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
Behavioural effects of a giraffe public feeding programme on Masai giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi and plains zebra Equus quagga in a mixed-species exhibit
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: giraffe, mixed-species enclosure, public feeding, zoo
2023
Behavioral Implications of the Complete Absence of Guests on a Zoo-Housed Gorilla Troop
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: activity budget, gorilla, visitor effects
2021
Domestic animal welfare at the zoo: The impact of an animal visitor interaction program on chickens
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: ambassador animal, animal encounter, animal visitor interaction (AVI), behavior, gallus gallus, human-animal relationships
2021
Domestic animal welfare at the zoo: The impact of an animal visitor interaction program on chickens
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: ambassador animal, animal encounter, animal visitor interaction (AVI), behavior, gallus gallus, human-animal relationships
2021
Physical and Physiological Indicators of Welfare in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) Serving as Ambassador Animals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: ambassador animal, domestication, glucocorticoids, welfare, zoo
2020
Space use and enrichment in a North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) exhibit
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: environmental enrichment, exhibit space use, lontra canadensis, otters, SPI score
2020
The skin microbiome of cow-nose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) in an aquarium touch-tank exhibit
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: 16s rrna gene, cow-nose ray, elasmobranch, microbiome, touch-tank
2017
Use of salivary cortisol to evaluate the influence of rides in dromedary camels
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, animal rides, environmental enrichment, enzyme immunoassay, saliva stability, salivary cortisol
2015
Measuring Animal Personality for Use in Population Management in Zoos: Suggested Methods and Rationale
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavioral types, behavioural types, education, measurement, population management, welfare
2012