The Impact of Food Enrichment on the Behavior of Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) Kept under Human Care

Authors: Isabella Brosens Barros, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo, Cynthia Fernandes Cipreste, Laura Chrispim Reisfeld, Thais Suzana, Rafael Gutierrez Capriolli, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto

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

Authors: Kristie Lawrence, Sally L Sherwen, Hannah Larsen

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Captive animal behavior, enclosure design, fish, visitor effect, welfare

2021

The skin microbiome of cow-nose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) in an aquarium touch-tank exhibit

Authors: Patrick J. Kearns, Jennifer L. Bowen, Michael F. Tlusty

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

Authors: S. E. Baker, R. F. Shaw, R. P. D. Atkinson, P. West, D. W. Macdonald

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

Authors: Lori L. Timm, Joshua E. Carter, Joshua Frey, James Prappas, R. J. David Wells

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium, breeding program, environmental conditions, stillborn

2014

Pain expression is linked to personality in horses

Authors: Carrie Ijichi, Lisa M. Collins, Robert W. Elwood

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

Authors: Mehdi Moini, Aoife O'Halloran, Alan M. Peters, Christine A. M. France, Edward P. Vicenzi, Tamsen G. DeWitt, Esther Langan, Tim Walsh, Robert J. Speakman

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)

Authors: Nuno Rodrigues, João Correia, Rúben Pinho, José Graça, Filipe Rodrigues, Morikawa Hirofumi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: collections, conservation, parasites, public aquaria, water parameters

2013

Captive Husbandry and Socialization of the Red-Billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Authors: Malcolm D. Burgess, David Woolcock, Ray B. Hales, Rebecca Waite, Alison J. Hales

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive management, early-life socialization, foster, learnt behavior, reintroduction

2012