The effect of preference assessment-informed enrichment device colour on biting and foraging behaviour in loggerhead sea turtles

Authors: Andrew Bulla, Amanda Mahoney, Victoria Maria Lee, Devin Dumont, Lisa Kovalanchik

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aquarium, environmental enrichment, foraging, loggerhead sea turtle, nutrition, preference testing, rehabilitation

2024

Impact of diet and environmental enrichment management in stereotyped behaviours: a case study in tayra Eira barbara

Authors: Ana Camila Beltrán Urrego, Daniel Alejandro Bernal Aguilar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, Five Domains, mustelids, nutrition, stereotypies

2024

Introducing the Mellorater—The Five Domains Model in a Welfare Monitoring App for Animal Guardians

Authors: Cristina L. Wilkins, Paul D. McGreevy, Suzanne M. Cosh, Cathrynne Henshall, Bidda Jones, Amy D. Lykins, William Billingsley

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal husbandry, end-of-life decisions, quality of life, welfare assessment

2024

Nutrition in captive penguins: What do we know about how can we make it better?

Authors: Bruna Maganhe

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal nutrition, energy requirements, feeding guidelines, polar habitat, spheniscidae

2024

Activity budget and behaviour of giant otters Pteronura brasiliensis at Parken Zoo, Eskilstuna, Sweden

Authors: Mélodie Friedmann, Anita Burkevica, Linn Lagerström, Jenny Gustafsson, Julia Johnsson, Peter Lundgren, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: activity budget, behaviour, feeding enrichment, Pteronura brasiliensis, welfare, zoo

2023

Comparison of Estimated Wild Giant Anteater (Myrmecopahaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) Diets with Commercial Diets for Insectivores: Implications for Anteater Health

Authors: Heidi Bissell, Mario H. Alves, Débora R. Yogui, Margarita Woc Colburn, Arnaud L. J. Desbiez

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: nutrition, pilosa, wildlife, xenarthra

2023

Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science

Authors: Walter Veit, Heather Browning

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords:

2023

The effect of anthropogenic noise on foraging and vigilance in zoo housed pied tamarins

Authors: Fiene Steinbrecher, Jacob C. Dunn, Eluned C. Price, Lisa H. Buck, Claudia A. F. Wascher, Fay E. Clark

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, bioacoustics, callitrichid, primate, stressor

2023

Environmental Enrichment and Its Effect on the Welfare of Two Asian Elephants in African Safari Wildlife Conservation Park (Puebla, Mexico)

Authors: Martha Trinidad Pérez Ramírez, Nora Garcez Mercado, María Rebeca Rojas Ronquillo, Marco Antonio Alarcón Zapata, Melina Maribel Ojeda Chi, Carlos David Pérez Brígido, Abigail Tabarez Rojas

Publication/Journal: Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behavior, environmental enrichment

2023

Environmental Enrichment and Its Effect on the Welfare of Two Asian Elephants in African Safari Wildlife Conservation Park (Puebla, Mexico)

Authors: Martha Trinidad Pérez Ramírez, Nora Garcez Mercado, María Rebeca Rojas Ronquillo, Marco Antonio Alarcón Zapata, Melina Maribel Ojeda Chi, Carlos David Pérez Brígido, Abigail Tabarez Rojas

Publication/Journal: Open Journal of Animal Sciences

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behavior, environmental enrichment

2023

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