Challenges of Zoo Animal Welfare

Authors: Ron Kagan, Jack Veasey

Publication/Journal: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management

Keywords: animal welfare, environment, stress, welfare indicators, zoo animals

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2010

Effect of a water conditioner on ornamental fish behaviour during commercial transport

Authors: M. Vanderzwalmen, E. Edmonds, P. Carey, D. Snellgrove, K. A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture

Keywords: ornamental fish, transport, Water conditioner, welfare

2020

A new approach of stress evaluation in fish using beta-D-Glucose measurement in fish holding-water

Authors: Tomas Makaras, Julija Razumiene, Vidute Gureviciene, Ieva Sakinyte, Milda Stankeviciute, Nijole Kazlauskiene

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

Swimming features in captive odontocetes: Indicative of animals’ emotional state?

Authors: Agathe Serres, Yujiang Hao, Ding Wang

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, Circular swimming, finless porpoise, stress, synchronous swimming, welfare

2020

Abnormal behavior and the self-regulation of motivational state

Authors: Donald M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, cognition, emotion, feelings, motivation, stereotypy

2019

Aggregating animal welfare indicators: can it be done in a transparent and ethically robust way?

Authors: P. Sandøe, S. A. Corr, T. B. Lund, B. Forkman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: aggregation, animal welfare, ethics, expert opinion, farm animals, welfare quality®

2019

Development and Implementation of Baseline Welfare Assessment Protocol for Captive Breeding of Wild Ungulate-Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis, Lydekker 1913)

Authors: Romaan Hayat Khattak, Zhensheng Liu, Liwei Teng

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, body condition, Pakistan, protocol, Punjab urial, veterinary assessment, welfare

2019

Development of a behavioural welfare assessment tool for routine use with captive elephants

Authors: Lisa Yon, Ellen Williams, Naomi D. Harvey, Lucy Asher

Publication/Journal: PLoS ONE

Keywords: elephant, welfare, welfare assessment

2019

Development of a welfare assessment protocol for dairy calves from birth through to weaning

Authors: J. Barry, E. Kennedy, R. Sayers, I. J. M. de Boer, E. A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, dairy calves, health, housing, management

2019

The development of fault bars in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) increases with acute stressors and individual propensity: implications for animal welfare

Authors: A. Arrazola, S. Torrey

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, feather growth, gallus gallus domesticus, psychological stress, stress response, welfare indicator

2019