Biomarkers of health and welfare: A One Health perspective from the laboratory side

Authors: Lorena Franco-Martinez, Silvia Martinez-Subiela, Jose Joaquin Ceron, Fernando Tecles, Peter David Eckersall, Katarina Oravcova, Asta Tvarijonaviciute

Publication/Journal: Research in Veterinary Science

Keywords: analytical validation, biomonitoring, one health, one world, traditional medicine

2020

The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests

Authors: Jorge Tobajas, María Josefa Ruiz-Aguilera, José Vicente López-Bao, Pablo Ferreras, Rafael Mateo

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: conditioned taste aversion, human–wildlife conflict, large carnivore conservation, livestock predation, non-lethal predation control, wildlife management

2020

Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020

A new approach of stress evaluation in fish using beta-D-Glucose measurement in fish holding-water

Authors: Tomas Makaras, Julija Razumiene, Vidute Gureviciene, Ieva Sakinyte, Milda Stankeviciute, Nijole Kazlauskiene

Publication/Journal: Ecological Indicators

Keywords: Complex metal mixture, Environmentally realistic concentrations, Glucose biosensor, O. mykiss juveniles, stress response, β-d-glucose in holding-water

2020

Sex segregation affects exploratory and social behaviors of zebrafish according to controlled housing conditions

Authors: Suelen Mendonça Soares, Karina Kirsten, Aline Pompermaier, Victoria Costa Maffi, Gessi Koakoski, Maurício Woloszyn, Leonardo José Gil Barcellos

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chemical cue, gender, novel tank test, structural environmental enrichment, visual cue

2020

Efficacy and Animal Welfare Impacts of Novel Capture Methods for Two Species of Invasive Wild Mammals in New Zealand

Authors: A. David M. Latham, Ben Davidson, Bruce Warburton, Ivor Yockney, Jordan O. Hampton

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: bennett's wallaby, cervus-elaphus, darting, ground-based netting, net-gunning, Notamacropus rufogriseus, red deer, thiafentanil, tiletamine-zolazepam

2019

Positive Reinforcement Conditioning as a Tool for Frequent Minimally Invasive Blood and Vaginal Swab Sampling in African Lions (Panthera Leo)

Authors: Isabel Callealta, Imke Lueders, Ilse Luther-Binoir, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: african lion, behavioral training, blood collection, operant conditioning, vaginal swab collection

2019

A Framework to Assess the Impact of New Animal Management Technologies on Welfare: A Case Study of Virtual Fencing

Authors: Caroline Lee, Ian G. Colditz, Dana L. M. Campbell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, avoidance learning, cattle, cognition, cognitive activation theory of stress, livestock, sheep, virtual fencing

2018

Olfactory enrichment and scent cue associative learning in captive birds of prey

Authors: Melissa Nelson Slater, Mark E. Hauber

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eagles, enrichment, olfaction, vultures

2017

Plasticity of thermoregulatory behavior in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius, Blyth 1954)

Authors: Octavian Craioveanu, Cristina Craioveanu, Vioara Mireşan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: nocturnal lizards, reptile husbandry, thermal gradient

2017

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