Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo
2023
Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal
2023
Preference and Motivation Tests for Body Tactile Stimulation in Fish
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: aggressive behavior, choice, motivation, social stress, welfare
2021
Understanding behaviour to improve the welfare of an ornamental fish
Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology
Keywords: Angelfish, cognitive ability, environmental enrichment, feeding, reproduction, social interaction
2021
Total Eclipse of the Zoo: Animal Behavior during a Total Solar Eclipse
A Collaborative Model for Managing Animal Hoarding Cases
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal control, animal hoarding, animal welfare, companion animal
2019
Tactile stimulation reduces aggressiveness but does not lower stress in a territorial fish
Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports
Keywords: aggression, stress, tactile, territorial fish
2019
Effects of acupuncture on the heart rate variability, cortisol levels and behavioural response induced by thunder sound in beagles
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: acupuncture, beagles, cortisol, dog, heart rate variability, noise stress
2018
Autonomic, endocrine and behavioural responses to thunder in laboratory and companion dogs
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords:
2017
Body temperature responses to handling stress in wintering Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus L.)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: body temperature, handling stress, hypothermia, poecile atricapillus, stress-induced hyperthermia, winter
2017