The Impact of Food Enrichment on the Behavior of Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) Kept under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: aquarium, elasmobranchs, environmental enrichment, fish welfare
2024
Natural Habitat Design for Zoo-Housed Elasmobranch and Teleost Fish Species Improves Behavioural Repertoire and Space Use in a Visitor Facing Exhibit
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: Captive animal behavior, enclosure design, fish, visitor effect, welfare
2021
Behavioral and endocrine correlates of dominance in captive female Jackson’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: antelope, captive management, fecal corticoids, social rank, stress
2019
The skin microbiome of cow-nose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) in an aquarium touch-tank exhibit
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: 16s rrna gene, cow-nose ray, elasmobranch, microbiome, touch-tank
2017
Potential welfare impacts of kill-trapping European moles (Talpa europaea) using scissor traps and Duffus traps: a post mortem examination study
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, european mole, sex bias, spring trap, trap, wildlife management
2015
Birth of common shovelnose rays (Glaucostegus typus) under captive conditions
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aquarium, breeding program, environmental conditions, stillborn
2014
Pain expression is linked to personality in horses
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: coping, extroversion, lameness, neuroticism, pain, personality
2014
Understanding irregular shell formation of Nautilus in aquaria: Chemical composition and structural analysis
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: black line, cephalopods, isotopic abundances, mollusca, shell formation
2014
Notes on the Husbandry and Long-Term Transportation of Bull Ray (Pteromylaeus bovinus) and Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus and Coryphaena equiselis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: collections, conservation, parasites, public aquaria, water parameters
2013
Captive Husbandry and Socialization of the Red-Billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive management, early-life socialization, foster, learnt behavior, reintroduction
2012