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
Utilizing vocalizations to gain insight into the affective states of non-human mammals
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: affective state, animal welfare, bioacoustics, emotion, vocalization
2024
Assessing Negative Welfare Measures for Wild Invertebrates: The Case for Octopuses
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: body patterns, cephalopoda, field study, sentience
2023
Brown Bear Cognition and Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases
Keywords: animal welfare, bears, cognition, cognitive stimulation, ursids
2023
Choice, control, and animal welfare: definitions and essential inquiries to advance animal welfare science
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: affective states, agency, animal welfare, choice, control, psychological wellbeing
2023
Compassion Fatigue in Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Caregivers: Prevalence, Contributing Factors, and Coping Mechanisms
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: caregiver, chimpanzee, compassion fatigue, sanctuary, zoo, zookeeper
2023
Contrafreeloading Indicating the Behavioural Need to Forage in Healthy and Feather Damaging Grey Parrots
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: enrichment, feather damaging behaviour, feather picking, feather plucking, foraging, psittacine, psittacus erithacus
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