Internal and external factors affect pair mate proximity in captive coyotes, Canis latrans

Authors: Alexandra Turano, Stacey P. Brummer, Jeffrey T. Schultz, Julie K. Young, Sara M. Freeman

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: coyote, hormone, pair-bonding, progesterone, proximity, synchrony

2024

Age-Related Change in the Association Choices of Two Species of Juvenile Flamingos

Authors: Abbie Loader, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, association, behavioural development, enclosure use, flamingo

2023

Biological and Management-Related Predictors of Reproductive Success in North American Ex Situ Asian Small-Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus)

Authors: Ashley D. Franklin, Monica M. McDonald, Mary Agnew, Sarah Duncan, David M. Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: breeding programs, deslorelin, habitat complexity, mate incompatibility, reproductive viability analysis (RVA), reversibility, Suprelorin, zoo

2023

Quality of Life Assessment: The Value of Longitudinal Data in Making the End-of-Life Care Decision for a Macaque (Macaca Silenus/Macaca Nemestrina)

Authors: Lindsay Simpson, Julie Grove, Ellen Bronson, Elizabeth S Herrelko

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal management, end-of-life decisions, quality of life, singly housed, welfare

2023

Sonic enrichment at the zoo: What will the zoo of the future sound like?

Authors: Rébecca Kleinberger

Publication/Journal: Interaction Studies

Keywords: animal agency, animal control, animal enrichment, animal ethics, animal wellbeing, animal-computer-interaction, audio enrichment, interspecies enrichment, sonic enrichment, zoo interactive systems, zoo technology

2023

Principal Component Analysis as a Novel Method for the Assessment of the Enclosure Use Patterns of Captive Livingstone’s Fruit Bats (Pteropus livingstonii)

Authors: Morgan J Edwards, Charlotte A Hosie, Tessa E Smith, Dominic Wormell, Eluned Price, Christina R Stanley

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: critically endangered, enclosure design, fruit bats, principal component analysis, Spread of participation index, zoo management

2021

Music for Monkeys: Building Methods to Design with White-Faced Sakis for Animal-Driven Audio Enrichment Devices

Authors: Roosa Piitulainen, Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal technology, animal-computer-interaction, audio enrichment, white-faced saki

2020

Music for Monkeys: Building Methods to Design with White-Faced Sakis for Animal-Driven Audio Enrichment Devices

Authors: Roosa Piitulainen, Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal technology, animal-computer-interaction, audio enrichment, white-faced saki

2020

Evaluation of management in North American zoos to enhance breeding success of the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ex situ population

Authors: Jilian M. Fazio, Elizabeth W. Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Edward C. M. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ex situ husbandry, felids, reproductive behavior

2019