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
The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Monitoring Animal Identification, Health, and Behaviour
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, animal health, artificial intelligence, conservation, identification, monitoring, orangutan, pongo abelii
2022
Effects of conditioning on the welfare of jaguars (Panthera onca) in captivity
Publication/Journal: Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
Keywords: feline, jaguar, positive reinforcement, salivary cortisol, stress, training
2021
Appetitive Search Behaviors and Stereotypies in Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus)
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: appetitive behavior, polar bears, response-independent schedules, stereotypies, welfare, zoos
2020
Effect of preceding activity and multiple testing of Belgian police horses on behavior during personality tests
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: behavioral assessment, multiple testing, personality, police horse, preceding activity
2019
Given the Cold Shoulder: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Reptile Sentience
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, emotion, exotic pet trade, lizard, reptile, sentience, snake, tortoise, turtle
2019
Preparing for Life After Birth: Introducing the Concepts of Intrauterine and Extrauterine Sensory Entrainment in Mammalian Young
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: fetal sensory systems, in utero sensory environment, learning, memory, neuroplasticity, sensory development after birth, sensory maturity at birth, trans-natal sensory continuity
2019
Behavioral responses to emotional challenges in female rats living in a seminatural environment: The role of estrogen receptors
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: co-occurrence analysis, diarylpropionitrile, fear, positive emotion, propylpyrazoletriol, seminatural environment, sexual behavior, social behavior
2018
Positioning Animal Welfare in the One Health Concept through Evaluation of an Animal Welfare Center in Skopje, Macedonia
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, center, evaluation, impact stakeholders, one health, transdisciplinarity
2018
The ins and outs of the litter box: A detailed ethogram of cat elimination behavior in two contrasting environments
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: cat, defecation, elimination behavior, litter box, urination, wellbeing
2017