The effects of the addition of two environmental enrichments on the behavior and fecal cortisol levels of three small felids species (Caracal caracal, Leptailurus serval, Leopardus pardalis) in captivity

Authors: Avulse Radical, Simona Normando, Patrizia Ponzio, Lucia Bono, Elisabetta Macchi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: captivity, cortisol, environmental enrichment, felids

2023

Slowly walking down to the more food: relative quantity discrimination in African spurred tortoises (Centrochelys sulcata)

Authors: Masaki Tomonaga, Daiki Haraguchi, Anna Wilkinson

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords:

2023

The effects of the addition of two environmental enrichments on the behavior and fecal cortisol levels of three small felids species (Caracal caracal, Leptailurus serval, Leopardus pardalis) in captivity

Authors: Simona Normando, Patrizia Ponzio, Lucia Bono, Elisabetta Macchi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol small felids, enrichment, zoo

2022

The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Monitoring Animal Identification, Health, and Behaviour

Authors: Jenna V Congdon, Mina Hosseini, Ezekiel F Gading, Mahdi Masousi, Maria Franke, Suzanne E MacDonald

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal health, artificial intelligence, conservation, identification, monitoring, orangutan, pongo abelii

2022

Computer vision based individual fish identification using skin dot pattern

Authors: Petr Cisar, Dinara Bekkozhayeva, Oleksandr Movchan, Mohammadmehdi Saberioon, Rudolf Schraml

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: fish, individual identification, management

2021

Correlates of home range sizes of giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis

Authors: Mara A. Knüsel, Derek E. Lee, Barbara König, Monica L. Bond

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: giraffe, home range estimation, kernel utilization distribution, minimum convex polygon

2019

Use of molecular data in zoo and aquarium collection management: Benefits, challenges, and best practices

Authors: Anita J. Norman, Andrea S. Putnam, Jamie A. Ivy

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, hereditary disease, inbreeding, kinship estimation, population management

2019

Aggressiveness in group-housed rabbit does: Influence of group size and pen characteristics

Authors: Cristina Zomeño, Marco Birolo, Andrea Zuffellato, Gerolamo Xiccato, Angela Trocino

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bayesian inference, behaviour, collective housing, reproducing rabbit does

2017

Validation of scan sampling techniques for behavioural observations of pastured lambs

Authors: A. N. Pullin, M. D. Pairis-Garcia, M. R. Campler, K. L. Proudfoot

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, lamb, pasture, scan sampling, sheep, validation

2017