Quantifying animals’ perception of environmental predictability using anticipatory behavior

Authors: A. A. Podturkin, B. L. Krebs, J. V. Watters

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol

Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, predictability, reliable cue, sea lion

2023

A retrospective study on the prevalence of main clinical findings in brown bears (Ursus arctos) rescued from substandard husbandry conditions

Authors: Stagni,Elena, Sequeira,Sara, Brscic,Marta, Redtenbacher,Irene, Hartmann,Sabine

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, brown bear, Clinical finding, health, keeping condition, pre-rescue bear origin

2023

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

Sex segregation affects exploratory and social behaviors of zebrafish according to controlled housing conditions

Authors: Suelen Mendonça Soares, Karina Kirsten, Aline Pompermaier, Victoria Costa Maffi, Gessi Koakoski, Maurício Woloszyn, Leonardo José Gil Barcellos

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chemical cue, gender, novel tank test, structural environmental enrichment, visual cue

2020

A Framework to Assess the Impact of New Animal Management Technologies on Welfare: A Case Study of Virtual Fencing

Authors: Caroline Lee, Ian G. Colditz, Dana L. M. Campbell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, avoidance learning, cattle, cognition, cognitive activation theory of stress, livestock, sheep, virtual fencing

2018

Olfactory enrichment and scent cue associative learning in captive birds of prey

Authors: Melissa Nelson Slater, Mark E. Hauber

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eagles, enrichment, olfaction, vultures

2017

Plasticity of thermoregulatory behavior in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius, Blyth 1954)

Authors: Octavian Craioveanu, Cristina Craioveanu, Vioara Mireşan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: nocturnal lizards, reptile husbandry, thermal gradient

2017

Simple but temporally unpredictable puzzles are cognitive enrichment

Authors: Krebs, B. L., & Watters, J. V.

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, anticipatory behavior, foraging enrichment, reward schedules

2017

Using an Ambiguous Cue Paradigm to Assess Cognitive Bias in Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) during a Forage Manipulation

Authors: M. C. McGuire, J. Vonk, G. Fuller, S. Allard

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: *cognitive bias, ambiguous cue paradigm, cognitive enrichment, forage, gorilla, welfare

2017

Does the anticipatory behaviour of chickens communicate reward quality?

Authors: Nicky McGrath, Oliver Burman, Cathy Dwyer, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anticipatory behaviour, chickens, conditioning, dustbath, rewards

2016