Analytical and biological validation of a noninvasive measurement of glucocorticoid metabolites in feces of Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

Authors: Juliane Damm, Filippo Aureli, Ariadna Rangel-Negrín, Miriam Barradas-Moctezuma, Pedro A. D. Dias

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: capture, circadian rhythm, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay, platyrrhines, reproductive state

2024

The behavioral response of a captive female Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) to mixed-species exhibition with two Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus)

Authors: Annika Fugl, Sissel Lindberg, Severin Zhou, Barbara Mescic, Cino Pertoldi, Juan Olvido Perea García, Trine Hammer Jensen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, environmental conditions, primates, Reaction norms, Surveillance, translocation, zoo

2024

Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers

Authors: T. Crews, J. Vonk, M. McGuire

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: *Voice/physiology, animals, caregivers, Familiar human, felid, felidae, humans, physiology, pilot projects, psychology, rearing history, recognition, Vocal discrimination

2024

A Comparative Multi-Zoo Survey Investigating the Housing and Husbandry of Callimico goeldii

Authors: Amanda Bartlett, James Edward Brereton, Marianne Sarah Freeman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: callitrichid, captive management, enclosure complexity, goeldi's monkey, welfare

2024

Development of an animal welfare tool for zoo-housed primates, considering intra- and inter-rater reliability

Authors: Arnaud Dazord, Maeva Primault

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: assessment, inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability, primates, tool, welfare, zoo

2024

The effects of anthropogenic noise on frogs housed on exhibit at a public aquarium

Authors: Colette Angel, Michael Romano, Charles R. Knapp

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustics, conservation, Dentrobatidae, vocalization, zoo

2024

The Effects of Enrichment on Zoo-Housed Scarlet Ibis Behavior

Authors: Patrícia Rachinas-Lopes, Inês C. Rocha, Tiago Dias, Maria Tavares, Ricardo Neto, Carla Flanagan, João Neves

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, captivity, environmental enrichment, Eudocimus ruber, scarlet ibis., Zoomarine Algarve

2024

Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores

Authors: Samantha J. Ward, Geoff Hosey, Ellen Williams, Richard Bailey

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play

2024

Factors influencing the behaviour of common leopard (Panthera pardus) in captivity

Authors: Saurabh Vashisth, Dwijendra Nath Singh, Natasha Sethi, Randeep Singh

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity

Keywords: activity pattern, enrichment, inactive, stereotypic, sustainability

2024

Further Than Fur: Effects of Sex, Body Site, and Season on Hair Color and Hair Cortisol Concentration in Captive Addax nasomaculatus Antelopes

Authors: Juan Pablo Damián, María Eugenia Banguese, Santiago Bentancor, Analía Pérez, Sarina Sierra, Cesar Echaides, Ana Pérez-Sarasqueta, Ana Claudia Menezes, Paula Pessina, Matías Villagrán

Publication/Journal: Ruminants

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ruminant, stress, thermoregulation

2024