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
An Ecological and Neural Argument for Developing Pursuit-Based Cognitive Enrichment for Sea Lions in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: cognitive enrichment, enrichment, goal-based cognition, hunting, pursuit, sea lions
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
The effects of human-zoo ambassador animal interactions on millennial populations
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: education, human-animal interactions, millennial, welfare, zoo animals
2024
Environmental Enrichment in Rabbit Husbandry: Comparative Impacts on Performance and Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behavior, environmental stress, housing enrichment, productive performance, rabbit, sensors, welfare
2024
Health and environmental effects to wildlife from radio telemetry and tracking devices—state of the science and best management practices
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: data-loggers, fish, microchips, PIT tags, radio telemetry, radio-tracking, RFID chips, wildlife
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
A scoping review of the use of bioacoustics to assess various components of farm animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, bioacoustics, precision livestock farming, vocalization
2024
Structural enrichment promotes natural behaviour and welfare of captive gilthead seabream broodstock
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aquaculture, behavioural indicators, environmental enrichment, Physiological indicators, positive welfare, Spawners
2024