Philip H. Kass, Franz Schwarzenberger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: epi-andosterone, estrogen, sociosexual hierarchy, testosterone

2017

Retrospective analysis of elective health examinations as preventative medicine interventions at a zoological collection

Authors: Michelle Barrows, Rowena Killick, Richard Saunders, Stamatios Tahas, Charlotte Day, Kellie Wyatt, Teresa Horspool, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Jennie Cook

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: diagnostics, veterinary medicine, zoo animals

2017

The Relationship Between Coat Color and Aggressive Behaviors in the Domestic Cat

Authors: Elizabeth A. Stelow, Melissa J. Bain, Philip H. Kass

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: aggression, cats, coat color

2016

Reproduction, social behaviour and captive husbandry in the eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)

Authors: Ric Anthony Dunlop, Philip Pain

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal husbandry, owl

2016

The influence of siblings on begging behaviour

Authors: Alex M. Thompson, Amanda R. Ridley, Philip A. R. Hockey, Fiona M. Finch, Adam Britton, Nichola J. Raihani

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: begging behaviour, fledgling, parent–offspring conflict, pied babbler, solicitation, turdoides bicolor

2013

Manganese-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MEMRI) reveals brain circuitry involved in responding to an acute novel stress in rats with a history of repeated social stress

Authors: Debra A. Bangasser, Catherine S. Lee, Philip A. Cook, James C. Gee, Seema Bhatnagar, Rita J. Valentino

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: extended amygdala, individual differences, manganese enhanced mri, resident–intruder, stress

2013