Age-Related Change in the Association Choices of Two Species of Juvenile Flamingos

Authors: Abbie Loader, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, association, behavioural development, enclosure use, flamingo

2023

Genetic and environmental parameters for behavioural responses towards humans in farmed ostriches

Authors: Pfunzo T. Muvhali, Maud Bonato, Anel Engelbrecht, Irek A. Malecki, Schalk W. P. Cloete

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, heritability, human-animal relationship, ostrich

2023

Integrating Reference Intervals into Chimpanzee Welfare Research

Authors: Jessica C Whitham, Katie Hall, Lisa K Lauderdale, Jocelyn L Bryant, Lance J Miller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, glucocorticoids, immunoglobulin a, reference interval

2023

Latitudinal and zoo specific zeitgebers influence circadian and circannual rhythmicity of behavior in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Authors: Gandia,Kristine M., Kessler,Sharon E., Buchanan-Smith,Hannah M.

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, circadian, circannual, zeitgeber, zoo

2023

Not lost in translation: Changes in social dynamics in Bonobos after colony relocation and fusion with another group

Authors: Marta Caselli, Beatrice Malaman, Giada Cordoni, Jean-Pascal Guéry, José Kok, Elisa Demuru, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bonobos, group dynamics, relocation, social dynamics

2023

Understanding Circadian and Circannual Behavioral Cycles of Captive Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Can Help to Promote Good Welfare

Authors: Kristine M. Gandia, Elizabeth S. Herrelko, Sharon E. Kessler, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, captive, circadian, circannual

2023

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

Ackonc-AWA: A multi-species animal welfare assessment protocol for wild animals under human care to overcome the use of generic welfare checklists

Authors: Débora Silvia Racciatti, Alejandra Feld, Laura Analía Rial, Carlos Blanco, Oriol Tallo-Parra

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords:

2022

Behavioral characterization of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): defining progressive stages of male sexual behavior in in-situ and ex-situ populations

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Rajnish PG Vandercone, Wendy K Kiso, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: elephant, musth, reproduction, sri lanka, temporal gland secretions, zoo

2022

Evaluation of Sound Enrichment in the Behavior of Sapajus xanthosternos (Wied-Neuwied, 1826)(Primates: Cebidae) in Captivity

Authors: Alana Marques dos Santos, Márcio Borba da Silva, Isabela Sousa Prado, Edma Santos de Antonio, Ana Tereza Teixeira Silva Dourado, Barbara Silva Alves, Patricia Belini Nishiyama, Laize Tomazi, Ricardo Evangelista Fraga

Publication/Journal: Primate Conservation

Keywords: classical music, non-human primates, sensory enrichment

2022

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