Bottlenose Dolphins Produce Underwater Bubbles Linked to Cognitive Task Engagement but Not Success

Authors: Elena Alexander, Mark Abrahams, Fay E Clark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: *animal cognition, affective state, animal welfare, cetacean, cognitive enrichment, emotion, time series analysis

2021

Bottlenose dolphins’(Tursiops Truncatus) Visual and Motor Laterality Depending on Emotional Contexts

Authors: Aviva Charles, Birgitta Mercera, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cetaceans, emotion, laterality, tursiops-truncatus, visual processing, welfare

2021

A Comparative Perspective on Three Primate Species’ Responses to a Pictorial Emotional Stroop Task

Authors: Lydia M Hopper, Matthias Allritz, Crystal L Egelkamp, Sarah M Huskisson, Sarah L Jacobson, Jesse G Leinwand, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affect, attentional bias, emotions, snake detection theory, Stroop effect, touchscreen, welfare, zoo

2021

Stress, anxiety, fear and frustration in different reptile species: how to reduce these negative emotional states during veterinary procedures

Authors: Jane Williams, Danielle Beck

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Nursing Journal

Keywords: anxiety, fear, frustration, reptile stress, reptiles, sampling and handling, stress reduction

2021

Beyond Glucocorticoids: Integrating Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) into Animal Welfare Research

Authors: Jessica C Whitham, Jocelyn L Bryant, Lance J Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, dhea, glucocorticoids, ratio

2020

Body Contacts and Social Interactions in Captive Odontocetes Are Influenced by the Context: An Implication for Welfare Assessment

Authors: Agathe Serres, Yujiang Hao, Ding Wang

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: agonistic interaction, bottlenose dolphin, emotional state, finless porpoise, pectoral fin contact, socio-sexual interaction

2020

Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) behavioral responses to a visual signal preceding handling

Authors: Eli A Baskir, Sarah Kucharski, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ambassador, contact animals, gloves, habituate, predictable

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

Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress?

Authors: Misha Ross, Quinn Rausch, Brittany Vandenberg, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chickens, environmental enrichment, stress, welfare

2020

The provision of toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship

Authors: Míriam Marcet-Rius, Patrick Pageat, Cécile Bienboire-Frosini, Eva Teruel, Philippe Monneret, Julien Leclercq, Alessandro Cozzi

Publication/Journal: Porcine Health Management

Keywords: environmental enrichment, human-animal relationship, play behaviour, positive emotions, strange person test, tail movement

2020