Dogs’ coping styles and dog-handler relationships influence avalanche search team performance

Authors: Silvana Diverio, Laura Menchetti, Giacomo Riggio, Costanza Azzari, Martina Iaboni, Renato Zasso, Walter Di Mari, Michele Matteo Santoro

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: avalanche search and rescue dogs, copying style, dog behaviour, dog-handler relationship

2017

A simulated avalanche search and rescue mission induces temporary physiological and behavioural changes in military dogs

Authors: Silvana Diverio, Olimpia Barbato, Roberta Cavallina, Gabriella Guelfi, Martina Iaboni, Renato Zasso, Walter Di Mari, Michele Matteo Santoro, Toby G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: avalanche mission, cortisol, dog behaviour, dog physiology, heart rate, search and rescue dogs

2016

Seasonal variation in the length of the daily activity period in buffy-headed marmosets (Callithrix flaviceps): An important consideration for the analysis of foraging strategies in observational field studies of primates

Authors: Stephen F. Ferrari, Renato R. Hilário

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavioral analysis, ecology, foraging strategies, marmosets, seasonal variation

2013

A Combination of Behavioral and Physiological Indicators for Assessing Pig Welfare on the Farm

Authors: Denise Candiani, Germana Salamano, Elisabetta Mellia, Luca Doglione, Renato Bruno, Mathilda Toussaint, Erik Gruys

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: albumin concentration, animal welfare, cortisol, farm-animal welfare, negative acute phase proteins, pig, retinol binding protein, welfare indicators

2008

Influence of nutrition on the quality of semen in Jaguars Panthera onca in Brazilian zoos

Authors: R. C. Rodrigues Da Paz, R. Morato GonÇAlves, A. C. Carciofi, M. A. B. V. GuimarÃEs, C. Pessuti, E. Ferraz Santos, F. Ferreira, R. C. Barnabe

Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook

Keywords: diet, felids, jaguar, mineral supplementation, nutrition, reproduction, semen, vitamin supplementation, wildlife

2006

Ovarian and immunological responses to alternating exogenous gonadotropin regimens in the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) and tigrina (Leopardus tigrinus)

Authors: Regina Celia Rodrigues da Paz, William Frederick Swanson, Eduardo Antunes Dias, Cristina Harumi Adania, Valquíria Hippólito Barnabe, Renato Campanarut Barnabe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: follicle-stimulating hormone, immunoglobulins, luteinizing-hormone, wild cats

2005