The Comparative Effect of Occupational and Musical Enrichment on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in a Captive Colony of Stumptail Macaques (Macaca arctoides)

Authors: Lilian Mayagoitia-Novales, Ana Lilia Cerda-Molina, María Andrea Martín-Guerrero, Emmanuel Muñoz-Zamudio, Gema R. Estudillo-Mendoza, Javier I. Borráz-León

Publication/Journal: Biology

Keywords: enrichment programs, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, macaca arctoides, music enrichment, occupational enrichment, primate welfare

2024

Blood pressure monitoring in zoologically managed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Marietta D Danforth, Victoria L Clyde, Balbine Jourdan, Robert Korman, Leann Beehler, Samuel Wann, Priya Bapodra, Hayley Murphy, Trevor Gerlach, Sabina Rich

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: blood pressure monitoring, bonobos, zoo

2023

Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Linda M. Penfold, Franz Schwarzenberger, Graeme B. Martin, César A. Rosales-Nieto, Monique C. J. Paris

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone

2023

Surgical placement of implantable cardiac loop recorders in great apes

Authors: Ilana Kutinsky, Ann Duncan, Marietta D Danforth, Suzan Murray, Julie Napier, Stephanie McCain, Hayley W Murphy

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: great apes, loop recorders, surgery

2023

Affective styles and emotional lateralization: A promising framework for animal welfare research

Authors: Charlotte Goursot, Sandra Düpjan, Birger Puppe, Lisette MC Leliveld

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, emotional reactivity, emotional regulation, hemispheric dominance, individuality, motivational tendencies, motor lateralization, personality, stable individual traits

2021

The relationship between personality, season, and wounding receipt in zoo‐housed Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata): A multi‐institutional study

Authors: Christina R Doelling, Katherine A Cronin, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, macaques, personality, questionnaire, seasonal affects, wounding, zoo welfare

2021

Studying Antillean manatees’(Trichechus manatus manatus) temperament in zoological parks: exploration of boldness, sociality and reactivity to humans

Authors: Aviva Charles, Yann Henaut, Michel Saint Jalme, Baptiste Mulot, Alexis Lecu, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: conservation, manatees, novelty tests, personality questionnaire, temperament, welfare

2021

Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) behavioral responses to a visual signal preceding handling

Authors: Eli A Baskir, Sarah Kucharski, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ambassador, contact animals, gloves, habituate, predictable

2020

Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: Samrat Mondol, Rebecca K Booth, Samuel K %J Conservation Physiology Wasser

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers

2020

Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress?

Authors: Misha Ross, Quinn Rausch, Brittany Vandenberg, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chickens, environmental enrichment, stress, welfare

2020

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