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
Assessment of faecal cortisol in captive elephants of Tamil Nadu state: An indicator of stress
Publication/Journal:
Keywords: elephants, fecal cortisol, stress
2023
The effects of alpha male removal on the social behavior of a group of olive baboons (Papio anubis)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: male removal, olive baboon (Papio anubis), small groups, social behavior
2021
Comparison of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in hand‐versus parent‐reared whooping cranes (Grus americana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive rearing, corticosterone, development, reintroduction, whooping cranes
2020
Drivers of stereotypic behaviour and physiological stress among captive jungle cat (Felis chaus Schreber, 1777) in India
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare, biological and environmental factors, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite, small felid, stereotype
2019
High-Tech and Tactile: Cognitive Enrichment for Zoo-Housed Gorillas
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
Keywords: *animal cognition, behavior, challenge, gorilla gorilla gorilla, maze, puzzle, technology, welfare
2019
Challenges, pitfalls and surprises: development and validation of a monoclonal antibody for enzyme immunoassay of the steroid 1 alpha -hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch species
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: 1α-hydroxycorticosterone, glucocorticoid, hplc, mineralocorticoid, stingray, stress
2018
Non-invasive quantification of immunoglobulin A in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) at Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: field methods, great apes, health, immune system, stress
2018
Attitudes Toward Bile Extraction From Living Bears: Survey of Citizens and Students in Beijing
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare and rights, bear bile, bear farming, bile extraction from living bears, public attitudes
2017
Equine behavioral enrichment toys as tools for non-invasive recovery of viral and host DNA
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: environmental DNA, equine herpesvirus, genotyping, non-invasive sampling, zebra
2017