Evaluation of the time-activity budgets of captive ducks (Anatidae) compared to wild counterparts
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, behaviour, evidence-based husbandry, pinioning, waterfowl, welfare, wildfowl
2022
Evaluation of the time-activity budgets of captive ducks (Anatidae) compared to wild counterparts
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, behaviour, evidence-based husbandry, pinioning, waterfowl, welfare, wildfowl
2022
Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis
2019
The welfare of ducks during foie gras production
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, control of feeding behaviour, foie gras, force-feeding, liver steatosis, mulard duck
2017
Mate call as reward: Acoustic communication signals can acquire positive reinforcing values during adulthood in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: *animal mate selection, *animal mating behavior, *animal vocalizations, *bird song, *female animals, birds, operant conditioning, reinforcement
2016
Commercially available avian and mammalian whole prey diet items targeted for consumption by managed exotic and domestic pet felines: Macronutrient, mineral, and long-chain fatty acid composition
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cat, diet composition, feline nutrition, proximate analysis, raw diet
2014
Detection of pathogenic Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using water filtration, animal and bait testing
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amphibians, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, chytridiomycosis, keratin, molecular beacon realtime pcr, water testing
2014
Sickness behaviours in ducks include anorexia but not lethargy
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: anorexia, lethargy, lps, pekin duck, sickness behaviour, staphylococcus aureus
2013
Duck’s Not Dead: Does Restocking With Captive Bred Individuals Affect the Genetic Integrity of Wild Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Population?
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: genetic introgression, hybridization, major histocompatibility complex, mtdna, restocking, waterfowl
2012
Factors affecting nest choice by Pekin ducks
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: domestic duck, nest design, nest site selection
2011