Caring for the horse in a cold climate—Reviewing principles for thermoregulation and horse preferences
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, blanket, equine, temperature, thermal comfort, welfare
2020
Evaluation of the Impact of Behavioral Opportunities on Four Zoo-Housed Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, environmental enrichment, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, goal-based enrichment, nocturnal species
2020
Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress?
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: chickens, environmental enrichment, stress, welfare
2020
Increase in environmental temperature affects exploratory behaviour, anxiety and social preference in Danio rerio
Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports
Keywords: anxiety, exploratory behavior, fish welfare, social behavior, zebrafish
2020
Multivariate Analyses of the Activity Pattern and Behavior of the Lesser Anteater on Open and Closed Days at Córdoba Zoo, Argentina
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: enclosure use, human-animal interaction, Tamandua tetradactyla, time-activity budget, visitor effect
2020
Shedding light into the dark: age and light shape nocturnal activity and sleep behaviour of giraffe
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: giraffe, linear mixed models, nocturnal activity budget, rest-activity cycle
2020
Social and environmental impacts on sleep in captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: asian elephant, sleep, social compatibility, welfare, zoo
2020
Status of animal welfare research in zoos and aquariums: Where are we, where to next?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, aquariums, research, zoos
2020
Total Eclipse of the Zoo: Animal Behavior during a Total Solar Eclipse
Assessment of contrafreeloading preferences in giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: enrichment, foraging behavior, giraffe, welfare
2019