Abnormal swimming is associated with inner ear damage and improves with meclizine treatment and increased habitat complexity: A case study in Urobatis jamaicensis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, aquarium science, elasmobranch, vestibular disease
2024
Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo
2024
Assessment of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and physiological biomarkers in aquarium-based bottlenose dolphins and killer whales
Publication/Journal: Chemosphere
Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, Hydrogen peroxide, Lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress
2024
Can we eliminate the primate pet trade in the United States?
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: illegal pet trade, primates
2024
Captive Management and Reproduction of the Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus balios)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: atelopus, captive management, conservation, temperature cycling
2024
Choice-based severity scale (CSS): assessing the relative severity of procedures from a laboratory animal’s perspective
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: animal behavior, neuroscience, veterinary medicine, zoology
2024
Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: cetacean welfare, marine mammals, welfare evaluation, welfare indicator, zoo animals
2024
The effect of preference assessment-informed enrichment device colour on biting and foraging behaviour in loggerhead sea turtles
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: aquarium, environmental enrichment, foraging, loggerhead sea turtle, nutrition, preference testing, rehabilitation
2024
The effects of anthropogenic noise on frogs housed on exhibit at a public aquarium
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: acoustics, conservation, Dentrobatidae, vocalization, zoo
2024
Effects of time of day, visitor pressure and weather on the behaviour of captive American bison Bison bison
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: American buffalo, bovid, captive environment, meteorological parameters, remote monitoring, wild cattle
2024