Animal welfare research is fascinating, ethical, and useful—but how can it be more rigorous?
Publication/Journal: BMC Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, evidence-based animal care, welfare science
2023
Latitudinal and zoo specific zeitgebers influence circadian and circannual rhythmicity of behavior in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, circadian, circannual, zeitgeber, zoo
2023
Mourning-Like Behaviour in a Malayan Sun Bear
Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care
Keywords: animal behavior, grief, malayan sun bear, mourning
2023
Observational approaches to chimpanzee behavior in an African sanctuary: Implications for research, welfare, and capacity-building
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: behavior, capacity building, observations, sanctuaries, welfare
2023
Trigger of twin-fights in captive common marmosets
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: birth control, common marmoset, interbirth interval, twin-fight
2023
UVB-emitting LEDs for reptile lighting: Identifying the risks of nonsolar UV spectra
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: hypervitaminosis D, photo-kerato-conjunctivitis, previtamin D3, vitamin d3
2023
Wanted dead or alive: ethics and animal welfare in food choice
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: ethics, life feeding, policy, welfare
2023
Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather
2022
Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species
Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology
Keywords: immunology, stress, tortoise
2022
The Neurobiology of Behavior and Its Applicability for Animal Welfare: A Review
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: emotions, learning, neurobiology, Panksepp, welfare, well-being
2022