Effects of time of day, visitor pressure and weather on the behaviour of captive American bison Bison bison

Authors: Rogerio Vicentini, Aline Cristina Sant’Anna, Wendy Mercedes Rauw, Diego Moya, Maria Delclaux Real de Asua, John Scott Church, Yuri Regis Montanholi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: American buffalo, bovid, captive environment, meteorological parameters, remote monitoring, wild cattle

2024

The behavioural effects of feeding lean meat vs whole rabbit carcasses to zoo jaguars Panthera onca

Authors: Line Enemark, Marcus Clauss, Linn Lagerström, Anita Burkevica, Jenny Gustafsson, Julia Johnsson, Peter Lundgren, Helle L. H. Rhode

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

A Protocol to Assess the Welfare of Patagonian Huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) in Conservation Centers

Authors: Enrique Bombal, Xavier Manteca, Oriol Tallo-Parra

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal-based measures, behavior, captivity, Hippocamelus bisulcus, huemul, welfare assessment

2023

A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time

Authors: Viktoria Michel, Marcus Clauss, Dennis WH Müller, Sven Hammer

Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience

2021

Animal health and welfare state and technical efficiency of dairy farms: possible synergies

Authors: L. Tremetsberger, C. Winckler, J. Kantelhardt

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cows, data envelopment analysis, malmquist index, on-farm assessment, welfare quality®

2019

Animal welfare complementing or conflicting with other sustainability issues

Authors: D. M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, domestic cats, emissions, greenhouse gases, placebo, road traffic accidents

2019

Drivers of stereotypic behaviour and physiological stress among captive jungle cat (Felis chaus Schreber, 1777) in India

Authors: Loganathan Marinath, Janice Vaz, Dileep Kumar, Krishnamoorthy Thiyagesan, Nagarajan Baskaran

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, biological and environmental factors, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite, small felid, stereotype

2019

Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics

Authors: Christian Nawroth, Jan Langbein, Marjorie Coulon, Vivian Gabor, Susann Oesterwind, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Eberhard von Borell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep

2019

How Can We Assess Positive Welfare in Ruminants?

Authors: Silvana Mattiello, Monica Battini, Giuseppe De Rosa, Fabio Napolitano, Cathy Dwyer

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, buffaloes, cattle, Five Domains, goats, positive indicators, ruminants, sheep

2019

Evaluation of visible eye white and maximum eye temperature as non-invasive indicators of stress in dairy cows

Authors: Y. Gómez, R. Bieler, A. K. Hankele, M. Zähner, P. Savary, E. Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cattle crush, claw trimming, feed rack, heart rate variability, saliva cortisol

2018