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
Development and assessment of a stair ascension challenge as a measure of aging and physical function in nonhuman primates
Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol
Keywords: *Frailty, African green monkey, aging, animals, mobility, nonhuman primates, primates
2024
Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis
2024
Assessing Negative Welfare Measures for Wild Invertebrates: The Case for Octopuses
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: body patterns, cephalopoda, field study, sentience
2023
Doing better for understudied species: Evaluation and improvement of a species-general animal welfare assessment tool for zoos
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, aquariums, Taxonomic differences, welfare assessment, zoos
2023
Interrupted Lives: Welfare Considerations in Wildlife Rehabilitation
Publication/Journal: Animals (Basel)
Keywords: animal welfare, birds, clinical wildlife medicine, marine mammals, sea turtles, urban wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation
2023
Interrupted Lives: Welfare Considerations in Wildlife Rehabilitation
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, birds, clinical wildlife medicine, marine mammals, sea turtles, urban wildlife, wildlife rehabilitation
2023
JZAR Special Edition: Proceedings of the 12th European Zoo Nutrition Conference in Riga, Latvia, 20–22 September 2023
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: feeding, feeding guidelines, zoo nutrition
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
Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: behaviour, emotion, health, physiology, welfare assessment
2023