Multi-sensor biologgers and innovative training allow data collection with high conservation and welfare value in zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behaviour, biologging, captivity, daily diary, dead-reckoning, enrichment, space use, welfare
2023
Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)
Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology
Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers
2020
Effects of parity and litter size on cortisol measures in commercially housed sows and their offspring
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: birth weight, hair cortisol, pigs, salivary cortisol, stress
2019
Characterization of estrous cycles and pregnancy in Somali wild asses (Equus africanus somaliensis) through fecal hormone analyses
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: equid, estrogens, gestation, progestagens
2018
Maternal effects on offspring stress physiology in wild chimpanzees
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: chimpanzees, gestational programming, maternal effects, offspring stress
2018
Parity Influences the Demeanor of Sows in Group Housing
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: behavior, group housing, parity, qba, sow
2018
Are consumers wilfully ignorant about animal welfare?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, consumer attitudes, consumer preferences, gestation crate, swine production, wilful ignorance
2017
Fit for transport? Broiler chicken fitness assessment for transportation to slaughter
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based welfare measure, broiler chicken, fitness-for-transport assessment, physiological stress, pre-slaughter phase
2017
Impact of maternal stress and nutrition on behavioural and physiological outcomes in young lambs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, gestation, offspring response, practical application, sheep, stress
2017
Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour
2017