The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests

Authors: Jorge Tobajas, María Josefa Ruiz-Aguilera, José Vicente López-Bao, Pablo Ferreras, Rafael Mateo

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: conditioned taste aversion, human–wildlife conflict, large carnivore conservation, livestock predation, non-lethal predation control, wildlife management

2020

Making a Tiger’s Day: Free-Operant Assessment and Environmental Enrichment to Improve the Daily Lives of Captive Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris)

Authors: Michael Clayton, Trista Shrock

Publication/Journal: Behavior Analysis in Practice

Keywords: environmental enrichment, free operant, preference assessment, tigers

2020

Preference assessments as a tool to evaluate environmental enrichment

Authors: Jocelyn M Woods, Erin K Lane, Lance J Miller

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, free operant, paired-choice, preference assessment

2020

The Relevance of Operant Behavior in Conceptualizing the Psychological Well-Being of Captive Animals

Authors: Erin B Rasmussen, M Christopher Newland, Ethan Hemmelman

Publication/Journal: Perspectives on Behavior Science

Keywords: animal welfare, operant behavior

2020

Body language: Its importance for communication with horses

Authors: Jan Ladewig

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: body language, communication, equine, handling, safety

2019

Orangutans’ Comprehension of Zoo Keepers’ Communicative Signals

Authors: Guillaume Dezecache, Aude Bourgeois, Christophe Bazin, Philippe Schlenker, Emmanuel Chemla, Audrey Maille

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, gestures, inter-species communication, medical training, orangutans, speech

2019

Positive Reinforcement Conditioning as a Tool for Frequent Minimally Invasive Blood and Vaginal Swab Sampling in African Lions (Panthera Leo)

Authors: Isabel Callealta, Imke Lueders, Ilse Luther-Binoir, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: african lion, behavioral training, blood collection, operant conditioning, vaginal swab collection

2019

A Framework to Assess the Impact of New Animal Management Technologies on Welfare: A Case Study of Virtual Fencing

Authors: Caroline Lee, Ian G. Colditz, Dana L. M. Campbell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, avoidance learning, cattle, cognition, cognitive activation theory of stress, livestock, sheep, virtual fencing

2018

Applying Behavioral Conditioning to Identify Anticipatory Behaviors

Authors: Bethany L. Krebs, Erika Torres, Charlie Chesney, Veronica Kantoniemi Moon, Jason V. Watters

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, zoo animals

2017

The glass is not yet half empty: agitation but not Varroa treatment causes cognitive bias in honey bees

Authors: H. Schluns, H. Welling, J. R. Federici, L. Lewejohann

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: animal behavior, apidae, apis-mellifera hymenoptera, appetitive learning, aversive learning, behavioral sciences, colonies, destructor, formic acid, invertebrate emotion, invertebrate welfare, jacobsoni acari, judgment bias, olfactory conditioning, proboscis extension, proboscis extension reflex, zoology

2017