A Quantitative Approach for Using Anticipatory Behavior as a Graded Welfare Assessment

Authors: Aleksei A Podturkin, Bethany L Krebs, Jason V Watters

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, sea lion, zoo animal

2022

Enrichment reduces stereotypical behaviors and improves foraging development in rehabilitating Eastern Pacific Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardii)

Authors: Karli R Chudeau, Shawn P Johnson, Nancy G Caine

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: applied welfare, behavioral management, conservation, foraging, pinniped, wildlife rehabilitation

2019

Optimal marine mammal welfare under human care: Current efforts and future directions

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Donald M. Broom, Cristina Acasuso-Rivero, Fay Clark

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cetacean, husbandry, marine mammal, pinniped, welfare

2018

Olfactory Enrichment in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus): An Effective Tool for Captive Welfare?

Authors: Mystera M. Samuelson, Lisa K. Lauderdale, Kelly Pulis, Moby Solangi, Tim Hoffland, Heidi Lyn

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, california sea lions, enrichment, olfaction, pinnipeds

2017

Serum estradiol and progesterone profiles during estrus, pseudopregnancy, and active gestation in Steller sea lions

Authors: Renae Sattler, Lori Polasek

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: e2, eumetopias jubatus, hormones, p4, pinniped, reproduction

2017

Behavior and body mass changes of a mother and calf Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) during the suckling period

Authors: Ronald A. Kastelein, Ivanka van den Belt, Nancy Jennings, Richard de Kruijf

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, composition, growth, milk, pinniped, reproduction

2015

Absorption and Ocular Deposition of Dietary Lutein in Marine Mammals

Authors: Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Todd Schmitt, Carmen M. H. Colitz, Lisa Mazzaro

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: carotenoid, cetacean, lutein, ocular, pinniped

2013

Endocrine Changes in Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Pups Undergoing Rehabilitation

Authors: Stephen J. Trumble, Danielle O'Neil, Leslie A. Cornick, Frances M. D. Gulland, Michael A. Castellini, Shannon Atkinson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cortisol, harbor seal, stress hormones, thyroxine

2013

Carnivorous mammals: nutrient digestibility and energy evaluation

Authors: Marcus Clauss, Helen Kleffner, Ellen Kienzle

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: canid, digestion, felid, hyenid, mustelid, nutrition, pinniped, ursid

2010

Urinary cortisol sampling: a non-invasive technique for examining cortisol concentrations in the Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii

Authors: Sophie Constable, Arana Parslow, Geoff Dutton, Tracey Rogers, Carolyn Hogg

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cortisol, ice urine, non-invasive, pinniped, pure urine, ria, stress, weddell seal

2006