The Benefits of Increased Space and Habitat Complexity for the Welfare of Zoo-Housed King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

Authors: Grace Fuller, Megan Jones, Kylen N. Gartland, Sara Zalewski, Matthew R. Heintz, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic behavior, data-loggers, exhibit design, post-occupancy evaluation, time–depth recorders

2023

Effects of food-based enrichment on enclosure use and behavioral patterns in captive mammalian predators: a case study from an Austrian wildlife park

Authors: Verena Puehringer-Sturmayr, Monika Fiby, Stephanie Bachmann, Stefanie Filz, Isabella Grassmann, Theresa Hoi, Claudia Janiczek, Didone Frigerio

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: animal behavior, animal visibility, animal welfare, brown bear, Domestic ferret, Pine marten

2023

The Effects of Oral Lavender Therapy on Wounding in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Elizabeth R. Magden, Sarah Neal Webb, Susan P. Lambeth, Stephanie J. Buchl, Steven J. Schapiro

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: chimpanzees, conflict, lavender, nonhuman primates, wounding

2023

Exploring the Effect of Age on the Reproductive and Stress Physiology of Octopus bimaculoides Using Dermal Hormones

Authors: Stephanie Chancellor, Bret Grasse, Taylor Sakmar, David Scheel, Joel S. Brown, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: California two-spot octopus, cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, senescence, testosterone

2023

Surgical placement of implantable cardiac loop recorders in great apes

Authors: Ilana Kutinsky, Ann Duncan, Marietta D Danforth, Suzan Murray, Julie Napier, Stephanie McCain, Hayley W Murphy

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: great apes, loop recorders, surgery

2023

DNA Damage as a Potential Non-Invasive Indicator of Welfare: A Preliminary Study in Zoo-Housed Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis)

Authors: Grace Fuller, Jennifer Hamilton, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine, 8-OHdG, animal welfare indicator, glucocorticoids, grizzly bear, oxidative stress

2021

Evaluation of the Impact of Behavioral Opportunities on Four Zoo-Housed Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer)

Authors: Jennifer Hamilton, Grace Fuller, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, environmental enrichment, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, goal-based enrichment, nocturnal species

2020

Case Studies of the Impacts of Cataract Surgery on Crested Penguin Welfare

Authors: Matthew R. Heintz, Grace A. Fuller, Sarah J. Woodhouse, Anna Murray, Stephanie M. Allard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, geriatric, macaroni penguin, phacoemulsifcation, rockhopper penguin

2019

Deconstructing compassionate conservation

Authors: Matt W. Hayward, Alex Callen, Benjamin L. Allen, Guy Ballard, Femke Broekhuis, Cassandra Bugir, Rohan H. Clarke, John Clulow, Simon Clulow, Jennifer C. Daltry, Harriet T. Davies-Mostert, Peter J. S. Fleming, Andrea S. Griffin, Lachlan G. Howell, Graham I. H. Kerley, Kava Klop-Toker, Sarah Legge, Tom Major, Ninon Meyer, Robert A. Montgomery, Katherine Moseby, Daniel M. Parker, Stephanie Periquet, John Read, Robert J. Scanlon, Rebecca Seeto, Craig Shuttleworth, Michael J. Somers, Cottrell T. Tamessar, Katherine Tuft, Rose Upton, Marcia Valenzuela-Molina, Adrian Wayne, Ryan R. Witt, Wolfgang Wuster

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, effective conservation, evidence-based conservation, invasive species, invasives, lethal control, translocation

2019

Exploratory Investigation of Infrared Thermography for Measuring Gorilla Emotional Responses to Interactions with Familiar Humans

Authors: Matthew R. Heintz, Grace Fuller, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive task, cortisol, emotion, gorilla, human-animal interactions, infrared thermography, oxytocin, positive reinforcement training

2019

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