Cognitive Foraging Enrichment (but Not Non-Cognitive Enrichment) Improved Several Longer-Term Welfare Indicators in Bottlenose Dolphins
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behaviour, bottlenose dolphins, cognitive enrichment, environmental enrichment, zoo animal welfare
2023
Integrating Reference Intervals into Chimpanzee Welfare Research
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, glucocorticoids, immunoglobulin a, reference interval
2023
The Introduction of a Novel Computerized Apparatus to California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus)
Publication/Journal: Aquatic Mammals
Keywords: california sea lion, cognition, cognitive enrichment, computer task, marine mammal, zalophus californianus
2023
Welfare and Clinical Assessment on Physical Captures Followed by Anesthesia in Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: acepromazine, blood gas analysis, capture, chemical immobilization, conservation, medetomidine-ketamine, physical capture, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata, stress
2023
Zoo studies in primate physiology, health, and welfare
The Animal-Visitor Interaction Protocol (AVIP) for the assessment of Lemur catta walk-in enclosure in zoos
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal welfare, AVIP, lemur, zoo
2022
Assessment of Feeding Behavior of the Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) and Nutritional Values of Natural Prey
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, diet, insectivorous, live feed, mymercophagidae, zenartha
2022
Assessment of Indoor Air Quality for Group-Housed Macaques (Macaca spp.)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: air quality, airborne fungi, ammonia, dust, endotoxin, humidity, non-human primate, ventilation rate
2022
Body mass and growth rates in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) cared for in African wildlife sanctuaries, zoological institutions, and research facilities
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captivity, chimpanzee, growth rate
2022
Impact of alternating overnight housing conditions on welfare measures in a bachelor group of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: animal welfare, bachelor groups, gorilla, overnight housing
2022