Enriched social environment affects the utterance of acoustic signals of captive François’ langurs

Authors: Yinghong Xie, Yinshu Liu, Yifeng Li, Yanhong Zhong, Ruoshuang Liu, Penglai Fan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, social enrichment, vocal communication, vocal repertoire

2024

Latitudinal and zoo specific zeitgebers influence circadian and circannual rhythmicity of behavior in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Authors: Gandia,Kristine M., Kessler,Sharon E., Buchanan-Smith,Hannah M.

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, circadian, circannual, zeitgeber, zoo

2023

Sonic enrichment at the zoo: What will the zoo of the future sound like?

Authors: Rébecca Kleinberger

Publication/Journal: Interaction Studies

Keywords: animal agency, animal control, animal enrichment, animal ethics, animal wellbeing, animal-computer-interaction, audio enrichment, interspecies enrichment, sonic enrichment, zoo interactive systems, zoo technology

2023

Do zoo‐housed primates retreat from crowds? A simple study of five primate species

Authors: Alexandria Cairo‐Evans, Natasha K Wierzal, Jason D Wark, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, primates, visitor effects, zoo

2022

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as an indicator of adrenocortical activity in Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and recommendations for future studies

Authors: Malin Larm, Anne Lene Hovland, Rupert Palme, Anne-Mathilde Thierry, Andrea L Miller, Arild Landa, Anders Angerbjörn, Nina E Eide

Publication/Journal: Polar Biology

Keywords: arctic fox, fecal glucocorticoid

2021

Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)

Authors: J. D. Sheldon, M. J. Adkesson, M. C. Allender, R. S. Bailey, J. N. Langan, S. K. Chinnadurai

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis

2019

Both feather peckers and victims are more asymmetrical than control hens

Authors: Fernanda M. Tahamtani, Björn Forkman, Lena K. Hinrichsen, Anja B. Riber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, feather pecking, fluctuating asymmetry, laying hen, skeletal traits

2017

Cognitive bias and paw preference in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)

Authors: Deborah L. Wells, Peter G. Hepper, Adam D. S. Milligan, Shanis Barnard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, *choice behavior, *cognitive bias, *lateral dominance, *preferences, animal sex differences, dogs, motor processes

2017

Effects of early life adversity on cortisol/salivary alpha-amylase symmetry in free-ranging juvenile rhesus macaques

Authors: Lauren A. Petrullo, Tara M. Mandalaywala, Karen J. Parker, Dario Maestripieri, James P. Higham

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: alpha-amylase, asymmetry, cortisol, early life adversity, hpa, rhesus macaque, stress

2016

Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour

Authors: María Díez-León, Steve Bursian, David Galicia, Angelo Napolitano, Rupert Palme, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour

2016

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