Activity budget of zoo-housed Dolichotis patagonum mates

Authors: Johan Baechli, Laura Marisa Bellis, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, ex-situ management, monogamy, rodent

2021

Welfare of encaged rodents: species specific behavioral reaction of voles to new enrichment items

Authors: J Kapusta, M Kruczek, E Pochron, P Olejniczak

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, stereotypic behavior, stress, voles, welfare

2021

Long-term capture and handling effects on body condition, reproduction and survival in a semi-aquatic mammal

Authors: Rasmus M Mortensen, Frank Rosell

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: beavers, capture, conservation, stress, welfare

2020

The nocturnal activity of a commonly housed rodent: How African pygmy dormice (Graphiurus murinus) respond to an enriched environment

Authors: Geminni PSA Lang, Paul E Rose, Steve M Nash, Lisa M Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavioral repertoires, Graphiurus murinus, nest box, space use, welfare

2020

Dietary-induced modulation of the hindgut microbiota is related to behavioral responses during stressful events in horses

Authors: Alexandra Destrez, Pauline Grimm, Véronique Julliand

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, diet, horses, microbiota, stress

2019

Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Authors: Ali Kiani, Marcus Clauss, Sylvia Ortmann, Catharina Vendl, Elizabeth R. Congdon, Emilio A. Herrera, Michael Kreuzer, Angela Schwarm

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, hindgut fermenters, methane, passage kinetics

2019

Evidence of high individual variability in seed management by scatter-hoarding rodents: does ‘personality’ matter?

Authors: Mariano Feldman, Mariona Ferrandiz-Rovira, Josep Maria Espelta, Alberto Muñoz

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: individual variation, personality, predation risk, scatter-hoarding rodent, seed dispersal

2019

Neurophysiological correlates of stereotypic behaviour in a model carnivore species

Authors: M. Diez-Leon, L. Kitchenham, R. Duprey, C. D. C. Bailey, E. Choleris, M. Lewis, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: basal ganglia, Dorsal striatum, environmental enrichment, Index Medicus, mink, stereotypic behaviour, Ventral striatum

2019

Successful care and propagation of the endangered amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) in captivity

Authors: Nora Allan, Risa Pesapane, Janet Foley, Deana Clifford

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, captive management, conservation, husbandry

2018