Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo

2024

The Iconic Philippine Coral Reef at Steinhart Aquarium: The Husbandry, Welfare, Behavior, and Veterinary Care Considerations of a Large Multi-Taxa Living Coral Reef System

Authors: Lana Krol, Brenda Melton, J. Charles Delbeek, Freeland H. Dunker, Bart Shepherd

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic animal medicine, coral husbandry, coral reefs, public aquariums

2023

The Least Inhibitive, Functionally Effective (LIFE) Model: A New Framework for Ethical Animal Training Practices

Authors: Eduardo J. Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal training, animal welfare, behavior modification, ethics, force-free, reward-based training

2023

Bridging research disciplines to advance animal welfare science: a practical guide.

Authors: Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal welfare science, research

2021

The Four Cs of Modern (Neuro) ethology and Neuroethics: Cognition, Complexity, Conation, and Culture

Authors: Simon Gadbois

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: affective neuroscience, cognition, complexity, conation, culture, social neuroscience

2020

How best to improve farm animal welfare? Four main approaches viewed from an economic perspective

Authors: T. Christensen, S. Denver, P. Sandøe

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, consumers, corporate social responsibility, economics, legislation, stakeholders

2019

Acupuncture Needle Stimulation on Some Physiological Parameters After Road Transport and Physical Exercise in Horse

Authors: M. Rizzo, F. Arfuso, C. Giannetto, E. Giudice, F. Longo, D. Bruschetta, G. Piccione

Publication/Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science

Keywords: acupuncture, cortisol, erythrocytes, exercise, goats, hematochemical parameter, horse, muscle, oxidative stress, responses, road transport, veterinary sciences

2017

Assessing stress in dogs during a visit to the veterinary clinic: Correlations between dog behavior in standardized tests and assessments by veterinary staff and owners

Authors: A. K. Linda, E. Hydbring-Sandberg, B. Forkman, L. J. Keeling

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

Keywords: animal hospital, animal welfare, behavior tests, behavioral sciences, canine, canis familiaris, cats, ethology, guidelines, kappa, pain management, personality-traits, questionnaire, responses, scale, validity, veterinary sciences, welfare

2017

Behavioral restriction effects on activity motivation of a captive lion (Panthera leo persica)

Authors: D. Kohari, A. Sunada, Y. Matsui, A. Ootaki, H. Hori

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

Keywords: behavior motivation, behavioral sciences, enrichment, lion, pacing, stereotypies, stress, veterinary sciences, welfare, zoo

2017

Bottlenose dolphins engaging in more social affiliative behaviour judge ambiguous cues more optimistically

Authors: I. L. K. Clegg, H. G. Rodel, F. Delfour

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affiliative behavior, animal emotion, animal welfare, anticipatory, behavior, behavioral sciences, bias, bottlenose dolphins, cognitive, judgment bias, mood, neurosciences, optimism, social behavior, state, stress, synchronous swimming, tursiops-truncatus, welfare

2017

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