Assessing Giraffe Welfare During Seasonal Habitat Changes in Northern US Zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, enclosure, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, giraffe, recumbency
2024
Dolphin-WET—Development of a Welfare Evaluation Tool for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: cetacean welfare, marine mammals, welfare evaluation, welfare indicator, zoo animals
2024
The ethical assessment of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in wildlife conservation
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies (art), biodiversity conservation, conservation ethics, Ethical assessment, research ethics
2024
Food preferences and nutrient composition in captive Southern brown howler monkeys, Alouatta guariba clamitans
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: alouatta, alouatta guariba clamitans, animals, correlational analysis, female, food preference, haplorhini, humans, male, nutrient composition, nutrients, Southern brown howler monkey
2024
Impact of diet and environmental enrichment management in stereotyped behaviours: a case study in tayra Eira barbara
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, Five Domains, mustelids, nutrition, stereotypies
2024
Assessing the Welfare of Captive Group-Housed Cockroaches, Gromphadorhina oblongonota
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG), cockroach, group welfare, invertebrate, quality of life, sentience, welfare
2023
Blood pressure monitoring in zoologically managed bonobos (Pan paniscus)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: blood pressure monitoring, bonobos, zoo
2023
Comparison of Estimated Wild Giant Anteater (Myrmecopahaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) Diets with Commercial Diets for Insectivores: Implications for Anteater Health
Compassion Fatigue in Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Caregivers: Prevalence, Contributing Factors, and Coping Mechanisms
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: caregiver, chimpanzee, compassion fatigue, sanctuary, zoo, zookeeper
2023
The effects of the addition of two environmental enrichments on the behavior and fecal cortisol levels of three small felids species (Caracal caracal, Leptailurus serval, Leopardus pardalis) in captivity
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: captivity, cortisol, environmental enrichment, felids
2023