Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo
2024
Assessing Negative Welfare Measures for Wild Invertebrates: The Case for Octopuses
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: body patterns, cephalopoda, field study, sentience
2023
Crucial but Neglected: Limited Availability of Animal Welfare Courses in Education of Wildlife Researchers
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: 3Rs principles, animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, animal/physiology, education, wildlife welfare
2023
A Framework for Using Epidemiology in Animal Welfare Science
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords:
2023
Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis feeding: How stereotypies and other behaviours changed at Kolmårdens djurpark in Sweden
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: breed and cull, enrichment, giraffe, reproduction, slow-feeder
2023
Identifying Essential Elements of Good Giraffe Welfare—Can We Use Knowledge of a Species’ Fundamental Needs to Develop Welfare-Focused Husbandry?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords:
2023
Retrospective study of morbidity and mortality of captive African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) held within United Kingdom Zoological Institutions between 2000 and 2020
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Keywords: african wild dogs, animal mortality, morbidity
2023
A retrospective study on the prevalence of main clinical findings in brown bears (Ursus arctos) rescued from substandard husbandry conditions
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, brown bear, Clinical finding, health, keeping condition, pre-rescue bear origin
2023
The Use of Operant Conditioning to Enhance the Management and Welfare of Captive Kingsnakes
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases
Keywords: animal welfare, cooperative care, herpetoculture, kingsnakes, snake welfare, training
2023
Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing
2023