Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry

Authors: Anne E Goodenough, Amy Sewell, Katie McDonald

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather

2022

Stereotypic behaviour predicts reproductive performance and litter sex ratio in giant pandas

Authors: Meghan S Martin, Megan Owen, Nathan JP Wintle, Guiquan Zhang, Hemin Zhang, Ronald R Swaisgood

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: captivity, giant pandas, reproductive-performance, stereotypies

2020

THE COMPASSIONATE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS A Contemporary Buddhist Approach in Eastern Tibet

Authors: H. Gayley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Religious Ethics

Keywords: animal welfare, compassion, cultural politics, larung buddhist academy, religion, reverse orientalism, tibetan buddhism, tsultrim lodro

2017

Keel-bone damage and foot injuries in commercial laying hens in Denmark

Authors: A. B. Riber, L. K. Hinrichsen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, foot injuries, housing system, keel bone damage, laying hen, production system

2016

A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers

Authors: Deborah A. Dawson, Natalie dos Remedios, Gavin J. Horsburgh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes

2016

‘Four Seasons’ in an animal rescue centre; classical music reduces environmental stress in kennelled dogs

Authors: A. Bowman, Spca Scottish, F. J. Dowell, N. P. Evans

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behaviour, classical music, cortisol, dogs, heart rate variability (hrv), stress

2015

The effect of supplementation with vitamin A on serum and liver concentrations in Puerto Rican crested toads (Peltophryne lemur) and its lack of impact on brown skin disease

Authors: Christopher Dutton, Andrew Lentini, Charlene Berkvens, Graham Crawshaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, brown skin disease, vitamin a

2014

Does the timing of estrogen administration after castration affect its ability to preserve sexual interest in male rats? — Exploring the critical period hypothesis

Authors: Erik Wibowo, Richard J. Wassersug

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: androgen-deprivation, castration, critical period hypothesis, estradiol, libido, mounting, sexual interest

2013

Neonatal tactile stimulation alleviates the negative effects of neonatal isolation on novel object recognition, sociability and neuroendocrine levels in male adult mandarin voles (Microtus mandarinus)

Authors: Bin Wei, Fadao Tai, Xiao Liu, Leige Ma, Xiangping Yang, Rui Jia, Xia Zhang

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, mandarin voles, neonatal tactile stimulation, oxytocin, vasopressin

2013