Commonalities in Management and Husbandry Factors Important for Health and Welfare of Captive Elephants in North America and Thailand

Authors: Janine L Brown, Pakkanut Bansiddhi, Jaruwan Khonmee

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: asian elephant, body condition, glucocorticoids, glucose, health, insulin, lipids, North America, Thailand, tourist camps, welfare, zoos

2020

Effects of a recurring late‐night event on the behavior and welfare of a population of zoo‐housed gorillas

Authors: Meredith L Bastian, David R Glendinning, Janine L Brown, Nicole P Boisseau, Katie L Edwards

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crowd size, great apes, stress

2020

Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: Samrat Mondol, Rebecca K Booth, Samuel K %J Conservation Physiology Wasser

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers

2020

Measurement of Fecal Testosterone Metabolites in Mice: Replacement of Invasive Techniques

Authors: Kerstin E. Auer, Marius Kußmaul, Erich Möstl, Katharina Hohlbaum, Thomas Rülicke, Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: androgens, feces, mice, non-invasive, testosterone

2020

Rehabilitation method affects behavior, welfare, and adaptation potential for subsequent release of orphaned white rhinoceros

Authors: María C Fàbregas, Geoffrey T Fosgate, André Ganswindt, Henk Bertschinger, Markus Hofmeyr, Leith CR Meyer

Publication/Journal: acta ethologica

Keywords: conservation, rehabilitation, white rhinoceros

2020

Stereotypic behaviour predicts reproductive performance and litter sex ratio in giant pandas

Authors: Meghan S Martin, Megan Owen, Nathan JP Wintle, Guiquan Zhang, Hemin Zhang, Ronald R Swaisgood

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: captivity, giant pandas, reproductive-performance, stereotypies

2020

Effects of different levels of environmental enrichment on the sheltering behaviors, brain development and cortisol levels of black rockfish Sebastes schlegelii

Authors: Zonghang Zhang, Xuemei Zhang, Zhenlin Li, Xiumei Zhang

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, brain size, cortisol, environmental enrichment, fish, level

2019

Non-invasive measurement of glucocorticoids: Advances and problems

Authors: Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: faecal cortisol/corticosterone metabolites, glucocorticoids, immunoassays, non-invasive, physiological/biological validation

2019

Personality in Zoo-Hatched Blanding’s Turtles Affects Behavior and Survival After Reintroduction Into the Wild

Authors: Stephanie Allard, Grace Fuller, Lauri Torgerson-White, Melissa A. Starking, Teresa Yoder-Nowak

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, Blanding's turtle, conservation, personality, reintroduction, zoo

2019

A Review of Welfare Assessment Methods in Reptiles, and Preliminary Application of the Welfare Quality registered trademark Protocol to the Pygmy Blue-Tongue Skink, Tiliqua adelaidensis, Using Animal-Based Measures

Authors: Amelia L. Benn, David J. McLelland, Alexandra L. Whittaker

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: assessment tool, play, pygmy skink, reptiles, welfare

2019