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
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
Monitoring Thermoregulation Patterns in Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Winter Months in Southwestern Ontario Using Infrared Thermography
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: age, ambient-temperature, behavior, elephas maximus, infrared thermography, thermal windows, weight
2023
Parturition and Neonatal Parameters of Three Species of Rhinoceros under Managed Care in the United States
Publication/Journal: Animals (Basel)
Keywords: calf presentation, dystocia, neonatal landmarks, parturition, pregnancy, retained placenta, rhinoceros, stillborn
2023
Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: behaviour, emotion, health, physiology, welfare assessment
2023
Trigger of twin-fights in captive common marmosets
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: birth control, common marmoset, interbirth interval, twin-fight
2023
Visually assessed body condition shows high heritability in a pedigreed great ape population
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: animal models, body condition score, bonobo, relative fat mass
2023
Welfare assessment of slow loris (Nycticebus spp.) at an Indonesian primate rehabilitation center: Development and validation of body condition score
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: bcs, body circumference, body weight, nocturnal primate
2023
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) weight gain in captivity and implications for captive reptile body condition
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: alligator, body condition, captivity
2022
A debilitating digestive condition in captive red panda Ailurus fulgens with animal welfare implications for the global population
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: ailurus fulgens, GSMP, red panda, species management, zoos
2022