Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play
2024
Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis
2024
Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: bumblefoot, enclosure design, pododermatitis, welfare, zoo enclosure
2023
Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal
2023
The fate and movements of aquarium-released giant trevally Caranx ignobilis inferred from acoustic telemetry
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: acoustic telemetry, aquariums, Carangidae, south africa, uShaka Sea World
2023
Improving Animal Wellbeing Using Behavior-Based Methodologies: A Discussion on Enrichment and Bears under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bear enrichment, bears, behavior-based enrichment, behavior-based husbandry, enrichment, goal-based enrichment, living strategies
2023
Monitoring Thermoregulation Patterns in Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Winter Months in Southwestern Ontario Using Infrared Thermography
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: age, ambient-temperature, behavior, elephas maximus, infrared thermography, thermal windows, weight
2023
Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone
2023
Seasonal patterns of oxidative stress markers in captive Asian elephants in Thailand and relationships to elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus shedding
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords:
2023
Visually assessed body condition shows high heritability in a pedigreed great ape population
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: animal models, body condition score, bonobo, relative fat mass
2023