Effects of food-based enrichment on enclosure use and behavioral patterns in captive mammalian predators: a case study from an Austrian wildlife park
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: animal behavior, animal visibility, animal welfare, brown bear, Domestic ferret, Pine marten
2023
Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e
2020
The concept of behavioural needs in contemporary fur science: do we know what American mink (Mustela vison) really need?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: american mink, animal housing, animal welfare, behavioural needs, ethics, swimming
2017
Ferrets’ (Mustela putorius furo) enrichment priorities and preferences as determined in a seven-chamber consumer demand study
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural priorities, consumer demand, enrichment, ferret, maximum price paid
2016
Early transfer of mated females into the maternity unit reduces stress and increases maternal care in farm mink
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, hpa axis, maternal behaviour, neovison vison aka mustela vison, nest building, reproduction, stress
2015
Effect of captivity and management on behaviour of the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, domestic ferrets, enrichment, housing, stereotypies
2014
Additional foraging elements reduce abnormal behaviour – fur-chewing and stereotypic behaviour – in farmed mink (Neovison vison)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: foraging, fur-chewing, neovison vison aka mustela vison, stereotypies, stress, welfare
2013
The causes of the low breeding success of european mink (Mustela lutreola) in captivity
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aggression, behavior, conservation, ex situ, mustelids
2013
Novelty exploration, baseline cortisol level and fur-chewing in farm mink with different intensities of stereotypic behaviour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, fur-chewing, mustela vison syn. neovison vison, stereotypic behaviour
2013
Responses of mink to auditory stimuli: Prerequisites for applying the ‘cognitive bias’ approach
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: *cognitive bias, american mink, associative learning, auditory discrimination, neovison vison aka mustela vison
2012