Health and Welfare Benefits of Computerized Cognitive Enrichment in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) at the US Navy Marine Mammal Program
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: california sea lion, cognitive enrichment, computerized task, pinniped welfare
2024
Specifically unspecific–Simple devices as feasible and effective enrichment for small mammals
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, behavioral enrichment, Multi-species approach, stereotypy, zoo
2024
Acoustic Monitoring of Professionally Managed Marine Mammals for Health and Welfare Insights
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: acoustic welfare, anthropogenic sound, marine mammal welfare
2023
Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress
2023
Early life adversities and lifelong health outcomes: A review of the literature on large, social, long-lived nonhuman mammals
Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Keywords: aging, early life, environment, Large-bodied mammal, Long-lived mammal, social
2023
Effects of Failure on California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Gameplay Strategies and Interest in a Cognitive Task: Implications for Cognitive Enrichment in Pinnipeds
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: *animal cognition, california sea lion, cognitive enrichment, marine mammal welfare, technological enrichment
2023
The Introduction of a Novel Computerized Apparatus to California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)
Publication/Journal: Aquatic Mammals
Keywords: california sea lion, cognition, cognitive enrichment, computer task, marine mammal, zalophus californianus
2023
Manatees in Zoological Parks throughout the World: History, State, and Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behaviour, cognition, ecology, management, manatee, welfare, zoos
2023
Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity
Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Keywords: adult mortality, first-year mortality, life expectancy, lifespan equality, population welfare
2023
Computer-vision object tracking for monitoring bottlenose dolphin habitat use and kinematics
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal behavior, dolphins, entropy, kinematics
2022