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
Brown Bear Cognition and Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases
Keywords: animal welfare, bears, cognition, cognitive stimulation, ursids
2023
Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: bumblefoot, enclosure design, pododermatitis, welfare, zoo enclosure
2023
Environmental Enrichment Devices Are Safe and Effective at Reducing Undesirable Behaviors in California Sea Lions and Northern Elephant Seals during Rehabilitation
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, habituation, pinnipeds, rehabilitation, stereotypic behavior
2023
Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis feeding: How stereotypies and other behaviours changed at Kolmårdens djurpark in Sweden
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: breed and cull, enrichment, giraffe, reproduction, slow-feeder
2023
Maternal behavioural analysis during a successful captive breeding of jaguars Panthera onca
Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild
Keywords: amazon, felidae, Onça, welfare, wildcat, Yaguareté
2023
Maternal behavioural analysis during a successful captive breeding of jaguars Panthera onca
Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild
Keywords: amazon, felidae, Onça, welfare, wildcat, Yaguareté
2023
Mirror, mirror on the wall… How tank material and the presence of “enrichments” affect competition and agonism in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, agonism, environmental enrichment, fish welfare, Zebrafish husbandry
2023
Noise interfere on feeding behaviour but not on food preference of saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola)
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, finches, noise pollution
2023
Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone
2023