Abnormal swimming is associated with inner ear damage and improves with meclizine treatment and increased habitat complexity: A case study in Urobatis jamaicensis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, aquarium science, elasmobranch, vestibular disease
2024
Animals’ Relationships with Caregivers and Conspecifics are Associated with Zoo Visitors’ Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States
Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös
Keywords:
2023
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) weight gain in captivity and implications for captive reptile body condition
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: alligator, body condition, captivity
2022
Long-Term Retention of Visual Tasks by Two Species of Emydid Turtles, Pseudemys nelsoni and Trachemys scripta
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: behavior, behaviour, learning, long-term retention, reptiles, turtles
2012
Plumage reflectance signals dominance in Florida scrub-jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, juveniles
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: aphelocoma coerulescens, dominance, juvenile plumage, ornament, scrub-jay, status signalling, structural coloration
2012
Development of husbandry practices for the captive breeding of key largo woodrats (Neotoma floridana smalli)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, endangered species, management, rodent
2011
Evaluation of adrenocortical function in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: acth, cortisol, glucocorticoid, marine mammal, stress
2011
Food habits of Rhinopithecus bieti as assessed by fecal analysis at Mt. Longma, Southwest China
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: diet, microhistological analysis technology of feces, phytochemistry, rhinopithecus bieti
2011
Learning from nature: bottlenose dolphin care and husbandry
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, health assessment, life history, reproductive success, social-structure
2009
Whistles as potential indicators of stress in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Mammalogy
Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, signature whistle, stress, tursiops-truncatus, welfare
2009