Assessment of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and physiological biomarkers in aquarium-based bottlenose dolphins and killer whales

Authors: Leila S. Lemos, Estela Manfrin da Silva, Karen J. Steinman, Todd R. Robeck, Natalia Quinete

Publication/Journal: Chemosphere

Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, Hydrogen peroxide, Lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress

2024

Does zoo visitor presence and noise impact the behaviour and enclosure use of zoo-housed Siamese crocodiles? A case study

Authors: Kevin Gray, James Edward Brereton, Alexandros Theodorou

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: crocodilian, Electivity Index, enclosure design, post-occupancy evaluation, visitor presence

2024

The effects of anthropogenic noise on frogs housed on exhibit at a public aquarium

Authors: Colette Angel, Michael Romano, Charles R. Knapp

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustics, conservation, Dentrobatidae, vocalization, zoo

2024

Visitor impacts on social dynamics and space use in captive Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in a naturalistic zoo exhibit: A new methodological approach

Authors: Hugo Leroy, Calogero Montedoro, Jean-Pascal Guery, Thierry Hance

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: human-animal interactions, Naturalistic zoo exhibit, Ripley’s function, visitor effect, western lowland gorilla, zoo animal welfare

2024

Acoustic Monitoring of Professionally Managed Marine Mammals for Health and Welfare Insights

Authors: Kelley A. Winship, Brittany L. Jones

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acoustic welfare, anthropogenic sound, marine mammal welfare

2023

Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below ground level or ground level exhibitor and influx of visitors

Authors: Nelly Elizabeth Puc-Balam, Luis Armando Sarmiento-Franco, Pedro Geraldo González-Pech

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

Authors: Nelly Elizabeth Puc-Balam, Luis Armando Sarmiento-Franco, Pedro Geraldo González-Pech

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

Authors: Yuri Garcia de Abreu Rezende, Marina Bonde Queiroz, Robert John Young, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acoustic stress, animal welfare, behaviour, captivity, sound pressure, two-toed sloth

2023

Can an Enrichment Programme with Novel Manipulative and Scent Stimuli Change the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed European Wildcats? A Case Study

Authors: Valentina Bertoni, Barbara Regaiolli, Alessandro Cozzi, Stefano Vaglio, Caterina Spiezio

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: F3 semiochemical, scent enrichment programme, wildcats

2023

Contrafreeloading Indicating the Behavioural Need to Forage in Healthy and Feather Damaging Grey Parrots

Authors: Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland, Nico J. Schoemaker, Johannes T. Lumeij

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: enrichment, feather damaging behaviour, feather picking, feather plucking, foraging, psittacine, psittacus erithacus

2023