Nutritional effect of feeding enrichment using bamboo Pleioblastus spp. in zoo-kept Asian elephants Elephas maximus

Authors: Yuma Tsuchiya, Masato Yayota, Yukari Kashima, Yukihiro Shiota

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

Monitoring the welfare of giraffes in two Belgian zoos

Authors: Caroline Heylen, Sarah Depauw, Marina Salas, Hilde Vervaecke, Jeroen Stevens

Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium

Keywords: giraffes, interspecific aggression, oral stereotypies, positive welfare indicators, welfare

2021

A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time

Authors: Viktoria Michel, Marcus Clauss, Dennis WH Müller, Sven Hammer

Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience

2021

“Hay-bags” and “Slow feeders”: Testing their impact on horse behaviour and welfare

Authors: C. Rochais, S. Henry, M. Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: feeding behaviour, hay-bags, horses, human-horse relationship, slow feeders, welfare

2018

Do horses with poor welfare show ‘pessimistic’ cognitive biases?

Authors: S. Henry, C. Fureix, R. Rowberry, M. Bateson, M. Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Science of Nature

Keywords: affective state, animal welfare, back-pain, behavioral-disorders, cognitive judgement biases, enrichment, environmental, equus-caballus, horses, judgment bias, laboratory rats, management factors, multidisciplinary sciences, rattus-norvegicus, starlings sturnus-vulgaris

2017

Effect of different types of housing on behavior of Malpura lambs during winter in semi-arid tropical environment

Authors: Kalyan De, Davendra Kumar, Kamal Kumar, Artabandhu Sahoo, Syed Mohammad Khursheed Naqvi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: abnormal behavior, behavior, housing, lamb, malpura, semiarid

2015

Housing and management factors associated with indicators of dairy cattle welfare

Authors: M. de Vries, E. A. M. Bokkers, C. G. van Reenen, B. Engel, G. van Schaik, T. Dijkstra, I. J. M. de Boer

Publication/Journal: Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, environment, housing, management, risk factor

2015

The use of different objects during a novel object test in stabled horses

Authors: Anneleen Bulens, Hanne Sterken, Sanne Van Beirendonck, Jos Van Thielen, Bert Driessen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: behavior, horse, novel object

2015

Diet and diet-related disorders in captive ruminants at the national zoological gardens of South Africa

Authors: Cristina Gattiker, Ian Espie, Antoinette Kotze, Emily P. Lane, Daryl Codron, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browser, digestive tract, grazer, ruminant, serous fat atrophy

2014

What do calves choose to eat and how do preferences affect behaviour?

Authors: Laura E. Webb, Bas Engel, Harma Berends, Cornelis G. van Reenen, Walter J. J. Gerrits, Imke J. M. de Boer, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dietary preference, holstein-friesian calves, milk replacer, solid feed, welfare

2014

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