Activity budgets, responses to disturbance and novel behaviours in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax

Authors: Eve Mannings, Francesca Servini, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

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

Authors: Amy Y. Olsen, Angela Smith, Caroline Hempstead, Shawn E. Larson

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress

2023

Animals’ Relationships with Caregivers and Conspecifics are Associated with Zoo Visitors’ Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States

Authors: Angela M. Lacinak

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös

Keywords:

2023

Battle of the enrichments: comparing the impact of nutritional and sensory enrichment on the behaviour of captive lowland tapirs Tapirus terrestris

Authors: Ellena Trelfa-Stewart, Louise Cox

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

Behavioural effects of a giraffe public feeding programme on Masai giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi and plains zebra Equus quagga in a mixed-species exhibit

Authors: Sarah Koopman, Lindsay Brinda, Louis DiVincenti

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: giraffe, mixed-species enclosure, public feeding, zoo

2023

The behavioural effects of feeding lean meat vs whole rabbit carcasses to zoo jaguars Panthera onca

Authors: Line Enemark, Marcus Clauss, Linn Lagerström, Anita Burkevica, Jenny Gustafsson, Julia Johnsson, Peter Lundgren, Helle L. H. Rhode

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) in a walk-through enclosure

Authors: Yuri Garcia de Abreu Rezende, Marina Bonde Queiroz, Robert John Young, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acoustic stress, animal welfare, behaviour, captivity, sound pressure, two-toed sloth

2023

Behavioural Indicators of Pain and Suffering in Arthropods and Might Pain Bite Back?

Authors: Robert W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Chelicerata, contests, Mandibulata, nociception, pain, traumatic mating, venom

2023

By Bits and Pieces: The Contributions of Zoos and Aquariums to Science and Society via Biomaterials

Authors: David M Powell, Theodore G Meyer, Mary Duncan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: education, genetics, health, microbiome, physiology, research, students

2023

Can an Enrichment Programme with Novel Manipulative and Scent Stimuli Change the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed European Wildcats? A Case Study

Authors: Valentina Bertoni, Barbara Regaiolli, Alessandro Cozzi, Stefano Vaglio, Caterina Spiezio

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: F3 semiochemical, scent enrichment programme, wildcats

2023