Abnormal swimming is associated with inner ear damage and improves with meclizine treatment and increased habitat complexity: A case study in Urobatis jamaicensis

Authors: Lauren Puishys, Natalie Mylniczenko, Ryan De Voe, Alisha Fredrickson, Dani Salles, Todd Harmon, Scott Martin, Leah Maurer, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, aquarium science, elasmobranch, vestibular disease

2024

Activity budget and behaviour of giant otters Pteronura brasiliensis at Parken Zoo, Eskilstuna, Sweden

Authors: Mélodie Friedmann, Anita Burkevica, Linn Lagerström, Jenny Gustafsson, Julia Johnsson, Peter Lundgren, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: activity budget, behaviour, feeding enrichment, Pteronura brasiliensis, welfare, zoo

2023

Activity budgets, responses to disturbance and novel behaviours in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax

Authors: Eve Mannings, Francesca Servini, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Journal

Keywords: amphibians, behaviour, disturbance, mSPI, welfare, zoo

2023

Battle of the enrichments: comparing the impact of nutritional and sensory enrichment on the behaviour of captive lowland tapirs Tapirus terrestris

Authors: Ellena Trelfa-Stewart, Louise Cox

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

Effects of Background Color on Stress-Linked Behavior in the Critically Endangered Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Xenopus longipes)

Authors: Arabella E Graves, Jemma E Dias, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, husbandry, welfare, zoo research

2023

Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)

Authors: Brett Williams, Jennifer Campbell, Corinne Kendall, Jade Tuttle, Emily C. Lynch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal

2023

Baseline Behavioral Data and Behavioral Correlates of Disturbance for the Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Xenopus longipes)

Authors: Jemma E Dias, Charlotte Ellis, Tessa E Smith, Charlotte A Hosie, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, behavior, welfare, zoo research

2022

Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Red Pandas (Ailurus fulgens): A Case-Study Testing the Behavioural Variety Index

Authors: Caterina Spiezio, Mariangela Altamura, Janno Weerman, Barbara Regaiolli

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, maternal behaviour, red panda

2022

Behavioural Development of Three Former Pet Chimpanzees a Decade after Arrival at the MONA Sanctuary

Authors: Olga Feliu, Marti Masip, Carmen Maté, Sònia Sánchez-López, Dietmar Crailsheim, Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budget, chimpanzee, early life experience, pan troglodytes, pet and entertainment, re-socialization, sanctuary, well-being

2022

Day Time Activity Budgets, Height Utilization and Husbandry of Two Zoo-Housed Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi)

Authors: Katherine Finch, Amy Humphreys

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: activity budget, behaviour, Dendrolagus, enclosure use, tree kangaroo, understudied

2022

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