Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis
2019
Are domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) able to use complex human-given cues to find a hidden reward?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, domestic pigs, human-animal interaction, human-given cues, object choice paradigm, pointing gesture
2016
Evidence for a link between tail biting and central monoamine metabolism in pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: dopamine, neurotransmission, pig, serotonin, tail-biting
2015
Differences in carotenoid accumulation among three feeder-cricket species: implications for carotenoid delivery to captive insectivores
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amphibian, diet, gut-loading, invertebrate, nutrition
2012
The effect of domestication and ontogeny in swine cognition (Sus scrofa scrofa and S. s. domestica)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: cognition, domestication, inference, object choice, swine
2012
Do pigs distinguish between situations of different emotional valences during anticipation?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: anticipation, behavior, behaviour, heart rate, pigs, positive and negative emotions, vocalisation
2011
Phosphorus availability influences cricket mate attraction displays
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: behavioural stoichiometry, calling effort, diet, ecological stoichiometry, gryllidae, mate attraction, phosphorus
2009
The effects of prey species on food conversion efficiency and growth of an insectivorous lizard
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: diet, nutrition, reptile, sceloporus occidentalis, western fence lizard
2008
Effect of beak length on feed intake in pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica)
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, feeding behavior, morphological defect, pigeon breeds, restricted environmental conditions, side-effects of artifical selection
2007
Testing alternative captive breeding strategies with the subsequent release into the wild
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: artificial selection, environmental stress, inbreeding depression, maximum avoidance of inbreeding, purge
2005