Don’t use it? Don’t lose it! Why active use is not required for stimuli, resources or” enrichments” to have welfare value

Authors: Samuel Decker, J Michelle Lavery, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2023

Multi-criteria study on a change to a fruit-free diet in Cebidae and Cercopithecidae

Authors: Flore Viallard, Sébastien Lefebvre, Alexandre Petry, Irene Vonfeld, Benoit Quintard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, fecal scoring, food intake, fruit-free diet change

2023

The quest to develop automated systems for monitoring animal behavior

Authors: Janice M. Siegford, Juan P. Steibel, Junjie Han, Madonna Benjamin, Tami Brown-Brandl, Joao R. R. Dórea, Daniel Morris, Tomas Norton, Eric Psota, Guilherme J. M. Rosa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behavior, Automated monitoring technology, observation, sensors

2023

Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Red Pandas (Ailurus fulgens): A Case-Study Testing the Behavioural Variety Index

Authors: Caterina Spiezio, Mariangela Altamura, Janno Weerman, Barbara Regaiolli

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, maternal behaviour, red panda

2022

The influence of feeding opportunities of six zoohoused Giraffa camelopardalis rothschild: The influence of feeding opportunities

Authors: Esther Magdalene Ellersgaard Enevoldsen, Katrine Møller-Lassesen, Ninna Larsen, Oliver Emil Søndergård Gert, Rune Holmegaard, Stine Ellegård Jensen, Cino Pertoldi, Trine Hammer Jensen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, K Johansen

Publication/Journal: Genetics and Biodiversity Journal

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, ethology, feeding, giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, noctournal behavior, ruminants, stereotypical behavior, zoo

2022

Is item hiding a good enrichment strategy to reduce stereotypic behaviors and increase social interactions in captive female spectacled bears?

Authors: Ana Julia Sant'Ana Correa, Erick Mateus Barros, Vinicius Marques Lopez, Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal behavior, ethology, mammal, zoo

2022

Recent Studies in Reptile and Amphibian Welfare: Some Relevant Publications for the Zoo Herpetologist

Authors: Robert W. Mendyk

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Review

Keywords: amphibian, reptile, welfare, zoo

2022

Conducting Behavioural Research in the Zoo: A Guide to Ten Important Methods, Concepts and Theories

Authors: Paul E Rose, Lisa M Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, behavioural observations, ethology, observational methods, research methods, zoo science

2021

The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021

The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021

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