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

Comparison of Two Different Feather Sampling Methods to Measure Corticosterone in Wild Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) and Wild Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)

Authors: Marielu Voit, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Roswitha Merle, Lukas Reese, Mechthild Wiegard, Hermann Will, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annaïs Carbajal, Manel Lopez-Bejar

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, comparative study, cut feathers, feather corticosterone, greater flamingo, less invasive, mallards, plucked feathers, refinement, sex comparison, wild birds

2021

Measurement of Fecal Testosterone Metabolites in Mice: Replacement of Invasive Techniques

Authors: Kerstin E. Auer, Marius Kußmaul, Erich Möstl, Katharina Hohlbaum, Thomas Rülicke, Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: androgens, feces, mice, non-invasive, testosterone

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

How our approaches to assessing benefits and harms can be improved

Authors: E. S. Sena, G. L. Currie

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, benefit, experimental validity, harm, laboratory research, meta-research

2019

Digestibility of a new diet for captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Authors: Hayley J. Stannard, Jamie M. Bekkers, Julie M. Old, Bronwyn M. McAllan, Michelle E. Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: insectivore, manufactured diet, monotreme, myrmecophage, nutrition

2017

Improving quality of science through better animal welfare: the NC3Rs strategy

Authors: M. J. Prescott, K. Lidster

Publication/Journal: Lab Animal

Keywords: *cognitive bias, emotion, facial expressions, impact, models, mouse, rat grimace scale, refinement, responses, system, veterinary sciences

2017

ANIMAL WELFARE FROM MOUSE TO MOOSE-IMPLEMENTING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 3RS IN WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Authors: J. Lindsjo, A. Fahlman, E. Tornqvist

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: 3 rs, 3rs, abundance, animal welfare, bears, capture, ethics, reduction, refinement, replacement, roe deer, samples, survival, ursus-arctos, veterinary sciences, wildlife research

2016

Comparison of novel mechanical cervical dislocation and a modified captive bolt for on-farm killing of poultry on behavioural reflex responses and anatomical pathology

Authors: J. E. Martin, D. E. F. McKeegan, J. Sparrey, V. Sandilands

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captive bolt, cervical dislocation, killing, poultry, reflexes

2016