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

Body language: Its importance for communication with horses

Authors: Jan Ladewig

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: body language, communication, equine, handling, safety

2019

Orangutans’ Comprehension of Zoo Keepers’ Communicative Signals

Authors: Guillaume Dezecache, Aude Bourgeois, Christophe Bazin, Philippe Schlenker, Emmanuel Chemla, Audrey Maille

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, gestures, inter-species communication, medical training, orangutans, speech

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

Applying Behavioral Conditioning to Identify Anticipatory Behaviors

Authors: Bethany L. Krebs, Erika Torres, Charlie Chesney, Veronica Kantoniemi Moon, Jason V. Watters

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, zoo animals

2017

The glass is not yet half empty: agitation but not Varroa treatment causes cognitive bias in honey bees

Authors: H. Schluns, H. Welling, J. R. Federici, L. Lewejohann

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: animal behavior, apidae, apis-mellifera hymenoptera, appetitive learning, aversive learning, behavioral sciences, colonies, destructor, formic acid, invertebrate emotion, invertebrate welfare, jacobsoni acari, judgment bias, olfactory conditioning, proboscis extension, proboscis extension reflex, zoology

2017

Hot chicks, cold feet

Authors: Randi Oppermann Moe, Jon Bohlin, Andreas Flø, Guro Vasdal, Solveig Marie Stubsjøen

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, chicken, footpad, infrared thermography, stress-induced hyperthermia, thermal imaging

2017

Investigations Into Equine Transport-Related Problem Behaviors: Survey Results

Authors: B. Padalino, C. Henshall, S. L. Raidal, P. Knight, P. Celi, L. Jeffcott, G. Muscatello

Publication/Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Keywords: australia, behavioral problems, equitation, horse, horses, injury, reinforcement, risk-factors, science, slaughter, stress, training, transportation, veterinary sciences, welfare

2017

Prey behavioural reaction norms: response to threat predicts susceptibility to predation

Authors: Benjamin J. Toscano

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal personality, antipredator behaviour, boldness, oyster reef, predator–prey

2017

Successful treatment of infertility in a female Sumatran orangutan Pongo abelii

Authors: Neil Maclachlan, Gordon Hunt, Sarah Fowkes, Melissa Frost, John Miller, Gari Purcell-Jones, Peter Sullivan, Alberto Barbon, Andrew Routh, Francisco J. López, Eluned C. Price

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hysterosalpingography (hsg), operant conditioning, pressurized fallopian tube perfusion, proximal tube obstruction (pto), ultrasound

2017

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