Assessing the Psychological Priorities for Optimising Captive Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare

Authors: Jake Stuart Veasey

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, appetitive, asian elephant, AWPIS, behavioural needs, cognition, motivation, psychological priorities, zoo

2019

Human-Ape Interactions in a Zoo Setting: Gorillas and Orangutans Modify Their Behavior Depending upon Human Familiarity

Authors: J. Pedersen, K. Sorensen, B. Lupo, L. Marx

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoos

Keywords: familiarity effect, human-animal interaction, human-ape interaction, primate relationships, visitor effects

2019

The Influence of Materialism on Purebred Dogs’ Welfare Among Two Different Generations in Colombia (South America)

Authors: Gonzalo Luna-Cortés

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavioral problems, generational segmentation, intention to abandon, materialism

2019

Is the rotarod test an objective alternative to the gait score for evaluating walking ability in chickens?

Authors: J. Malchow, A. Dudde, J. Berk, E. T. Krause, O. Sanders, B. Puppe, L. Schrader

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler, domestic fowl, gait score, motor co-ordination, walking ability

2019

Preference for Heights of Feeding Troughs in Mares: A Pilot Study

Authors: M. P. F. Luz, C. M. Maia, L. A. S. Arruda, M. F. Delagracia, J. N. P. P. Filho

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attention, feeding, mare, preference index, trough

2019

Using Qualitative Behaviour Assessment to Investigate Human-Animal Relationships in Zoo-Housed Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: Freisha Patel, Francoise Wemelsfelder, Samantha J. Ward

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, free choice profiling, HAR, human-animal interaction, keeper-animal interactions, qba

2019

Evaluating mood changes in response to anthropogenic noise with a response-slowing task in three species of zoo-housed primates

Authors: K. A. Cronin, E. J. Bethell, S. L. Jacobson, C. Egelkamp, L. M. Hopper, S. R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: affect, gorilla gorilla, macaca fuscata, mood, noise, pan troglodytes, response slowing, zoo

2018

Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Fail to Learn Abstract Cues of Differential Outcomes in a Novel Cognitive Bias Test

Authors: M. C. McGuire, J. Vonk

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affect, conditional discrimination, gorillas, quantity

2018

Non-invasive quantification of immunoglobulin A in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Authors: Emma L. Lantz, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Matthew R. Heintz, Carson M. Murray, Iddi Lipende, Dominic A. Travis, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: field methods, great apes, health, immune system, stress

2018