Abnormal swimming is associated with inner ear damage and improves with meclizine treatment and increased habitat complexity: A case study in Urobatis jamaicensis

Authors: Lauren Puishys, Natalie Mylniczenko, Ryan De Voe, Alisha Fredrickson, Dani Salles, Todd Harmon, Scott Martin, Leah Maurer, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, aquarium science, elasmobranch, vestibular disease

2024

Assessment of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and physiological biomarkers in aquarium-based bottlenose dolphins and killer whales

Authors: Leila S. Lemos, Estela Manfrin da Silva, Karen J. Steinman, Todd R. Robeck, Natalia Quinete

Publication/Journal: Chemosphere

Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, Hydrogen peroxide, Lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress

2024

Zoo Visitors’ Most-Liked Aspects of Elephant Encounters and Related Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States: A Pragmatic Approach

Authors: Angela M. Lacinak

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal emotions, animal experiences, animal training, animal welfare, animal–caregiver interactions, elephants, pragmatism, visitors, zoos

2024

Animals’ Relationships with Caregivers and Conspecifics are Associated with Zoo Visitors’ Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States

Authors: Angela M. Lacinak

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös

Keywords:

2023

American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) weight gain in captivity and implications for captive reptile body condition

Authors: Faith Kruis, Madison Wallwork, Marisa Spain, Adam E Rosenblatt

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

Authors: K.M. Davis, G.M. Burghardt

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

Authors: Angela Tringali, Reed Bowman

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)

Authors: Christina A. Alligood, Andre J. Daneault, Robert C. Carlson, Thomas Dillenbeck, Catharine J. Wheaton, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, endangered species, management, rodent

2011

Evaluation of adrenocortical function in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Authors: Kathleen M. Tripp, John P. Verstegen, Charles J. Deutsch, Robert K. Bonde, Martine de Wit, Charles A. Manire, Joseph Gaspard, Kendal E. Harr

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

Authors: Xue-You Li, Shi-Jian Yang, Yang Yang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, microhistological analysis technology of feces, phytochemistry, rhinopithecus bieti

2011