Bird Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums: General Insights across Industries
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: bird habitats, environmental enrichment, flooring, genetics, human-animal interactions, lighting, nutrition, social management, sound environment, substrate
2022
Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in captive Indian leopards (Panthera pardus fusca) housed under three different enrichment regimes
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, leopard
2022
From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants
The use of biofloors in great ape zoo exhibits
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: bedding, biofloor, deep litter, exhibit design, great apes, primates, welfare, zoo
2021
Soft and persistent-The influence of sand-flooring and calves on the resting behavior of a zoo-kept African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: lying and leaning rest, sand flooring, zoo elephants
2019
Dairy goats prefer to use different flooring types to perform different behaviours
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bacteriology, bedding, behaviour, flooring, preference, welfare
2017
Housing and Social Environments of African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) Elephants in North American Zoos
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: elephants, housing, social environment, zoo
2016
Management and design of hospital pens relative to behavior of the compromised dairy cow: A questionnaire survey of Iowa dairy farms
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, hospital pens, sickness behavior
2016
Recumbence Behavior in Zoo Elephants: Determination of Patterns and Frequency of Recumbent Rest and Associated Environmental and Social Factors
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: elephants, recumbency, welfare, zoo
2016
Validation of modified open field behaviour as a measure of trait anxiety in the dog
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, diazepam, dog, exploration, noise aversion, trait anxiety
2016