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
The Comparative Effect of Occupational and Musical Enrichment on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in a Captive Colony of Stumptail Macaques (Macaca arctoides)
Publication/Journal: Biology
Keywords: enrichment programs, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, macaca arctoides, music enrichment, occupational enrichment, primate welfare
2024
A Reexamination of the Relationship between Training Practices and Welfare in the Management of Ambassador Animals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: ambassador animal, choice, control, enrichment, institutional support, punishment, reinforcement, staff development, training
2024
Stereotypic Behaviour in Elephants
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases
Keywords: elephant, stereotypic behaviour, zoo
2024
Acoustic Monitoring of Professionally Managed Marine Mammals for Health and Welfare Insights
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: acoustic welfare, anthropogenic sound, marine mammal welfare
2023
Behavioral responses of captive brown bears Ursus arctos to the odor of conspecific urine
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: enrichment, Olfactory stimulation, stereotypic behavior, ursidae, zoos
2023
Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below ground level or ground level exhibitor and influx of visitors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare, visitor effects, white-tailed deer, zoo
2023
Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below-ground-level or ground-level exhibitor and influx of visitors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: Crowd noise, Exhibitor environment, habituation, ungulates, Visitors’ influx
2023
Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) in a walk-through enclosure
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: acoustic stress, animal welfare, behaviour, captivity, sound pressure, two-toed sloth
2023
The effect of anthropogenic noise on foraging and vigilance in zoo housed pied tamarins
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, bioacoustics, callitrichid, primate, stressor
2023