Training in the Dark: Using Target Training for Non-Invasive Application and Validation of Accelerometer Devices for an Endangered Primate (Nycticebus bengalensis)

Authors: K Nekaris, Marco Campera, Marianna Chimienti, Carly Murray, Michela Balestri, Zak Showell

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal training plan, animal welfare, bio-logger, positive reinforcement, random forest, strepsirrhine

2022

Bottlenose dolphin habitat and management factors related to activity and distance traveled in zoos and aquariums

Authors: Lisa K Lauderdale, K Alex Shorter, Ding Zhang, Joaquin Gabaldon, Jill D Mellen, Michael T Walsh, Douglas A Granger, Lance J Miller

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: accelerometers, animal behavior, animal welfare, data management, dolphins, habitats, oceans, swimming

2021

Cortisol treatment affects locomotor activity and swimming behaviour of male smallmouth bass engaged in paternal care: A field study using acceleration biologgers

Authors: Dirk A. Algera, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Kathleen M. Gilmour, Michael J. Lawrence, Aaron J. Zolderdo, Steven J. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: accelerometer, glucocorticoid, parental care, parental investment, teleost

2017

Dairy goats prefer to use different flooring types to perform different behaviours

Authors: Mhairi A. Sutherland, Gemma L. Lowe, Trevor J. Watson, Colleen M. Ross, Delphine Rapp, Gosia A. Zobel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bacteriology, bedding, behaviour, flooring, preference, welfare

2017

Associations between milk intake and activity in the first days of a calf’s life and later growth and health

Authors: Anne Marie de Passillé, Marine Rabeyrin, Jeffrey Rushen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, calf vigour, dairy calf, health, milk intake, weight gain

2016

Development of physical activity levels in laying hens in three-dimensional aviaries

Authors: Madison Kozak, Bret Tobalske, Dwight Springthorpe, Bill Szkotnicki, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: accelerometer, aviary, development, laying hens, locomotion, physical activity

2016

Recumbence Behavior in Zoo Elephants: Determination of Patterns and Frequency of Recumbent Rest and Associated Environmental and Social Factors

Authors: M. R. Holdgate, C. L. Meehan, J. N. Hogan, L. J. Miller, J. Rushen, A. M. de Passille, J. Soltis, J. Andrews, D. J. Shepherdson

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: elephants, recumbency, welfare, zoo

2016

Using a three-axis accelerometer to identify and classify sheep behaviour at pasture

Authors: F. A. P. Alvarenga, I. Borges, L. Palkovič, J. Rodina, V. H. Oddy, R. C. Dobos

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, decision-tree, grazing, ruminant, sensor

2016

Using technology to monitor and improve zoo animal welfare

Authors: J. C. Whitham, L. J. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, automated monitoring, behaviour, physiology, positive welfare, technology

2016

Dairy calves’ preference for rearing substrate

Authors: Gemma Margaret Worth, Karin Elisif Schütz, Mairi Stewart, Vanessa Marion Cave, Mary Foster, Mhairi Anne Sutherland

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, calves, housing, preference, substrate, welfare

2015