Battle of the enrichments: comparing the impact of nutritional and sensory enrichment on the behaviour of captive lowland tapirs Tapirus terrestris

Authors: Ellena Trelfa-Stewart, Louise Cox

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

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2023

Behavioral development of a captive polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub in the maternal den

Authors: Kylen N Gartland, Mary K Humbyrd, Betsie Meister, Grace Fuller

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, development, polar bear

2023

Blood biochemistry parameters of Broad snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris subjected to stress conditions, appliying micro-volume techniques

Authors: María Soledad Moleón, Gonzalo Santiago, Samuel Hilevski, Pablo Ariel Siroski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Keywords: albumin, broad-snouted-caiman, glucose, stress, total protein

2023

Cognitive Foraging Enrichment (but Not Non-Cognitive Enrichment) Improved Several Longer-Term Welfare Indicators in Bottlenose Dolphins

Authors: Isabella LK Clegg, Mariana Domingues, Elin Ström, Linda Berggren

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behaviour, bottlenose dolphins, cognitive enrichment, environmental enrichment, zoo animal welfare

2023

Contrafreeloading Indicating the Behavioural Need to Forage in Healthy and Feather Damaging Grey Parrots

Authors: Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland, Nico J. Schoemaker, Johannes T. Lumeij

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: enrichment, feather damaging behaviour, feather picking, feather plucking, foraging, psittacine, psittacus erithacus

2023

Fasted and furious? Considerations on the use of fasting days in large carnivore husbandry

Authors: Cellina Kleinlugtenbelt, Marcus Clauss, Anita Burkevica, Annelies De Cuyper

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

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2023

Genetic and environmental parameters for behavioural responses towards humans in farmed ostriches

Authors: Pfunzo T. Muvhali, Maud Bonato, Anel Engelbrecht, Irek A. Malecki, Schalk W. P. Cloete

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, heritability, human-animal relationship, ostrich

2023

Giraffes make decisions based on statistical information

Authors: Alvaro L Caicoya, Montserrat Colell, Federica Amici

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

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2023

Increasing foraging times with appetitive and consummatory foraging enrichment in grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)

Authors: M. H. C. Beekmans, C. M. Vinke, A. Maijer, I. de Haan, N. J. Schoemaker, T. B. Rodenburg, H. S. Kooistra, Y. R. A. van Zeeland

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, appetitive behaviour, Consummatory behaviour, enrichment, foraging, psittaciformes

2023

Influence of social enrichment on transport stress in fish: a behavioural approach

Authors: M. Jones, M. E. Alexander, S. Lightbody, D. Snellgrove, P. Smith, S. Bramhall, F. L. Henriquez, I. McLellan, K. A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, ornamental fish, social composition, welfare

2023

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