Environmental Enrichment in Rabbit Husbandry: Comparative Impacts on Performance and Welfare

Authors: Karim El-Sabrout, Anjum Sherasiya, Sohail Ahmad, Sarah Aggag, Eleonora Nannoni, Damiano Cavallini, Giovanni Buonaiuto

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, environmental stress, housing enrichment, productive performance, rabbit, sensors, welfare

2024

Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos

Authors: Andrew Mooney, Kelly McCall, Scott Bastow, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: bumblefoot, enclosure design, pododermatitis, welfare, zoo enclosure

2023

Elephant tourism: An analysis and recommendations for public health, safety, and animal welfare

Authors: R Grant, C Warwick, Catrina Steedman, A Pilney

Publication/Journal: International Journal of One Health

Keywords:

2023

Primate reinfection with gastrointestinal parasites: behavioural and physiological predictors of parasite acquisition

Authors: Sagan Friant, Toni E. Ziegler, Tony L. Goldberg

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: antiparasite treatment, gastrointestinal parasite, helminth, host trait, infectious disease transmission, physiological stress, primate, protozoa, red-capped mangabey, social network

2016

Ascaris spp. and Capillaria caudinflata infections in captive-bred crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) in China

Authors: Xu Zhang, Ji Ying Qiao, Xiao Min Wu, Qing Yi Ma, Han Hu, Jing Wang, Li Feng Che

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ascaris spp, capillaria caudinflata, captive-bred nipponia nippon, morphology, transmission

2015

Captive-rearing of Gunnison sage-grouse from egg collection to adulthood to foster proactive conservation and recovery of a conservation-reliant species

Authors: Anthony D. Apa, Lief A. Wiechman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: artificial incubation, bacterial infection, captive population, centrocercus minimus, galliformes husbandry, wild and captive produced egg collection and hatch

2015

Effect of temperature and diet on wound healing in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Authors: L. B. Jensen, T. Wahli, C. McGurk, T. B. Eriksen, A. Obach, R. Waagbo, A. Handler, C. Tafalla

Publication/Journal: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Keywords: ascorbic-acid, atlantic salmon, biochemistry & molecular biology, chemokine, cyprinus-carpio l., disease, european sea bass, fish, fisheries, histology, innate immune parameters, lepeophtheirus-salmonis, mucous cells, physiology, quantitative, rainbow-trout, strawberry, trout oncorhynchus-mykiss, vitamin-c, wound healing

2015

Microbiota and probiotics in canine and feline welfare

Authors: Łukasz Grześkowiak, Akihito Endo, Shea Beasley, Seppo Salminen

Publication/Journal: Anaerobe

Keywords: cat, dog, gut microbiota, health, prebiotic, probiotic, veterinary care

2015

Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) for Eimeria tenella replication — Implications for experimental refinement and animal welfare

Authors: Matthew J. Nolan, Fiona M. Tomley, Pete Kaiser, Damer P. Blake

Publication/Journal: Parasitology International

Keywords: avian coccidiosis, chicken, cytoplasmic beta-actin gene (actb), rapd-scar marker (tn-e03-1161)

2015

Investigating the relationship between feed and helminthic burden of captive birds of prey in Hong Kong

Authors: Fernando Mata, Alice Lam

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: fecal egg counts, feed, helminthes, hong kong, raptor

2013