Analytical and biological validation of a noninvasive measurement of glucocorticoid metabolites in feces of Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: capture, circadian rhythm, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay, platyrrhines, reproductive state
2024
Does zoo visitor presence and noise impact the behaviour and enclosure use of zoo-housed Siamese crocodiles? A case study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: crocodilian, Electivity Index, enclosure design, post-occupancy evaluation, visitor presence
2024
Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play
2024
Evidence-based zoo animal welfare assessment: Putting science into practice
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behaviour, physiology, validation, welfare indicators, zoo animal welfare
2024
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in captive olive baboons (Papio anubis): The effects of age, sex, rearing, stress, and pregnancy
Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol
Keywords: *Papio anubis/genetics/physiology, age factors, animals, baboons, early adversity, female, lymphocytes, male, neutrophil‐lymphocyte ratio, neutrophils, physiological, pregnancy, sex factors, stress
2024
Primate enrichment categories: A literature review of current trends
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: Descriptive statistics, Environment enrichment, laboratory, primate welfare, zoo
2024
Shared Accountability Shaping the Destinies of Individual and Groups of Nonhuman Primates
Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences
Keywords: collaboration, group housing, integrative approach, rhesus macaque, welfare
2024
Sixty Years of Tinbergen’s Four Questions and Their Continued Relevance to Applied Behaviour and Welfare Research in Zoo Animals: A Commentary
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal management, behavioural ecology, causation, conservation, function, ontogeny, phylogeny, zoo animal husbandry
2024
The voice of choice: A scoping review of choice-based animal welfare studies
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, applied animal behaviour, captive environments, choice
2024
The Voice of Choice: A Scoping Review of Choice-Based Animal Welfare Studies
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, applied animal behaviour, captive environments, choice
2024