Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights
Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates
2020
Assessment of living conditions in wild boars by analysis of oxidative stress markers
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: cortisol, free-range breeding, oxidative stress markers, wild boar, wildlife welfare
2020
Behavioral Implications of Enrichment for Golden Lion Tamarins: A Tool for Ex Situ Conservation
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: callitrichid, enrichment, foraging, golden lion tamarin, primate, puzzle feeder
2020
Body Contacts and Social Interactions in Captive Odontocetes Are Influenced by the Context: An Implication for Welfare Assessment
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: agonistic interaction, bottlenose dolphin, emotional state, finless porpoise, pectoral fin contact, socio-sexual interaction
2020
Caring for the horse in a cold climate—Reviewing principles for thermoregulation and horse preferences
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, blanket, equine, temperature, thermal comfort, welfare
2020
Chimpanzees’(Pan troglodytes) problem-solving skills are influenced by housing facility and captive care duration
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: chimpanzees, experience effect, housing facility, physical cognition, problem-solving skills
2020
Circulating and Excreted Corticosteroids and Metabolites, Hematological, and Serum Chemistry Parameters in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Before and After a Stress Response
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science
Keywords: corticosteorids, endocrinology, feces, killer whale (Orcinus orca), stress
2020
Commonalities in Management and Husbandry Factors Important for Health and Welfare of Captive Elephants in North America and Thailand
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: asian elephant, body condition, glucocorticoids, glucose, health, insulin, lipids, North America, Thailand, tourist camps, welfare, zoos
2020
Deflighting zoo birds and its welfare considerations
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, birds, deflighting, pinioning, wing-clipping, zoo
2020
Diurnal variation of salivary cortisol in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana) under routine management conditions and in relation to a translocation event
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: baseline, captive management, cortisol secretion, social introduction, stress
2020