Biomarkers of health and welfare: A One Health perspective from the laboratory side
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: eagles, enrichment, olfaction, vultures
2017
Plasticity of thermoregulatory behavior in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius, Blyth 1954)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: nocturnal lizards, reptile husbandry, thermal gradient
2017