Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo
2024
Animal welfare research is fascinating, ethical, and useful—but how can it be more rigorous?
Publication/Journal: BMC Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, evidence-based animal care, welfare science
2023
Doing better for understudied species: Evaluation and improvement of a species-general animal welfare assessment tool for zoos
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, aquariums, Taxonomic differences, welfare assessment, zoos
2023
Exploring the Effect of Age on the Reproductive and Stress Physiology of Octopus bimaculoides Using Dermal Hormones
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: California two-spot octopus, cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, senescence, testosterone
2023
Factors affecting captive female giraffe stress response: Male presence, small enclosure, and low temperature
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: agonistic interaction, conflict management, noninvasive hormone monitoring, social housing condition, social rank
2023
Improving Animal Wellbeing Using Behavior-Based Methodologies: A Discussion on Enrichment and Bears under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bear enrichment, bears, behavior-based enrichment, behavior-based husbandry, enrichment, goal-based enrichment, living strategies
2023
Quality-of-Life Assessments in Zoo Animals: Not Just for the Aged and Charismatic
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, assessment, decision-making, euthanasia, geriatric, quality of life, zoo animal
2023
Visually assessed body condition shows high heritability in a pedigreed great ape population
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: animal models, body condition score, bonobo, relative fat mass
2023
Zoo Animal Welfare Assessment: Where Do We Stand?
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal-based indicators, stress, welfare assessment, welfare indicator, zoo animal welfare
2023
Fecal glucocorticoid analysis as a health monitoring tool for endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: african penguin, breeding, corticosterone, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, molt, noninvasive
2022