Quality-of-Life Assessments in Zoo Animals: Not Just for the Aged and Charismatic
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, assessment, decision-making, euthanasia, geriatric, quality of life, zoo animal
2023
Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves (Canis lupus lupus)—A Case Study
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behavioural chains, Canis lupus lupus, mammals, novel object, prosociality, social behavior, social reward, wolves
2023
Choice, Control and Computers: Empowering Wildlife in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
Keywords: animal-centered technology (ACT), captive, choice, conservation, enrichment, exhibit, reintroduction, wildlife, zoo
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
Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)
Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology
Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers
2020
An evidence-based decision assistance model for predicting training outcome in juvenile guide dogs
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: decision assistance model, guide dogs
2017
Effects of different enrichment devices on some welfare indicators of post-weaned undocked piglets
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, blood parameters, environmental enrichment, intensive husbandry, pig, weaners
2016
Investigating temporary acyclicity in a captive group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Relationship between management, adrenal activity and social factors
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, birth synchrony, central mechanisms, chemical communication, dominance status, endocrinology & metabolism, enzyme immunoassay, estrous synchrony, glucocorticoids, loxodonta-africana elephants, management, oestrous synchrony, ovarian activity, reproduction, reproductive cyclicity, temporary acyclicity, zoo elephants
2016
Critical factors for sustainable food procurement in zoological collections
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: biodiversity conservation, mission-led organisations, procurement, sustainable food, sustainable supply chain management
2015
Degree of synchrony based on individual observations underlines the importance of concurrent access to enrichment materials in finishing pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: enrichment object, exploratory behaviour, feeding regime, synchronous
2015