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
Effects of Failure on California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Gameplay Strategies and Interest in a Cognitive Task: Implications for Cognitive Enrichment in Pinnipeds
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: *animal cognition, california sea lion, cognitive enrichment, marine mammal welfare, technological enrichment
2023
Genetic and environmental parameters for behavioural responses towards humans in farmed ostriches
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, heritability, human-animal relationship, ostrich
2023
Increasing foraging times with appetitive and consummatory foraging enrichment in grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, appetitive behaviour, Consummatory behaviour, enrichment, foraging, psittaciformes
2023
Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care
Publication/Journal:
Keywords: ageing, animal welfare, animal well-being, environmental enrichment, exhibit design, facility design, geriatric animal, pain management, physiotherapy, veterinary care
2023
Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: behaviour, emotion, health, physiology, welfare assessment
2023
Trainer Interaction Can Improve Welfare Outcomes of Toy Enrichment for Isolated Animals: A Case Study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, human-animal interaction, training
2023
The Animal-Visitor Interaction Protocol (AVIP) for the assessment of Lemur catta walk-in enclosure in zoos
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal welfare, AVIP, lemur, zoo
2022
Go for Lipids! Food Preferences and Nutrient Composition in Zoo-Housed White-Faced Sakis, Pithecia pithecia
Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology
Keywords: *food preferences, correlational analysis, nutrient composition, Pithecia pitchecia, white-faced saki
2022
Urinary oxytocin and cortisol concentrations vary by group type in male western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in North American zoos
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: animal welfare, gorillas, zoos
2022