The Comparative Effect of Occupational and Musical Enrichment on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in a Captive Colony of Stumptail Macaques (Macaca arctoides)

Authors: Lilian Mayagoitia-Novales, Ana Lilia Cerda-Molina, María Andrea Martín-Guerrero, Emmanuel Muñoz-Zamudio, Gema R. Estudillo-Mendoza, Javier I. Borráz-León

Publication/Journal: Biology

Keywords: enrichment programs, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, macaca arctoides, music enrichment, occupational enrichment, primate welfare

2024

Effects of different rooting materials on behaviour and welfare of finishing pigs

Authors: Ellen Marie Rosvold, Marko Ocepek, Inger Lise Andersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, finishing pigs, rooting material, welfare

2024

Environmental Enrichment in Rabbit Husbandry: Comparative Impacts on Performance and Welfare

Authors: Karim El-Sabrout, Anjum Sherasiya, Sohail Ahmad, Sarah Aggag, Eleonora Nannoni, Damiano Cavallini, Giovanni Buonaiuto

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, environmental stress, housing enrichment, productive performance, rabbit, sensors, welfare

2024

Glucocorticoids and behavior in non-human primates: A meta-analytic approach to unveil potential coping mechanisms

Authors: Roberto Fiorini-Torrico, Kristel Myriam De Vleeschouwer, Lisieux Fuzessy, Leonardo de Carvalho Oliveira

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavior, captive, coping, Correlations, cortisol, meta-analysis, non-human primates, Stress alleviation, stress response, wild

2024

Paternal behavior in captive fat-tailed dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleus medius) is preserved under socially relevant conditions

Authors: Marina B. Blanco, Rachel Bernstein, Laura M. Durlacher, Lisa Hathaway, Mandy Matson, James Sigafoos, Lynn Wells, Lydia K. Greene

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: duke lemur center, hibernation, Pair-living Primate

2024

Shared Accountability Shaping the Destinies of Individual and Groups of Nonhuman Primates

Authors: Ori Pomerantz, Gregory Brion Timmel

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences

Keywords: collaboration, group housing, integrative approach, rhesus macaque, welfare

2024

Whole versus chopped food: the bintu-right way to do it?

Authors: Alexander J. Vine, Amy Hammond, Georgia Abernethy Palmer, James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Discover Animals

Keywords: arctictis binturong, carnivora, chopped food, food particle size, wildlife park, zoo

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