Skip to Content
czaw-bear
detroit zoo detroit zoo
Printout from detroitzoo.org
Date: 05/30/23
  • Home
  • About
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Multimedia
  • Events

Our Goals

  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=reactivity

Affective styles and emotional lateralization: A promising framework for animal welfare research

Authors: Charlotte Goursot, Sandra Düpjan, Birger Puppe, Lisette MC Leliveld

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, emotional reactivity, emotional regulation, hemispheric dominance, individuality, motivational tendencies, motor lateralization, personality, stable individual traits

2021

The relationship between personality, season, and wounding receipt in zoo‐housed Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata): A multi‐institutional study

Authors: Christina R Doelling, Katherine A Cronin, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, macaques, personality, questionnaire, seasonal affects, wounding, zoo welfare

2021

Studying Antillean manatees’(Trichechus manatus manatus) temperament in zoological parks: exploration of boldness, sociality and reactivity to humans

Authors: Aviva Charles, Yann Henaut, Michel Saint Jalme, Baptiste Mulot, Alexis Lecu, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: conservation, manatees, novelty tests, personality questionnaire, temperament, welfare

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

Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: Samrat Mondol, Rebecca K Booth, Samuel K %J Conservation Physiology Wasser

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers

2020

Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress?

Authors: Misha Ross, Quinn Rausch, Brittany Vandenberg, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chickens, environmental enrichment, stress, welfare

2020

A Systematic Review of Equine Personality

Authors: Ellen M Rankins, Carissa L Wickens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, coping styles, disposition, equine, personality, temperament

2020

Temperament in Captivity, Environmental Enrichment, Flight Ability, and Response to Humans in an Endangered Parrot Species

Authors: Gabriela de AP Ramos, Cristiano S de Azevedo, Talys HA Jardim, Aline C Sant’Anna

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: Amazona vinacea, flight skill, human-animal interaction, personality, reintroduction in wild

2020

The physiological function of oxytocin in humans and its acute response to human-dog interactions: A review of the literature

Authors: Lauren Powell, Adam J. Guastella, Paul McGreevy, Adrian Bauman, Kate M. Edwards, Emmanuel Stamatakis

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: canine, cardiovascular, health, human–dog interaction, oxytocin, stress reactivity

2019

Adolescent oxytocin response to stress and its behavioral and endocrine correlates

Authors: Anka Bernhard, Cindy van der Merwe, Katharina Ackermann, Anne Martinelli, Inga D. Neumann, Christine M. Freitag

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: adolescents, Control-TSST, salivary cortisol, salivary oxytocin, TSST

2018

  • Search

    • Search within:
Detroit Zoological Society: Detroit Zoo; Belle Isle Nature Center

Celebrating and Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

8450 W. 10 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI 48067 | 248-541-5717

The Detroit Zoological Society – a renowned leader in
humane education, wildlife conservation, animal welfare
and sustainability – operates the Detroit Zoo and Belle Isle Nature Center.

  • © 2023 Detroit Zoological Society
Celebrating and Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Searching...