Activity budgets, responses to disturbance and novel behaviours in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax

Authors: Eve Mannings, Francesca Servini, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Journal

Keywords: amphibians, behaviour, disturbance, mSPI, welfare, zoo

2023

Social network-proximity association: Preliminary evaluation of giraffe sociality in a zoo-housed group

Authors: C Grasso, G Poso, C Lenzi

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: affiliative, giraffe, GIS, proximity, sociality

2022

Assessing the behaviour, welfare and husbandry of mouse deer (Tragulus spp.) in European zoos

Authors: Ricardo Lemos de Figueiredo, Matthew Hartley, Alison W Fletcher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, captive breeding, chevrotain, lesser mouse deer, Philippine mouse deer

2021

An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Maria Michela Spiriti, Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Silvia Colleoni, Cesare Galli, Frank Göritz, Robert Hermes, Susanne Holtze, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, Jan Stejskal, Samuel Mutisya, David Ndeereh, Stephen Ngulu, Richard Vigne, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros

2021

Human-Ape Interactions in a Zoo Setting: Gorillas and Orangutans Modify Their Behavior Depending upon Human Familiarity

Authors: J. Pedersen, K. Sorensen, B. Lupo, L. Marx

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoos

Keywords: familiarity effect, human-animal interaction, human-ape interaction, primate relationships, visitor effects

2019

Social play among juvenile wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) strengthens their social bonds

Authors: Masaki Shimada, Cédric Sueur

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: development, kinkazan, social bond, social network, social play

2018

A comparison of inferential analysis methods for multilevel studies: Implications for drawing conclusions in animal welfare science

Authors: Kara N. Stevens, Lucy Asher, Kym Griffin, Mary Friel, Niamh O'Connell, Lisa M. Collins

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, mixed effect models, pig, sample size, study design

2017

The animal welfare implications of civet coffee tourism in Bali

Authors: G. Carder, H. Proctor, J. Schmidt-Burbach, N. D'Cruze

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, common palm civet, kopi luwak, paradoxurus hermaphroditus, welfare assessment, wildlife tourism

2016

Melatonin is a redundant entraining signal in the rat circadian system

Authors: Pavel Houdek, Marta Nováková, Lenka Polidarová, Martin Sládek, Alena Sumová

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: clock gene, duodenum, liver, melatonin, pinealectomy, suprachiasmatic nucleus

2016

Non-ovarian aromatization is required to activate female sexual motivation in testosterone-treated ovariectomized quail

Authors: Catherine de Bournonville, Jacques Balthazart, Gregory F. Ball, Charlotte A. Cornil

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: approach behavior, aromatase activity, female sexual behavior, japanese quail, partner preference, tamoxifen, vorozole

2016

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