Investigating Zoo Management Based on Visitors‘ Perception of service performance: a case of zoo Rabbitland, Malaysia

Authors: SITI FAHAZARINA HAZUDIN, MOHD AIDIL RIDUAN AWANG KADER, MOHD FAIZAL, AZRUL AZWAN MUHAMED, NOR HIDAYATUN ABDUL RAZAK, MAISARAH ISHAK, ADIBAH HUSSIN, AFIQAH BAZLLA MD SOOM

Publication/Journal: Journal of Sustainability Science and Management

Keywords: animal zoo tourism, Business excellence, service performance, sustainability, zoo management

2023

Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo

Authors: Ronald G Oldfield, Josie E Thal, Praanjal Das, Nick J Zarlinga, Kristen E Lukas, Jason D Wark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Ethology

Keywords: agonistic behavior, feeding competition, piranha, zoo

2022

Differing animal welfare conceptions and what they mean for the future of zoos and aquariums, insights from an animal welfare audit

Authors: Jake S Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, audit

2022

Environmental enrichment impacts discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar human odours in snakes (Pantherophis guttata)

Authors: Gokulan Nagabaskaran, Oliver HP Burman, Tatjana Hoehfurtner, Anna Wilkinson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment, environment, familiarity, odour discrimination, reptile, snake

2021

A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time

Authors: Viktoria Michel, Marcus Clauss, Dennis WH Müller, Sven Hammer

Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience

2021

Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: Don R Bergfelt, Sydney Davis, Anne Conan, Michelle Martinez, Rocio Canales, Roberto Sanchez-Okrucky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism

2020

Behavioural differences between weaner pigs with intact and docked tails

Authors: M. A. Paoli, H. P. Lahrmann, T. Jensen, R. B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, intact tail, pigs, tail docking, tail-biting

2016

EFFECTS OF “SWIM WITH THE TURTLES” TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ON GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) HEALTH IN BARBADOS, WEST INDIES

Authors: K. Stewart, T. Norton, H. Mohammed, D. Browne, K. Clements, K. Thomas, T. Yaw, J. Horrocks

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: animal welfare, barbados, biochemistry, birds, blood values, caretta caretta, chelonia mydas, green sea, growth-rates, health, hematology, immunoglobulins, marine turtles, plasma, population, reptiles, southern bahamas, turtle, veterinary sciences

2016

Neural mechanisms of mother–infant bonding and pair bonding: Similarities, differences, and broader implications

Authors: Michael Numan, Larry J. Young

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, dopamine, medial preoptic area, monogamy, nucleus accumbens, oxytocin, social attachment, vasopressin, ventral pallidum

2016

Effect of ambient noise on parent–offspring interactions in tree swallows

Authors: Marty L. Leonard, Andrew G. Horn, Krista N. Oswald, Emma McIntyre

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ambient noise, nestling, parent–offspring communication, tachycineta bicolor, tree swallow

2015

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