Effects of physiological changes and social life events on adrenal glucocorticoid activity in female zoo-housed Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, Katie L Edwards, Nadja Wielebnowski, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal sociality, cortisol, elephants, estrous cycle, euthanasia, phase determination, pregnancy, urine

2020

Evaluation of the Impact of Behavioral Opportunities on Four Zoo-Housed Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer)

Authors: Jennifer Hamilton, Grace Fuller, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, environmental enrichment, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, goal-based enrichment, nocturnal species

2020

Shedding light into the dark: age and light shape nocturnal activity and sleep behaviour of giraffe

Authors: Anna Lena Burger, Johannes Hartig, Paul W Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: giraffe, linear mixed models, nocturnal activity budget, rest-activity cycle

2020

Animal welfare complementing or conflicting with other sustainability issues

Authors: D. M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, domestic cats, emissions, greenhouse gases, placebo, road traffic accidents

2019

Assessing animal welfare at the farm level: do we care sufficiently about the individual?

Authors: C. Winckler

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, group measures, individual measures, on-farm assessment, purpose, welfare improvement

2019

Behavioral patterns of laboratory Mongolian gerbils by sex and housing condition: a case study with an emphasis on sleeping patterns

Authors: Camilo Hurtado-Parrado, Ángelo Cardona-Zea, Mónica Arias-Higuera, Julián Cifuentes, Alejandra Muñoz, Javier L. Rico, Cesar Acevedo-Triana

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavioral patterns, captivity, case study, housing conditions, mongolian gerbil, sleep, social isolation, water consumption

2019

Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels are higher during spring than autumn migration in European robins

Authors: Julia Loshchagina, Arseny Tsvey, Sergey Naidenko

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, european robin, migratory disposition, songbird

2018

Characterization of estrous cycles and pregnancy in Somali wild asses (Equus africanus somaliensis) through fecal hormone analyses

Authors: Corinne P. Kozlowski, Helen L. Clawitter, Tim Thier, Martha T. Fischer, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: equid, estrogens, gestation, progestagens

2018