Welfare and Clinical Assessment on Physical Captures Followed by Anesthesia in Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)

Authors: Simone Angelucci, Antonio Antonucci, Fabrizia Di Tana, Marco Innocenti, Giovanna Di Domenico, Luca Madonna, Camilla Smoglica, Cristina Esmeralda Di Francesco, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acepromazine, blood gas analysis, capture, chemical immobilization, conservation, medetomidine-ketamine, physical capture, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata, stress

2023

ADVANCES IN ANIMAL WELFARE FOR FREE-LIVING ANIMALS

Authors: K. Castle, C. Gillin, S. Hernandez, A. Justice-Allen, N. Lamberski, M. Nichols, P. Wolff, J. W. D. Wildlife Welfare Supplement Ed

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: animal welfare, capture, capture techniques, conservation, d. mulcahy, ethics, fish, handling, hot-iron, medicine, pain sensitivity, physiological parameters, procedural considerations., research, sampling, tagging fish, veterinary, veterinary sciences, white-tailed deer, wildlife, wildlife management 4/211-219

2016

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

Positive Reinforcement Training for Blood Collection in Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) Results in Undetectable Elevations in Serum Cortisol Levels: A Preliminary Investigation

Authors: Nicole M. Joyce-Zuniga, Ruth C. Newberry, Charles T. Robbins, Jasmine V. Ware, Heiko T. Jansen, O. Lynne Nelson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: grizzly bear, positive reinforcement training, serum cortisol, voluntary blood draw

2016

Prenatal stress alters the developmental pattern of behavioral indices of sexual maturation and copulation in male rats

Authors: Enrique Hernández-Arteaga, Marisela Hernández-González, Mayra Liliana Ramírez Rentería, Mayra Linné Almanza-Sepúlveda, Miguel Angel Guevara, Marcela Arteaga Silva, Herlinda Bonilla Jaime

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: genital grooming, penile erection, prenatal stress, preputial separation, rats, sexual maturation

2016

A review of population control methods in captive-housed primates

Authors: P. Y. Wallace, C. S. Asa, M. Agnew, S. M. Cheyne

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, contraception, euthanasia, population management, primates, surplus stock

2016

The stunning and slaughter of cattle within the EU: a review of the current situation with regard to the halal market

Authors: A. Fuseini, T. G. Knowles, J. A. Lines, P. J. Hadley, S. B. Wotton

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, halal, reversible stunning, slaughter, stunning

2016

A survey of bonobo (Pan paniscus) oral contraceptive pill use in North American zoos

Authors: Mary K. Agnew, Cheryl S. Asa, Victoria L. Clyde, Dominique L. Keller, Audra Meinelt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birth control pills, bonobo, contraception

2016

Attenuation of social interaction-associated ultrasonic vocalizations and spatial working memory performance in rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress

Authors: Muhammad S. Riaz, Martin O. Bohlen, Barak W. Gunter, Quentin Henry, Craig A. Stockmeier, Ian A. Paul

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anhedonia, cognitive decline, major depression, spatial navigation, sprague dawley rats, stress, ultrasonic vocalizations, unpredictable chronic mild stress (cus), usvs, working memory

2015

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

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