Does Handling for Public Talks in Zoos Affect the Behaviour of Captive Mexican Red-Kneed Spiders Brachypelma hamorii?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: activity, enclosure use, handling, invertebrate, spiders, welfare
2022
Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis
2019
Assessment of behavior and space use before and after forelimb amputation in a zoo-housed chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: adaptability, disability, management, post-operative care, recovery
2017
Cognitive bias and paw preference in the domestic dog (Canis familiaris)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: *animal cognition, *choice behavior, *cognitive bias, *lateral dominance, *preferences, animal sex differences, dogs, motor processes
2017
Validation of triaxial accelerometers to measure the lying behaviour of adult domestic horses
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: accelerometers, behaviour, behaviour patterns, horses, validation
2015
Docking the value of pigmeat? Prevalence and financial implications of welfare lesions in Irish slaughter pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, carcase, economics, meat inspection, pig, tail-biting
2014
Effect of rubber slat mats on the behaviour and welfare of group housed pregnant sows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: postural behaviour, rubber mats, sows, spatial behaviour, welfare
2014
Vitamin A (retinoid) metabolism and actions: What we know and what we need to know about amphibians
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: carotenoid, hypervitaminosis a, retinoic acid, retinol, vitamin a deficiency
2014
The welfare of long-line tethered and free-ranging horses kept on public grazing land in South Wales
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, equine, health, legislation, tether
2014
Characterization of hatch-size and growth rates of captive and wild-reared brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) chicks
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: development, hindlimb, limb deformities, postnatal growth
2013