Development and assessment of a stair ascension challenge as a measure of aging and physical function in nonhuman primates
Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol
Keywords: *Frailty, African green monkey, aging, animals, mobility, nonhuman primates, primates
2024
Assessing the impact of environmental enrichment on behavior in understudied armadillo species: A case study
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, armadillo, environmental enrichment, evidence-based husbandry, zoo behavior
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
Brown Bear Cognition and Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases
Keywords: animal welfare, bears, cognition, cognitive stimulation, ursids
2023
Contrafreeloading Indicating the Behavioural Need to Forage in Healthy and Feather Damaging Grey Parrots
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: enrichment, feather damaging behaviour, feather picking, feather plucking, foraging, psittacine, psittacus erithacus
2023
The Effect of Enrichment on Leopard Geckos (Eublepharis macularius) Housed in Two Different Maintenance Systems (Rack System vs. Terrarium)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, leopard gecko, rack system, terrarium
2023
Effects of food-based enrichment on enclosure use and behavioral patterns in captive mammalian predators: a case study from an Austrian wildlife park
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: animal behavior, animal visibility, animal welfare, brown bear, Domestic ferret, Pine marten
2023
Environmental enrichment in ruminants and equines: Introduction
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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
Reaction to Novel Objects and Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in Two Species of Nocturnal Geckos
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, fecal corticosterone metabolites, gecko, individual differences, nocturnal species, object novelty, physiological stress, reptiles
2023