Enhancing welfare in a mixed exhibit: The impact of dispersed whole food on activity levels and feeding behaviours of Mexican military macaws and red-billed curassows
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: behaviour, bird, captive animals, chopped food, enrichment, Feeding techniques, Whole food
2023
Unusual formation of air bubbles in the arms of the California two-spot octopus, Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883 during handling in captivity
Publication/Journal: Marine Biology
Keywords:
2023
Does Handling for Public Talks in Zoos Affect the Behaviour of Captive Mexican Red-Kneed Spiders Brachypelma hamorii?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: activity, enclosure use, handling, invertebrate, spiders, welfare
2022
Consumer Attitudes Toward Animal Welfare-Friendly Products and Willingness to Pay: Exploration of Mexican Market Segments
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, consumer segmentation, emerging markets, mexico, welfare-friendly products
2019
Reproductive Viability Analysis (RVA) as a new tool for ex situ population management
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ex situ, reproductive success, sustainability
2019
Diel and infradian (7-day) activity rhythms in Mexican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) kept with and without visitor contact
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: activity pattern, circadian rhythm, circaseptan rhythm, masking effect, zoo visitor effect
2018
Assessment of adrenocortical and gonadal hormones in male spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) following capture, restraint and anesthesia
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, new world primates, stress, testosterone
2013
Behavioral and physiological responses to subgroup size and number of people in howler monkeys inhabiting a forest fragment used for nature-based tourism
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: cortisol, forest fragmentation, primate conservation, stress, tourism, zoo
2013
Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) Care Manual
Publication/Journal:
Keywords: aza, care manual, eastern massasauga rattlesnake, rattlesnake
2013
Using rattlesnake microsatellites to determine paternity in captive bushmasters (Lachesis muta)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cross-species amplification, crotalinae, crotalus, genetic loci, lachesis muta, population management, sistrurus
2013