The Animal-Visitor Interaction Protocol (AVIP) for the assessment of Lemur catta walk-in enclosure in zoos
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal welfare, AVIP, lemur, zoo
2022
Cognitive Group Testing Promotes Affiliative Behaviors in Dolphins
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, environmental enrichment, indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin, welfare indicators
2022
The More the Merrier? Zoo Visitors’ Affective Responses and Perceptions of Welfare across an Increase in Giraffe Density
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: affective experience, perceptions of animal welfare, visitor studies, zoos and aquariums
2022
Conducting Behavioural Research in the Zoo: A Guide to Ten Important Methods, Concepts and Theories
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, behavioural observations, ethology, observational methods, research methods, zoo science
2021
Conservation Education: Are Zoo Animals Effective Ambassadors and Is There Any Cost to Their Welfare?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal-visitor interaction, google scholar, human-animal interaction, methodology, public engagement, zoo
2021
Development of an evidence-based welfare approach for cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) under human care
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cheetah, hair cortisol, human care, zoo
2021
Social relationships among captive male pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus): Is forming male same‐sex pairs a feasible management strategy?
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: affiliative, aggression, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, management strategies, same-sex grouping, slow loris, social group
2021
Stress hormone level and the welfare of captive European bison (Bison bonasus): the effects of visitor pressure and the social structure of herds
Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Keywords: aggression, cortisol, enclosure, feces, parasitological infestation, wisent, zoo
2021
Hematology and Plasma Biochemistry Value Differences Between Acclimated and Recently Captive Female Southern Stingrays, Dasyatis americana
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: captive, environmental change, hematology, plasma chemistry, stingrays, wild
2020
Philosophy of a “Good Death” in Small Animals and Consequences for Euthanasia in Animal Law and Veterinary Practice
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal death, euthanasia guidelines, moral stress, veterinary ethics
2020