Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo
2024
Blood biochemistry parameters of Broad snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris subjected to stress conditions, appliying micro-volume techniques
Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology
Keywords: albumin, broad-snouted-caiman, glucose, stress, total protein
2023
Differences in Mother-Infant Bond and Social Behavior of African Elephant Calves Living In Situ and Ex Situ
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: development, distance keeping, human care, loxodonta africana, wild elephants, zoo elephants
2023
Hierarchical position of individual captive western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla and its impact on neighbour associations and behaviour
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords:
2023
Mirror, mirror on the wall… How tank material and the presence of “enrichments” affect competition and agonism in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, agonism, environmental enrichment, fish welfare, Zebrafish husbandry
2023
Tactile responses to environmental enrichment in captive Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, Exploratory behaviours, Infant lifting, Tactile behaviours
2023
TACTILE RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN CAPTIVE ANTILLEAN MANATEES (Trichechus manatus manatus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: communication, manatees, tactile signals
2023
Body mass and growth rates in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) cared for in African wildlife sanctuaries, zoological institutions, and research facilities
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captivity, chimpanzee, growth rate
2022
Behavioral interactions and glucocorticoid production of Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) mothers and foals
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: affiliative behavior, agonistic behavior, equid, fecal hormone, mother-offspring, nursing
2021
Body Size Is Related to Temperature Preference in Hyla chrysoscelis Tadpoles
Publication/Journal: Journal of Herpetology
Keywords: anuran, thermal preference
2021