Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo
2024
Automatic detection of stereotypical behaviors of captive wild animals based on surveillance videos of zoos and animal reserves
Publication/Journal: Ecological Informatics
Keywords: animal tracking, animal welfare, captive animal, Motion trajectory, Siamese network, stereotypical behavior
2024
Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis
2024
Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo
2023
Activity budgets, responses to disturbance and novel behaviours in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax
Publication/Journal: Herpetological Journal
Keywords: amphibians, behaviour, disturbance, mSPI, welfare, zoo
2023
Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress
2023
Beyond the Five Freedoms: Animal Welfare at Modern Zoological Facilities
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare committee, animal welfare monitoring, animal welfare program, program framework, staff training
2023
Biological and Management-Related Predictors of Reproductive Success in North American Ex Situ Asian Small-Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: breeding programs, deslorelin, habitat complexity, mate incompatibility, reproductive viability analysis (RVA), reversibility, Suprelorin, zoo
2023
Brown Bear Cognition and Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases
Keywords: animal welfare, bears, cognition, cognitive stimulation, ursids
2023
By Bits and Pieces: The Contributions of Zoos and Aquariums to Science and Society via Biomaterials
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: education, genetics, health, microbiome, physiology, research, students
2023