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
Animal–Staff Interactions
Publication/Journal: Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science and Practice
Keywords: HAI, human-animal interactions
2024
Assessment of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and physiological biomarkers in aquarium-based bottlenose dolphins and killer whales
Publication/Journal: Chemosphere
Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, Hydrogen peroxide, Lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress
2024
The behavioral response of a captive female Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) to mixed-species exhibition with two Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus)
Publication/Journal:
Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, environmental conditions, primates, Reaction norms, Surveillance, translocation, zoo
2024
Benchmarking Giant Panda Welfare in Tourism: A Co-Design Approach for Animals, Tourists, Managers, and Researchers
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, benchmark, co-design, giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), tourism, visitor comments
2024
The Comparative Effect of Occupational and Musical Enrichment on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in a Captive Colony of Stumptail Macaques (Macaca arctoides)
Publication/Journal: Biology
Keywords: enrichment programs, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, macaca arctoides, music enrichment, occupational enrichment, primate welfare
2024
Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: 3rs, animal behaviour, animal welfare, behaviour management programmes, refinement, welfare assessment
2024
Does zoo visitor presence and noise impact the behaviour and enclosure use of zoo-housed Siamese crocodiles? A case study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: crocodilian, Electivity Index, enclosure design, post-occupancy evaluation, visitor presence
2024
Effects of different rooting materials on behaviour and welfare of finishing pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, finishing pigs, rooting material, welfare
2024
Effects of Enclosure Complexity and Design on Behaviour and Physiology in Captive Animals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behavior, captive animals, enclosure complexity, enclosure design, physiology
2024