Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) show subtle signs of uncertainty when choices are more difficult
Publication/Journal: Cognition
Keywords: chimpanzee, epistemic emotions, feelings of uncertainty, procedural metacognition, transitive inference
2021
Efficacy and Animal Welfare Impacts of Novel Capture Methods for Two Species of Invasive Wild Mammals in New Zealand
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: bennett's wallaby, cervus-elaphus, darting, ground-based netting, net-gunning, Notamacropus rufogriseus, red deer, thiafentanil, tiletamine-zolazepam
2019
Evaluating changes in salivary oxytocin and cortisol following positive reinforcement training in two adult male western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: affiliation, human-animal relationship, stress reduction, zoo animal welfare
2019
The physiological function of oxytocin in humans and its acute response to human-dog interactions: A review of the literature
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: canine, cardiovascular, health, human–dog interaction, oxytocin, stress reactivity
2019
Diel and infradian (7-day) activity rhythms in Mexican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) kept with and without visitor contact
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: activity pattern, circadian rhythm, circaseptan rhythm, masking effect, zoo visitor effect
2018
Feeding live invertebrate prey in zoos and aquaria: Are there welfare concerns?
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, invertebrate, nociception, opioid, pain
2017
Central oxytocin receptors mediate mating-induced partner preferences and enhance correlated activation across forebrain nuclei in male prairie voles
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: functional connectivity, immediate-early gene, monogamy, pair-bonding, social attachment, social decision-making network
2016
Effects of analgesic intervention on behavioural responses to Low Atmospheric Pressure Stunning
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, broiler, humane slaughter, hypobaric hypoxia, low atmosphere pressure stunning, pain
2016
Effects of carprofen, meloxicam and butorphanol on broiler chickens’ performance in mobility tests
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: analgesia, animal welfare, broiler chicken, lameness, mobility, pain
2016
Increasing the dietary supply of carotenoids through forage supplementation: Effect on nitrogen and mineral retention in captive Golden pheasants (Chrysolophus pictus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: calcium and zinc utilization, chinese pheasants, crude protein, forage supplementation, zoo
2016