Assessing Giraffe Welfare During Seasonal Habitat Changes in Northern US Zoos

Authors: Catherine Razal, Jocelyn Bryant, Lance Miller

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, enclosure, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, giraffe, recumbency

2024

Feeding management of giraffe towards positive welfare

Authors: Sarah Depauw, Leen Verbist, Jeroen Stevens, Marina Salas

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: feeding strategy, giraffe, positive welfare

2023

Maternal Behavior, Posture Change, and Production Performance of Lactating Sows Housed in an Enriched Environment

Authors: Ran Yi, Chao Wang, Xin Zhang, Peng Zhao, Mingyue Zhang, Xiang Li, Shiquan Cui, Honggui Liu, Jun Bao

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: enriched environment, posture, sows, survival

2019

Monitoring the Behavioral and Adrenal Activity of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) to Assess Welfare During Seasonal Housing Changes

Authors: C. B. Razal, J. Bryant, L. J. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, enclosure, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, giraffe, recumbency

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

Recumbence Behavior in Zoo Elephants: Determination of Patterns and Frequency of Recumbent Rest and Associated Environmental and Social Factors

Authors: M. R. Holdgate, C. L. Meehan, J. N. Hogan, L. J. Miller, J. Rushen, A. M. de Passille, J. Soltis, J. Andrews, D. J. Shepherdson

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: elephants, recumbency, welfare, zoo

2016

Immobilization of captive tigers (Panthera tigris) with a combination of tiletamine, zolazepam, and detomidine

Authors: P. Laricchiuta, V. De Monte, M. Campolo, F. Grano, A. Crovace, F. Staffieri

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: atipamezole, detomidine, immobilization, panthera tigris, telazol

2015

Testing three measures of mouse insensibility following induction with isoflurane or carbon dioxide gas for a more humane euthanasia

Authors: Carly M. Moody, I. Joanna Makowska, Daniel M. Weary

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: mice, pedal withdrawal reflex, recumbency, righting reflex

2015

Mouse aversion to isoflurane versus carbon dioxide gas

Authors: Carly M. Moody, Daniel M. Weary

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: drop method, euthanasia, light–dark paradigm, recumbency, vaporizer

2014

Plasma cortisol and noradrenalin concentrations in pigs: automated sampling of freely moving pigs housed in the PigTurn versus manually sampled and restrained pigs

Authors: J. N. Marchant-Forde, D. L. Matthews, R. Poletto, R. R. McCain, D. D. Mann, R. T. Degraw, J. M. Hampsch, S. Peters, G. T. Knipp, C. B. Kissinger

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, blood sampling, cortisol, noradrenalin, pigs, restraint

2012