Environmental enrichment impacts discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar human odours in snakes (Pantherophis guttata)

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

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment, environment, familiarity, odour discrimination, reptile, snake

2021

Interspecies Interactions Mediated by Technology: An Avian Case Study at the Zoo

Authors: Rébecca Kleinberger, Anne HK Harrington, Lydia Yu, Akito van Troyer, David Su, Janet M Baker, Gabriel Miller

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Keywords: animal agency, animal music, animal-computer-interaction, enrichment, interspecies interactions, sonic enrichment

2020

Effects of Fluorescent Lighting Versus Sunlight Exposure on Calcium, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Feather Destructive Behavior in Hispaniolan Amazon Parrots (Amazona ventralis)

Authors: Jennifer A. West, Tully, Thomas N., Jr., Javier G. Nevarez, Rhett W. Stout

Publication/Journal: Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Keywords: Amazona ventralis, avian, avian vitamin D, feather destructive behavior, Hispaniolan Amazon parrot, UVB light

2019

Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)

Authors: J. D. Sheldon, M. J. Adkesson, M. C. Allender, R. S. Bailey, J. N. Langan, S. K. Chinnadurai

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis

2019

Foraging enrichment alleviates oral repetitive behaviors in captive red-tailed black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii)

Authors: M. L. Fangmeier, A. L. Burns, V. A. Melfi, J. Meade

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive environment, environmental enrichment, oral repetitive behavior, parrot, stereotypic behavior

2019

Sustainability Index (S-Index): A tool for use in the evaluation and planning of institutional animal collections

Authors: Colleen Lynch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: avian sustainability, collection planning, collection sustainability, demography, taxon advisory group

2019

Abnormal repetitive behaviours in captive birds: a Tinbergian review

Authors: Emma Mellor, Ben Brilot, Sarah Collins

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, bird welfare, causation, development, evolution, function

2018

Effects of experimental chronic traffic noise exposure on adult and nestling corticosterone levels, and nestling body condition in a free-living bird

Authors: Allison S. Injaian, Conor C. Taff, Kira L. Pearson, Michelle M. Y. Gin, Gail L. Patricelli, Maren N. Vitousek

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, chronic stress, feeding rate, insect bolus, nestling body condition, tree swallow

2018

Experimental anthropogenic noise impacts avian parental behaviour, nestling growth and nestling oxidative stress

Authors: Allison S. Injaian, Conor C. Taff, Gail L. Patricelli

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: breeding period, feeding rate, nestling physiology, traffic noise, tree swallow, vigilance

2018

Husbandry protocols for the Band‐tailed pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata albilinea, at the WCS, Bronx Zoo for future conservation management programs

Authors: David A. Oehler, Ben J. Novak, Susan C. Schmid, Ken J. Huth, Aniko I. Totha, Tapan Audhya

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: band-tailed pigeon, conservation management, patagioenas fascinate

2018

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