Environmental Enrichment and Its Effect on the Welfare of Two Asian Elephants in African Safari Wildlife Conservation Park (Puebla, Mexico)

Authors: Martha Trinidad Pérez Ramírez, Nora Garcez Mercado, María Rebeca Rojas Ronquillo, Marco Antonio Alarcón Zapata, Melina Maribel Ojeda Chi, Carlos David Pérez Brígido, Abigail Tabarez Rojas

Publication/Journal: Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behavior, environmental enrichment

2023

Environmental Enrichment and Its Effect on the Welfare of Two Asian Elephants in African Safari Wildlife Conservation Park (Puebla, Mexico)

Authors: Martha Trinidad Pérez Ramírez, Nora Garcez Mercado, María Rebeca Rojas Ronquillo, Marco Antonio Alarcón Zapata, Melina Maribel Ojeda Chi, Carlos David Pérez Brígido, Abigail Tabarez Rojas

Publication/Journal: Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behavior, environmental enrichment

2023

The Neurobiology of Behavior and Its Applicability for Animal Welfare: A Review

Authors: Genaro A Coria-Avila, James G Pfaus, Agustín Orihuela, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Nancy José-Pérez, Laura Astrid Hernández, Daniel Mota-Rojas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: emotions, learning, neurobiology, Panksepp, welfare, well-being

2022

Rehabilitation of Marine Turtles and Welfare Improvement by Application of Environmental Enrichment Strategies

Authors: Cesar Marcial Escobedo-Bonilla, Noelia Maria Quiros-Rojas, Esteban Rudín-Salazar

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: conservation, environmental enrichment, rehabilitation, rescue, sea turtles, welfare

2022

Thermal Imaging to Assess the Health Status in Wildlife Animals under Human Care: Limitations and Perspectives

Authors: Daniel Mota-Rojas, Alfredo MF Pereira, Julio Martínez-Burnes, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Patricia Mora-Medina, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Jennifer Rios-Sandoval, Ana de Mira Geraldo, Dehua Wang

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: infrared thermography, pain, thermal status, thermal window

2022

Conservation, animal behaviour, and human-animal relationship in zoos. Why is animal welfare so important?

Authors: Isabel Escobar-Ibarra, Daniel Mota-Rojas, Fernando Gual-Sill, Carlos R Sánchez, Fidel Baschetto, María Alonso-Spilsbury

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Behaviour abd Biometeorology

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, wildlife conservation., zoos

2020

Cortisol and pain-related behavior in disbudded goat kids with and without cornual nerve block

Authors: L. Alvarez, J. B. De Luna, D. Gamboa, M. Reyes, A. Sánchez, A. Terrazas, S. Rojas, F. Galindo

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavioral-response, disbudding, goat kid, local anesthesia, pain, plasma-cortisol, welfare

2015

Coupling salinity reduction to aquatic animal well-being and ecosystem representativeness at the Biodôme de Montréal

Authors: NR Le François, S Picq, A Savoie, JC Boussin, S Plante, E Wong, L Misserey, S Rojas, JP Genet

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aquatic animal welfare, salinity

2015

Physiological responses and blood gas exchange following long-distance transport of piglets weaned at different ages over unpaved or paved roads

Authors: R. Martínez-Rodríguez, P. Roldan-Santiago, H. Orozco-Gregorio, M. Trujillo-Ortega, P. Mora-Medina, M. González-Lozano, M. Sánchez-Hernández, H. Bonilla-Jaime, R. García-Herrera, E. Hernández-Trujillo, D. Mota-Rojas

Publication/Journal: Livestock Science

Keywords: long-distance, physiological-responses, road, transport, weaned piglets, welfare

2015

Interspecific Infanticide and Infant-Directed Aggression by Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in Colombia

Authors: Rebecca Rimbach, Alejandra Pardo-Martinez, Andres Montes-Rojas, Anthony Di Fiore, Andres Link

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: ateles, infanticide, interspecific aggression, pathological behaviors, resource competition

2012

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