Can an Enrichment Programme with Novel Manipulative and Scent Stimuli Change the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed European Wildcats? A Case Study

Authors: Valentina Bertoni, Barbara Regaiolli, Alessandro Cozzi, Stefano Vaglio, Caterina Spiezio

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: F3 semiochemical, scent enrichment programme, wildcats

2023

Effects of Rearing on the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Caterina Spiezio, Stefano Vaglio, Camille Vandelle, Camillo Sandri, Barbara Regaiolli

Publication/Journal: Folia Primatologica

Keywords: abnormal behaviors, human-rearing, mother-rearing, zoo-housed chimpanzees

2021

Effects of scent enrichment on behavioral and physiological indicators of stress in zoo primates

Authors: Stefano Vaglio, Stefano SK Kaburu, Richard Pearce, Luke Bryant, Ailie McAuley, Alexandria Lott, Demi J Sheppard, Sarah Smith, Beth E Tompkins, Emily J Elwell

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: fecal cortisol, olfactory enrichment, primates, stress, zoo welfare

2021

Gum feeder as environmental enrichment for zoo marmosets and tamarins

Authors: B. Regaiolli, C. Angelosante, G. Marliani, P. A. Accorsi, S. Vaglio, C. Spiezio

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: callitrichines, gum arabic, zoo primate welfare

2019

Does positive reinforcement training affect the behaviour and welfare of zoo animals? The case of the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Authors: Caterina Spiezio, Stefano Vaglio, Consuelo Scala, Barbara Regaiolli

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal well-being, captive primate behaviour, lemur catta, training programme

2017

Positive reinforcement training: a tool for care and management of captive vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Authors: C. Spiezio, F. Piva, B. Regaiolli, S. Vaglio

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, enrichment tool, husbandry refinement, operational conditioning, stress

2015

Fecal Concentrations of Cortisol, Testosterone, and Progesterone in Cotton-Top Tamarins Housed in Different Zoological Parks: Relationships Among Physiological Data, Environmental Conditions, and Behavioral Patterns

Authors: Sara Fontani, Stefano Vaglio, Valentina Beghelli, Michela Mattioli, Silvia Bacci, Pier Attilio Accorsi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cortisol, progesterone, tamarins, testosterone, zoos

2014

A therapeutic environmental enrichment programme for managing pathological behaviour in the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)

Authors: Raffaele Grisa, Marina Bertelé, Stefano Vaglio, Catherina Spiezio

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: environmental enrichment, fossa, zoo

2013