Concepts, applications, uses and evaluation of environmental enrichment

Authors: Lisa Marie Riley, Paul Edward Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: barriers to enrichment, food-based bias, keeper opinions, taxonomic bias, workshop

2020

The Effect of Behind-The-Scenes Encounters and Interactive Presentations on the Welfare of Captive Servals (Leptailurus serval)

Authors: Lydia K Acaralp-Rehnberg, Grahame J Coleman, Michael JL Magrath, Vicky Melfi, Kerry V Fanson, Ian M Bland

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: human-animal interaction, live animal encounter programs, small felids, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare

2020

Effects of grazing muzzles on behavior and physiological stress of individually housed grazing miniature horses

Authors: Kristina M Davis, Marie E Iwaniuk, Rachel L Dennis, Patricia A Harris, Amy O Burk

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, grazing muzzles, miniature horse, physiological stress

2020

Impacts of dietary modifications on the behaviour of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: B Katherine Smith, Melissa J Remis, Ellen S Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, captivity, coprophagy, diet, gorilla

2020

Influence of early rearing environment on water-borne cortisol and expression of stress-related genes in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Authors: Amina Zuberi, Muhammad Ahmad, Imrana Amir, Muhammad Kamran, Manzoor Ahmad

Publication/Journal: Molecular Biology Reports

Keywords: carp, corticotrophin-releasing hormone, cortisol, enrichment, fish, post-release survival, stress

2020

Large brains in small tanks: intelligence and social complexity as an ethical issue for captive dolphins and whales

Authors: Lori Marino

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: captivity, cetacean, health, sanctuary, stress, well-being

2020

Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Elizabeth W Freeman, Erika Bauer, Larry Rockwood, Janine L Brown, Katharine Hope, Jessica Siegal-Willott, ECM Parsons

Publication/Journal: PloS One

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo

2020

Monitoring great ape heart health through innovative electrocardiogram technology: Training methodologies and welfare implications

Authors: Christina Cloutier Barbour, Marietta D Danforth, Hayley Murphy, Meg M Sleeper, Ilana Kutinsky

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: arrythmia, electrocardiogram, great ape, heart disease, welfare

2020

Philosophy of a “Good Death” in Small Animals and Consequences for Euthanasia in Animal Law and Veterinary Practice

Authors: Kirsten Persson, Felicitas Selter, Gerald Neitzke, Peter Kunzmann

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal death, euthanasia guidelines, moral stress, veterinary ethics

2020

Understanding the Behavior of Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees During Public Programs

Authors: Bethany K Hansen, Lydia M Hopper, Amy L Fultz, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös

Keywords: ethnoprimatology, human-animal interaction, primate, sanctuary, space use, welfare

2020