Effects of rearing methods on feather-damaging behavior and corticosterone metabolite excretion in the peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis Vieillot)

Authors: Kazumasa Ebisawa, Satoshi Kusada, Shunya Nakayama, Chungyu Pai, Rie Kinoshita, Hiroshi Koie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: Agapornis roseicollis Vieillot, corticosterone metabolite, feather-damaging behavior, hand rearing, parental rearing with neonatal handling, peach-faced lovebird

2022

Frog in the Well: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Amphibian Sentience

Authors: Helen Lambert, Angie Elwin, Neil D’Cruze

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: amphibian, pet trade, sentience

2022

A Case Study on the Behavioural Effect of Positive Reinforcement Training in a Novel Task Participation Test in Göttingen Mini Pigs

Authors: Lisa Jønholt, Cathrine Juel Bundgaard, Martin Carlsen, Dorte Bratbo Sørensen

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: clicker training, laboratory pigs, positive reinforcement training, welfare

2021

Does the provision of environmental enrichment affect the behaviour and welfare of captive snakes?

Authors: Tatjana Hoehfurtner, Anna Wilkinson, Gokulan Nagabaskaran, Oliver HP Burman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, preference, reptile behavior, reptile welfare

2021

Happiness, Welfare, and Personality in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: Lauren M Robinson, Natalie K Waran, Ian Handel, Matthew C Leach

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coping, monkey, psychometrics, temperament, validation

2021

The relationship between personality, season, and wounding receipt in zoo‐housed Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata): A multi‐institutional study

Authors: Christina R Doelling, Katherine A Cronin, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, macaques, personality, questionnaire, seasonal affects, wounding, zoo welfare

2021

Stress, anxiety, fear and frustration in different reptile species: how to reduce these negative emotional states during veterinary procedures

Authors: Jane Williams, Danielle Beck

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Nursing Journal

Keywords: anxiety, fear, frustration, reptile stress, reptiles, sampling and handling, stress reduction

2021

The impact of housing environment color on zebrafish anxiety-like behavioral and physiological (cortisol) responses

Authors: Murilo S de Abreu, Ana CVV Giacomini, Rafael Genario, Bruna E dos Santos, Leticia Marcon, Konstantin A Demin, Allan V Kalueff

Publication/Journal: General Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: anxiety, behavior, color, cortisol, zebrafish

2020