Influence of food physical properties and environmental context on manipulative behaviors highlighted by new methodological approaches in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Caroline Gérard, Ameline Bardo, Jean Pascal Guéry, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Victor Narat, Bruno Simmen

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bonobos, evolution, manipulative abilities, nonhuman primate, pan paniscus

2024

Posture as a Non-Invasive Indicator of Arousal in American Toads (Anaxyrus americanus)

Authors: Sarah M Woody, Rachel M Santymire, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, behavior, breathing, welfare, zoo-housed

2021

Posture as a Non-Invasive Indicator of Arousal in American Toads (Anaxyrus americanus)

Authors: Sarah M Woody, Rachel M Santymire, Katherine A Cronin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, behavior, breathing, welfare, zoo-housed

2021

Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) behavioral responses to a visual signal preceding handling

Authors: Eli A Baskir, Sarah Kucharski, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ambassador, contact animals, gloves, habituate, predictable

2020

Aggressive behavior and stress response after oxytocin administration in male Norway rats selected for different attitudes to humans

Authors: Rimma Gulevich, Rimma Kozhemyakina, Svetlana Shikhevich, Maria Konoshenko, Yury Herbeck

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggressive, corticosterone, oxytocin, rats, selection, tame

2019

Maternal Behavior, Posture Change, and Production Performance of Lactating Sows Housed in an Enriched Environment

Authors: Ran Yi, Chao Wang, Xin Zhang, Peng Zhao, Mingyue Zhang, Xiang Li, Shiquan Cui, Honggui Liu, Jun Bao

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: enriched environment, posture, sows, survival

2019

Nesting, sleeping, and nighttime behaviors in wild and captive great apes

Authors: James R. Anderson, Mabel Y. L. Ang, Louise C. Lock, Iris Weiche

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: bonobo, chimpanzee, environmental enrichment, gorilla, nest building, orangutan, sleep posture, sleep quality, welfare

2019

Spatial considerations for captive snakes

Authors: Clifford Warwick, Phillip Arena, Catrina Steedman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: captive, enclosure, husbandry, snake, space, stress

2019

A cage-based training, cognitive testing and enrichment system optimized for rhesus macaques in neuroscience research

Authors: A. Calapai, M. Berger, M. Niessing, K. Heisig, R. Brockhausen, S. Treue, A. Gail

Publication/Journal: Behavior Research Methods

Keywords: acquisition, animal, animal welfare, automated testing, baboons papio-papio, behavioral management, cognitive neuroscience, computerized test systems, cortex, environmental enrichment, experimental, housing, macaca-mulatta, mathematical, monkey, mt neurons, non-human primates, parietal, performance, psychology, receptive-field, representation

2017

Face-based perception of emotions in dairy goats

Authors: Lucille G. A. Bellegarde, Marie J. Haskell, Christine Duvaux-Ponter, Alexander Weiss, Alain Boissy, Hans W. Erhard

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, ear postures, emotions, face, goats

2017

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