The Impacts of a Commercial Bubble Curtain on Zoo-Housed African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) Swimming Behavior

Authors: Shannon L. O’Brien, Katherine A. Cronin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, penguin, swimming, temperature, zoos

2023

Unusual formation of air bubbles in the arms of the California two-spot octopus, Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883 during handling in captivity

Authors: Graciela Esmeralda Colunga-Ramírez, Oscar B. Del Rio-Zaragoza, Sheila Castellanos-Martínez

Publication/Journal: Marine Biology

Keywords:

2023

Bottlenose Dolphins Produce Underwater Bubbles Linked to Cognitive Task Engagement but Not Success

Authors: Elena Alexander, Mark Abrahams, Fay E Clark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: *animal cognition, affective state, animal welfare, cetacean, cognitive enrichment, emotion, time series analysis

2021

Bubble trails, bursts, rings, and more: A review of multiple bubble types produced by cetaceans

Authors: K. R. Moreno, R. P. Macgregor

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: bubble, bubble burst, bubble ring, bubble trail, cetacean behavior

2019

Evaluation of a dustbathing substrate and straw bales as environmental enrichments in commercial broiler housing

Authors: Mary Baxter, Carley L. Bailie, Niamh E. O’Connell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: broiler chicken, dustbathing, environmental enrichment, leg health, welfare

2018

Environmental enrichment on the behavior and welfare of cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)

Authors: V. D. L. Assis, T. S. G. Carvalho, V. M. Pereira, R. T. F. Freitas, C. E. P. Saad, A. C. Costa, A. A. A. Silva

Publication/Journal: Arquivo Brasileiro De Medicina Veterinaria E Zootecnia

Keywords: cockatiel, environmental enrichment

2016

Welfare outcomes for 3- and 6-month-old beef calves in a tropical environment castrated surgically or by applying rubber rings

Authors: J. Carol Petherick, Alison H. Small, David J. Reid, Ian G. Colditz, Drewe M. Ferguson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, castration, pain, stress

2015

Do rubber rings coated with lignocaine reduce the pain associated with ring castration of lambs?

Authors: Mairi Stewart, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Craig B. Johnson, James R. Webster, Karin E. Schütz, Neil Cox, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, castration, cortisol, lambs, transdermal anaesthesia

2014

Unrewarded Object Combinations in Captive Parrots

Authors: A. M. I Auersperg, N. Oswald, M. Domanegg, G. K. Gajdon, T. Bugnyar

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: avian cognition, exploration, object combinations, object play, parrot

2014

Tags on seabirds: how seriously are instrument-induced behaviours considered?

Authors: S. P. Vandenabeele, R. P. Wilson, A. Grogan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, device effects, logging technology, seabirds, tags, tracking

2011

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