A Ten-Stage Protocol for Assessing the Welfare of Individual Non-Captive Wild Animals: Free-Roaming Horses (Equus Ferus Caballus) as an Example
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: feral, Five Domains, free-roaming, horses, welfare assessment, wild, wildlife
2020
Welfare of feral cats and potential influencing factors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare, colony cats, environment, health status, human-animal relationship, stray cats
2019
Characterization of estrous cycles and pregnancy in Somali wild asses (Equus africanus somaliensis) through fecal hormone analyses
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: equid, estrogens, gestation, progestagens
2018
An animal welfare assessment framework for helicopter darting: a case study with a newly developed method for feral horses
Publication/Journal: Wildlife Research
Keywords: behavioral-responses, behaviour, chemical immobilization, drive, ecology, ethics, field immobilization, human dimensions, management, medetomidine-ketamine, nets, radio telemetry, reversible immobilization, stress, tiletamine-zolazepam, tranquilizer darts, white-tailed deer, wildlife, xylazine hydrochloride, zoology
2016
Welfare aspects of identification and marking methods for domestic cats
Publication/Journal: Wiener Tierarztliche Monatsschrift
Keywords: collars, dogs, ear tags, ear tipping, feral cats, mice, microchip transponder, microchips, permanent identification, pet cats, population control, site, tattoo, tnr-programmes, veterinary sciences, working group
2016
What do calves choose to eat and how do preferences affect behaviour?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, dietary preference, holstein-friesian calves, milk replacer, solid feed, welfare
2014
Are cats (Felis catus) from multi-cat households more stressed? Evidence from assessment of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analysis
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: cortisol, enzyme immunoassay, feline, housing, non-invasive
2013
Consistent social structure and optimal clique size revealed by social network analysis of feral goats, Capra hircus
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: capra hircus, dominance, goat, group living, social bond, social network analysis
2013
Understanding Attitudes Toward the Control of Nonnative Wild and Feral Mammals: Similarities and Differences in the Opinions of the General Public, Animal Protectionists, and Conservationists in New Zealand (Aotearoa)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: attitudes, feral, invasive species, population control
2013
Affiliative and aggressive behavior in a group of female somali wild ass (Equus africanus somalicus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: agonistic behavior, dominance, equids, social behavior
2012