Long-term capture and handling effects on body condition, reproduction and survival in a semi-aquatic mammal

Authors: Rasmus M Mortensen, Frank Rosell

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

Authors: Christina Cloutier Barbour, Marietta D Danforth, Hayley Murphy, Meg M Sleeper, Ilana Kutinsky

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

Authors: Miriam A Zemanova

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

Authors: Isabelle Williams, Will Hoppitt, Rachel Grant

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

Authors: J. O. Hampton, H. Robertson, P. J. Adams, T. H. Hyndman, T. Collins

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)

Authors: J. T. Mufford, M. J. Paetkau, N. J. Flood, G. Regev-Shoshani, C. C. Miller, J. S. Church

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

Authors: Dana L. M. Campbell, Geoff N. Hinch, Jeff A. Downing, Caroline Lee

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)

Authors: Natalia S. Della Costa, Raul H. Marin, Juan M. Busso, Cristian Hansen, Joaquín L. Navarro, Mónica B. Martella

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eggs, maternal stress, ratites

2016

Ten practical realities for institutional animal care and use committees when evaluating protocols dealing with fish in the field

Authors: S. J. Cooke, A. D. M. Wilson, C. K. Elvidge, R. J. Lennox, N. Jepsen, A. H. Colotelo, R. S. Brown

Publication/Journal: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Keywords: animal care, atlantic salmon, catch-and-release, conservation, ethics, field research, fisheries, fresh-water fauna, marine & freshwater biology, rainbow-trout, research, sockeye-salmon, stress, telemetry transmitters, welfare, wildlife research

2016

Using technology to monitor and improve zoo animal welfare

Authors: J. C. Whitham, L. J. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, automated monitoring, behaviour, physiology, positive welfare, technology

2016

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