An Animal Welfare Risk Assessment Process for Zoos

Authors: S. L. Sherwen, L. M. Hemsworth, N. J. Beausoleil, A. Embury, D. J. Mellor

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: assessment, Five Domains, welfare, zoo

2018

Evaluating mood changes in response to anthropogenic noise with a response-slowing task in three species of zoo-housed primates

Authors: K. A. Cronin, E. J. Bethell, S. L. Jacobson, C. Egelkamp, L. M. Hopper, S. R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: affect, gorilla gorilla, macaca fuscata, mood, noise, pan troglodytes, response slowing, zoo

2018

Factors affecting the ability of sheep to rest during time in markets in Great Britain

Authors: S. L. Lambton, A. Brouwer, T. G. Knowles, G. Richards, P. T. E. Statham, J. Walton, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, auctions, behaviour, markets, sheep, transport

2017

Investigations Into Equine Transport-Related Problem Behaviors: Survey Results

Authors: B. Padalino, C. Henshall, S. L. Raidal, P. Knight, P. Celi, L. Jeffcott, G. Muscatello

Publication/Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Keywords: australia, behavioral problems, equitation, horse, horses, injury, reinforcement, risk-factors, science, slaughter, stress, training, transportation, veterinary sciences, welfare

2017

Characterizing abnormal behavior in a large population of zoo-housed chimpanzees: prevalence and potential influencing factors

Authors: S. L. Jacobson, S. R. Ross, M. A. Bloomsmith

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: abnormal behavior, chimpanzees, welfare, zoo

2016

Farmer attitudes to injurious pecking in laying hens and to potential control strategies

Authors: L. J. Palczynski, H. Buller, S. L. Lambton, C. A. Weeks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, changing attitudes, injurious pecking, laying hens, management strategies, perception

2016

Investigating temporary acyclicity in a captive group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Relationship between management, adrenal activity and social factors

Authors: K. L. Edwards, J. Trotter, M. Jones, J. L. Brown, H. W. Steinmetz, S. L. Walker

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, birth synchrony, central mechanisms, chemical communication, dominance status, endocrinology & metabolism, enzyme immunoassay, estrous synchrony, glucocorticoids, loxodonta-africana elephants, management, oestrous synchrony, ovarian activity, reproduction, reproductive cyclicity, temporary acyclicity, zoo elephants

2016

The risk factors affecting the development of vent pecking and cannibalism in free-range and organic laying hens

Authors: S. L. Lambton, T. G. Knowles, C. Yorke, C. J. Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cannibalism, free range, laying hens, risk-factors, vent pecking

2015

Should stress management be part of the clinical care provided to chronically ill dogs?

Authors: S. L. Nicholson, J. E. Meredith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: alone, animals, behavior, behavioral sciences, cats, chronic disease, chronic stress, cortisol concentrations, disease, dog, hair, hair cortisol, health, questionnaire, responses, spatial restriction, time left, veterinary sciences, welfare

2015

Adrenal Activity and Anxiety-like Behavior in Fur-Chewing Chinchillas (Chinchilla lanigera)

Authors: M. F. Ponzio, S. L. Monfort, J. M. Busso, V. P. Carlini, R. D. Ruiz, M. Fiol de Cuneo

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: abnormal repetitive behavior, abnormal repetitive behaviour, fur-chewing, plus-maze, stress, urinary cortisol metabolite

2012

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