Behavioural Indicators of Pain and Suffering in Arthropods and Might Pain Bite Back?

Authors: Robert W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Chelicerata, contests, Mandibulata, nociception, pain, traumatic mating, venom

2023

Effect of Social Dominance and Reproductive State on Adrenal Steroids in Female Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Authors: E. N. Hart, R. S. C. Takeshita

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: adrenal function, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEAS), japanese macaques, macaca fuscata, stress response

2023

Time Budget and Activity Patterns During the Mating Period of Flat-headed Cat Prionailurus planiceps in Captivity

Authors: Patchara Danaisawadi, Sutida Piriyarom, Warit Krasaeden, Satreerat Pramkasem, Saranya Rurkkhum, Surasak Yimprasert

Publication/Journal: Tropical Natural History

Keywords:

2023

Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?

Authors: Jack Boultwood, Michelle O’Brien, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect

2021

Influence of male presence on female Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) behaviour in captivity

Authors: Bruno Colaço, Ana Pinto, Mikkel Stelvig, Carla Costa, Jorge Colaço

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, elephant, stereotypic, welfare, zoo

2020

Testing use of a potential cognitive enrichment device by an Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)

Authors: Eszter Matrai, Angela KW Ng, Michelle MH Chan, Suzanne M Gendron, Kathleen M Dudzinski

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, dolphin, problem solving

2020

Improving the sustainability of ex situ populations with mate choice

Authors: Meghan S. Martin-Wintle, Nathan J.P. Wintle, María Díez-León, Ronald R. Swaisgood, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, conservation breeding, cooperative breeding program, mate choice, reproductive success, species survival plan

2019

Validation and welfare assessment of flipper-mounted time-depth recorders for monitoring penguins in zoos and aquariums

Authors: Grace Fuller, Matthew R. Heintz, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bio-logging, data-loggers, gentoo penguin, king penguin, macaroni penguin, rockhopper penguin

2019

We demand compromise: which achieves more, asking for small or large changes?

Authors: M. C. Appleby

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, compromise, diplomacy, policy, sentience, strategy

2019