The impact of housing environment color on zebrafish anxiety-like behavioral and physiological (cortisol) responses
Publication/Journal: General Comparative Endocrinology
2020
Increase in environmental temperature affects exploratory behaviour, anxiety and social preference in Danio rerio
Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports
Keywords: anxiety, exploratory behavior, fish welfare, social behavior, zebrafish
2020
Sex segregation affects exploratory and social behaviors of zebrafish according to controlled housing conditions
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: chemical cue, gender, novel tank test, structural environmental enrichment, visual cue
2020
Total Eclipse of the Zoo: Animal Behavior during a Total Solar Eclipse
The Use of a “Go/Go” Cognitive Bias Task and Response to a Novel Object to Assess the Effect of Housing Enrichment in Sheep (Ovis aries)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: *cognitive bias, enrichment, novel object, sheep, welfare
2020
Dietary-induced modulation of the hindgut microbiota is related to behavioral responses during stressful events in horses
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behavior, diet, horses, microbiota, stress
2019
Exploration of potential triggers for self-directed behaviours and regurgitation and reingestion in zoo-housed chimpanzees
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, anxiety-related behaviour, chimpanzees, regurgitation and reingestion, scratching, yawning
2019
Exploring horse owners’ and caretakers’ perceptions of emotions and associated behaviors in horses
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: affective states, animal sentience, animal welfare, behavior, belief in animal mind
2019
Given the Cold Shoulder: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Reptile Sentience
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, emotion, exotic pet trade, lizard, reptile, sentience, snake, tortoise, turtle
2019
Adolescent oxytocin response to stress and its behavioral and endocrine correlates
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: adolescents, Control-TSST, salivary cortisol, salivary oxytocin, TSST
2018