Health and environmental effects to wildlife from radio telemetry and tracking devices—state of the science and best management practices
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: data-loggers, fish, microchips, PIT tags, radio telemetry, radio-tracking, RFID chips, wildlife
2024
The fate and movements of aquarium-released giant trevally Caranx ignobilis inferred from acoustic telemetry
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: acoustic telemetry, aquariums, Carangidae, south africa, uShaka Sea World
2023
Long-term capture and handling effects on body condition, reproduction and survival in a semi-aquatic mammal
Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports
Keywords: beavers, capture, conservation, stress, welfare
2020
Monitoring great ape heart health through innovative electrocardiogram technology: Training methodologies and welfare implications
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: arrythmia, electrocardiogram, great ape, heart disease, welfare
2020
Towards more compassionate wildlife research through the 3Rs principles: moving from invasive to non-invasive methods
Publication/Journal: Wildlife Biology
Keywords: 3Rs principles, animal welfare, ecology, reduction, refinement, replacement
2020
The effect of auditory enrichment, rearing method and social environment on the behavior of zoo-housed psittacines (Aves: Psittaciformes); implications for welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: auditory enrichment, hand rearing, parrot, psittacine, welfare
2017
An animal welfare assessment framework for helicopter darting: a case study with a newly developed method for feral horses
Publication/Journal: Wildlife Research
Keywords: behavioral-responses, behaviour, chemical immobilization, drive, ecology, ethics, field immobilization, human dimensions, management, medetomidine-ketamine, nets, radio telemetry, reversible immobilization, stress, tiletamine-zolazepam, tranquilizer darts, white-tailed deer, wildlife, xylazine hydrochloride, zoology
2016
The development of a non-invasive behavioral model of thermal heat stress in laboratory mice (Mus musculus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, biochemical research methods, body temperature, cytokine, ethovision, infrared thermography (irt), mouse, neurosciences, physiology, responses, strategy, thermoregulation
2016
Fear and coping styles of outdoor-preferring, moderate-outdoor and indoor-preferring free-range laying hens
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: fear, free range, laying hen, manual restraint, open field, tonic immobility
2016
Influence of the rearing system on yolk corticosterone concentration in captive Greater Rheas (Rhea americana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: eggs, maternal stress, ratites
2016