Abnormal swimming is associated with inner ear damage and improves with meclizine treatment and increased habitat complexity: A case study in Urobatis jamaicensis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, aquarium science, elasmobranch, vestibular disease
2024
Assessing Giraffe Welfare During Seasonal Habitat Changes in Northern US Zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, enclosure, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, giraffe, recumbency
2024
A Comparative Multi-Zoo Survey Investigating the Housing and Husbandry of Callimico goeldii
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: callitrichid, captive management, enclosure complexity, goeldi's monkey, welfare
2024
Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis
2024
Assessing the impact of environmental enrichment on behavior in understudied armadillo species: A case study
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, armadillo, environmental enrichment, evidence-based husbandry, zoo behavior
2023
Behavioural effects of a giraffe public feeding programme on Masai giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi and plains zebra Equus quagga in a mixed-species exhibit
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: giraffe, mixed-species enclosure, public feeding, zoo
2023
The Benefits of Increased Space and Habitat Complexity for the Welfare of Zoo-Housed King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic behavior, data-loggers, exhibit design, post-occupancy evaluation, time–depth recorders
2023
A comparison of staff presence and signage on zoo visitor behavior
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal–visitor interactions, interpretive, zoo visitor behavior
2023
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
Effects of honey locust seed pods on the behavior and nutrient intake of zoo‐housed François langurs and prehensile‐tailed porcupines
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: dietary enrichment, langur, prehensile-tailed porcupine, seed pods
2023