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
Responses to Reduced Feeding Frequency in Captive-Born Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus): Implications for Behavioural and Physiological Stress and Gastrointestinal Health
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: captive diet, cheetah, gastrointestinal health, stress, wildlife husbandry
2023
Environmental Enrichment Factors Associated with the Activity Level of Bottlenose Dolphins under Professional Care
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, overall dynamic body acceleration, variable enrichment, zoo
2022
The influence of olfactory enrichment on the behavior of two captive New World primates: Black‐capped capuchin (Sapajus apella) and common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, olfactory enrichment, primates, zoo
2022
A Global Survey of Current Zoo Housing and Husbandry Practices for Fossa: A Preliminary Review
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: evidence-based practice, small carnivores, zoo husbandry
2021
Habitat characteristics and animal management factors associated with habitat use by bottlenose dolphins in zoological environments
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, data management, dolphins, habitats, oceans, swimming, water columns
2021
Relationships between animal management and habitat characteristics with two potential indicators of welfare for bottlenose dolphins under professional care
Publication/Journal: Plos one
Keywords: animal behavior, animal management, animal sociality, animal welfare, data management, dolphins, habitats, swimming
2021
Appetitive Search Behaviors and Stereotypies in Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus)
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: appetitive behavior, polar bears, response-independent schedules, stereotypies, welfare, zoos
2020
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
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