Multi-sensor biologgers and innovative training allow data collection with high conservation and welfare value in zoos

Authors: Holly English, Luke Harvey, Rory Wilson, Richard Gunner, Mark Holton, Rosie Woodroffe, Luca Börger

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, biologging, captivity, daily diary, dead-reckoning, enrichment, space use, welfare

2023

Minimally invasive evaluation of the anaesthetic efficacy of MS‐222 for ornamental discus fish using skin mucus biomarkers

Authors: Ming‐Yan Ouyang, Bin Wen, Huan‐Chao Ma, Chen Chen, Jian‐Zhong Gao, Yuan Zhang, Zai‐Zhong Chen

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture Research

Keywords: cortisol, glucose, lactate, respiratory frequency, Symphysodon aequifasciata

2020

Physiological and behavioural evaluation of common anaesthesia practices in the rainbow trout

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: 2-phenoxyethanol, anaesthetic, aversion, cortisol, stress

2018

Rat aversion to sevoflurane and isoflurane

Authors: Julie Boulanger Bertolus, Geoff Nemeth, I. Joanna Makowska, Daniel M. Weary

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, gaseous euthanasia, motivation testing, refinement

2015

Validating a human biotelemetry system for use in captive blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)

Authors: Liesel L. Laubscher, Louwrens C. Hoffman, Neville I. Pitts, Jacobus P. Raath

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: biotelemetry, blue wildebeest, equivital™, heart rate, respiration rate

2015

Do rubber rings coated with lignocaine reduce the pain associated with ring castration of lambs?

Authors: Mairi Stewart, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Craig B. Johnson, James R. Webster, Karin E. Schütz, Neil Cox, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, castration, cortisol, lambs, transdermal anaesthesia

2014

The efficacy of three types of analgesic drugs in reducing pain in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Authors: Jessica J. Mettam, Lois J. Oulton, Catherine R. McCrohan, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: buprenorphine, carprofen, fish, lidocaine, nociception

2011

Euthanasia methods, corticosterone and haematocrit levels in Xenopus laevis: evidence for differences in stress?

Authors: G.A. Archard, A.R. Goldsmith

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, euthanasia, haematocrit, stress, xenopus laevis

2010

Eye temperature and heart rate variability of calves disbudded with or without local anaesthetic

Authors: M. Stewart, K. Stafford, S. Dowling, A. Schaefer, J. Webster

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: acth, behavior, behaviour, eye temperature, heart rate variability, infrared thermography

2008

Nociception or pain in a decapod crustacean?

Authors: Stuart Barr, Peter R. Laming, Jaimie T. A. Dick, Robert W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: benzocaine, decapod, invertebrate, nociception, pain, palaemon elegans, welfare

2008