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

The Effect of Enrichment on Leopard Geckos (Eublepharis macularius) Housed in Two Different Maintenance Systems (Rack System vs. Terrarium)

Authors: Damian Zieliński

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, leopard gecko, rack system, terrarium

2023

Estimating the cardiac signals of chimpanzees using a digital camera: validation and application of a novel non-invasive method for primate research

Authors: Danyi Wang, Johanna Eckert, Sam Teague, Ali Al-Naji, Daniel Haun, Javaan Chahl

Publication/Journal: Behavior Research Methods

Keywords:

2023

Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Linda M. Penfold, Franz Schwarzenberger, Graeme B. Martin, César A. Rosales-Nieto, Monique C. J. Paris

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone

2023

A novel method for automatically analysing the activity of fast-moving animals: a case study of Callimico goeldii monkeys housed in a zoological garden

Authors: Nieckarz Zenon, Nowicki Jacek, Labocha Karolina, Pawlak Krzysztof

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords:

2023

Providing baseline data for conservation–Heart rate monitoring in captive scimitar-horned oryx

Authors: Peter Leimgruber, Nucharin Songsasen, Jared A Stabach, Megan Horning, Dolores Reed, Tara Buk, Arielle Harwood, Lawrence Layman, Christopher Mathews, Morgan Vance

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Physiology

Keywords: heart rate monitoring, oryx

2023

The quest to develop automated systems for monitoring animal behavior

Authors: Janice M. Siegford, Juan P. Steibel, Junjie Han, Madonna Benjamin, Tami Brown-Brandl, Joao R. R. Dórea, Daniel Morris, Tomas Norton, Eric Psota, Guilherme J. M. Rosa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behavior, Automated monitoring technology, observation, sensors

2023

Social Reward Behaviour in Two Groups of European Grey Wolves (Canis lupus lupus)—A Case Study

Authors: Hana Tebelmann, Udo Gansloßer

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavioural chains, Canis lupus lupus, mammals, novel object, prosociality, social behavior, social reward, wolves

2023

Trainer Interaction Can Improve Welfare Outcomes of Toy Enrichment for Isolated Animals: A Case Study

Authors: Kelly Jaakkola, Sarah Brignac, Linda Erb, Emily Guarino, Abigail Haddock, Armando Rodriguez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, human-animal interaction, training

2023

Automated Video-Based Analysis Framework for Behavior Monitoring of Individual Animals in Zoos Using Deep Learning—A Study on Polar Bears

Authors: Matthias Zuerl, Philip Stoll, Ingrid Brehm, René Raab, Dario Zanca, Samira Kabri, Johanna Happold, Heiko Nille, Katharina Prechtel, Sophie Wuensch

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal monitoring, animal welfare, behavior observation, deep learning, object detection, ursus maritimus

2022