Development and assessment of a stair ascension challenge as a measure of aging and physical function in nonhuman primates

Authors: S. R. Scarberry, H. Prutchi, B. M. Frye, J. Herr, C. Scott, C. M. Long, M. J. Jorgensen, C. A. Shively, K. Kavanagh

Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol

Keywords: *Frailty, African green monkey, aging, animals, mobility, nonhuman primates, primates

2024

The effect of anthropogenic noise on foraging and vigilance in zoo housed pied tamarins

Authors: Fiene Steinbrecher, Jacob C. Dunn, Eluned C. Price, Lisa H. Buck, Claudia A. F. Wascher, Fay E. Clark

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, bioacoustics, callitrichid, primate, stressor

2023

Getting to the Meat of It: The Effects of a Captive Diet upon the Skull Morphology of the Lion and Tiger

Authors: David M. Cooper, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, David W. Macdonald, Bruce D. Patterson, Galina P. Salkina, Viktor G. Yudin, Andrew J. Dugmore, Andrew C. Kitchener

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, conservation, development, linear morphometrics, ontogeny, panthera, phenotypic plasticity, taxonomy, welfare, wild

2023

Review of the Effects of Enclosure Complexity and Design on the Behaviour and Physiology of Zoo Animals

Authors: Cristiano S. de Azevedo, Cynthia F. Cipreste, Cristiane S. Pizzutto, Robert J. Young

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, enclosure, habitat complexity, welfare

2023

Ackonc-AWA: A multi-species animal welfare assessment protocol for wild animals under human care to overcome the use of generic welfare checklists

Authors: Débora Silvia Racciatti, Alejandra Feld, Laura Analía Rial, Carlos Blanco, Oriol Tallo-Parra

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords:

2022

Recent Studies in Reptile and Amphibian Welfare: Some Relevant Publications for the Zoo Herpetologist

Authors: Robert W. Mendyk

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Review

Keywords: amphibian, reptile, welfare, zoo

2022

CHALLENGES TO ANIMAL WELFARE DURING TRANSPORTATION OF WILD MAMMALS: A REVIEW (1990–2020)

Authors: Friederike Pohlin, Emma H Hooijberg, Leith CR Meyer

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: animal welfare, transport

2021

Functional Analysis and Successful Treatment of a Captive Rhesus Macaque’s Disruptive Behavior

Authors: Andrea N Franklin, AL Martin, JE Perlman, MA Bloomsmith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, disruptive behavior, functional analysis, nonhuman primate, positive reinforcement training

2021

Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)

Authors: Rachel M Santymire, Shana R Lavin, Heather Branvold-Faber, Julie Kreeger, Judy Che-Castaldo, Michelle Rafacz, Paul Marinari

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e

2020

A new approach of stress evaluation in fish using beta-D-Glucose measurement in fish holding-water

Authors: Tomas Makaras, Julija Razumiene, Vidute Gureviciene, Ieva Sakinyte, Milda Stankeviciute, Nijole Kazlauskiene

Publication/Journal: Ecological Indicators

Keywords: Complex metal mixture, Environmentally realistic concentrations, Glucose biosensor, O. mykiss juveniles, stress response, β-d-glucose in holding-water

2020