A Comparative Multi-Zoo Survey Investigating the Housing and Husbandry of Callimico goeldii
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: callitrichid, captive management, enclosure complexity, goeldi's monkey, welfare
2024
Behavioral Changes of Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) during COVID-19 Zoo Closures and Further Reopening to the Public
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: begging, choice/control, stereotypical behavior, visitor effect
2022
Reliability of caretakers’ ratings of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and finless porpoises’(Neophocaena asiaeorientalis sp.) behavioral style for welfare monitoring
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: human-animal relationship, odontocetes, playfulness, qualitative assessment, training session
2022
The impact of housing environment color on zebrafish anxiety-like behavioral and physiological (cortisol) responses
Publication/Journal: General Comparative Endocrinology
2020
Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions
Publication/Journal: PloS One
Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo
2020
A new approach of stress evaluation in fish using beta-D-Glucose measurement in fish holding-water
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
Using faecal glucocorticoid metabolite analyses to elucidate stressors of African wild dogs Lycaon pictus from South Africa
Publication/Journal: Wildlife Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, body condition scoring, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite monitoring, managed metapopulation, stress, wildlife management
2020
The Characterisation of Underwater Noise at Facilities Holding Marine Mammals
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal enclosures, animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, california sea lion, marine mammals, noise
2019
Development of a behavioural welfare assessment tool for routine use with captive elephants
Publication/Journal: PLoS ONE
Keywords: elephant, welfare, welfare assessment
2019
It’s in the bag: Corticosterone levels and behavioral responses of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) vary with type of holding bag
Publication/Journal: Wilson Journal of Ornithology
Keywords: behavior, capture, corticosterone, eastern bluebird, holding bag, restraint, stress
2019