Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Marcus Mazorra, Lindsay Wick, Scott Krug, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andy Daneault, Andrew C Alba

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design

2022

Evaluating the Effect of Visitor Presence on Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Behavior

Authors: Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Hani Freeman, Andrew C Alba, Joseph Soltis, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, visitor effect, zoo

2021

Preference and Motivation Tests for Body Tactile Stimulation in Fish

Authors: Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Guilherme Delgado Martins, Eliane Gonçalves-de-Freitas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aggressive behavior, choice, motivation, social stress, welfare

2021

Behavioural response, welfare, and performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) under different water temperatures

Authors: Enas N Said, Fayza Abd Allah Ahmed, Al-Sadik Y Saleem, Hesham H Mohammed, Mohamed YI Youssef, Azhar F Abdel Fattah

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies

Keywords: behaviour, crossing test, nile tilapia, water temperature, welfare

2020

Environmental enrichment techniques and tryptophan supplementation used to improve the quality of life and animal welfare of Nile tilapia

Authors: João Favero Neto, Percilia Cardoso Giaquinto

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture Reports

Keywords: aggressive behavior, animal behavior, oreochromis niloticus, preference, stereotypes

2020

Specialised for the Swamp, Catered for in Captivity? A Cross-Institutional Evaluation of Captive Husbandry for Two Species of Lechwe

Authors: Paul E Rose, Lewis J Rowden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: antelope, evidence-based practice, kobus leche, Kobus megaceros, zoo husbandry

2020

Tactile stimulation reduces aggressiveness but does not lower stress in a territorial fish

Authors: Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, Eliane Goncalves-de-Freitas

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: aggression, stress, tactile, territorial fish

2019

Achieving optimal welfare for the Nile hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in North American zoos and aquariums

Authors: Kaylin S. Tennant, Valerie D. Segura, Megan C. Morris, Kristen Denninger Snyder, David Bocian, Dan Maloney, Terry L. Maple

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: captivity, exhibit design, hippopotamus, welfare, wellness

2018

Behaviour of proactive and reactive tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in a T-maze

Authors: Flávia O. Mesquita, Isabela F. A. Torres, Ronald K. Luz

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: associative training, coping strategy, personality, t-maze, tilapia

2016

Dietary self-selection in fish: a new approach to studying fish nutrition and feeding behavior

Authors: R. F. da Silva, A. Kitagawa, F. J. S. Vazquez

Publication/Journal: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Keywords: dicentrarchus-labrax l, european sea bass, fed gelatin capsules, fisheries, food intake, macronutrient, macronutrient selection, marine & freshwater biology, micronutrient, nile tilapia, nutritional target, nutritional wisdom, oncorhynchus-mykiss, postingestive signals, rainbow-trout, seabream diplodus-puntazzo

2016

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