Body Contacts and Social Interactions in Captive Odontocetes Are Influenced by the Context: An Implication for Welfare Assessment
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: agonistic interaction, bottlenose dolphin, emotional state, finless porpoise, pectoral fin contact, socio-sexual interaction
2020
Dolphin Welfare Assessment under Professional Care:‘Willingness to Participate’, an Indicator Significantly Associated with Six Potential ‘Alerting Factors’
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: dolphins, human-animal interaction, qualitative behavioural assessment, welfare
2020
Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism
2020
Large brains in small tanks: intelligence and social complexity as an ethical issue for captive dolphins and whales
Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals
Keywords: captivity, cetacean, health, sanctuary, stress, well-being
2020
Swimming features in captive odontocetes: Indicative of animals’ emotional state?
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, Circular swimming, finless porpoise, stress, synchronous swimming, welfare
2020
Testing use of a potential cognitive enrichment device by an Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, dolphin, problem solving
2020
Personality in captive killer whales (Orcinus orca): A rating approach based on the five-factor model
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: animal captivity, animal ethology, animal personality, five factor personality model, test construction, whales
2019
Pre and post session behaviour of captive bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus involved in “Swim-with-Dolphin” events
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, swim-with-dolphin, Tursiops truncotus
2019
Social behaviors modulate bottlenose dolphins’ (Tursiops truncatus) breathing rate
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, breathing frequency, respiration rate, social behavior, social play, tursiops-truncatus, welfare
2019
Applying welfare science to bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, animal-based measures, bottlenose dolphins, cetaceans, welfare assessment
2017