Environmental enrichment improves cognitive flexibility in rainbow trout in a visual discrimination task: first insights

Authors: Valentin Brunet, Thomas Lafond, Aude Kleiber, Léa Lansade, Ludovic Calandreau, Violaine Colson

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

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2023

Getting to the Meat of It: The Effects of a Captive Diet upon the Skull Morphology of the Lion and Tiger

Authors: David M. Cooper, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, David W. Macdonald, Bruce D. Patterson, Galina P. Salkina, Viktor G. Yudin, Andrew J. Dugmore, Andrew C. Kitchener

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, conservation, development, linear morphometrics, ontogeny, panthera, phenotypic plasticity, taxonomy, welfare, wild

2023

Precursors and aftermath of severe targeted aggression in captive cotton-top tamarins

Authors: Gabriele Schino, Carla Cherubini, Benedetta Pellegrini Quarantotti, Massimiliano Di Giovanni

Publication/Journal: Primates

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2023

Exploring the social network of European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in captivity

Authors: Désirée Brucks, Barbara Drews, Susanne E Ulbrich

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affiliation, captivity, roe deer, social bonds, social flexibility, social network analysis

2022

Forest access restores foraging and ranging behavior in captive sifakas

Authors: Lydia K Greene, Jean‐Basile Andriambeloson, Marina B Blanco, Erin E Ehmke

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, foraging, lemur

2022

Activity budget of zoo-housed Dolichotis patagonum mates

Authors: Johan Baechli, Laura Marisa Bellis, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, ex-situ management, monogamy, rodent

2021

Social relationships among captive male pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmaeus): Is forming male same‐sex pairs a feasible management strategy?

Authors: Yumi Yamanashi, Kei Nemoto, Josue Alejandro

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: affiliative, aggression, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, management strategies, same-sex grouping, slow loris, social group

2021

Supporting Zoo Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare and Herd Dynamics with a More Complex and Expanded Habitat

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, David Shepherdson, Karen Lewis, Natalia Prado, Janine L Brown, Bob Lee, Nadja Wielebnowski

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: adrenal activity, behavior, elephant, feeding predictability, glucocorticoids, gps, habitat evaluation, locomotion, sociality, welfare

2021

Chimpanzee immigration: Complex social strategies differ between zoo-based and wild animals

Authors: Jennifer Susan McClung, Florent Goetschi, Adrian Baumeyer, Klaus Zuberbühler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: demonic females, immigration, integration, inter-group, policing, social relationship

2020

The Four Cs of Modern (Neuro) ethology and Neuroethics: Cognition, Complexity, Conation, and Culture

Authors: Simon Gadbois

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: affective neuroscience, cognition, complexity, conation, culture, social neuroscience

2020

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