Aquarium Visitors Catch Some Rays: Rays Are More Active in the Presence of More Visitors
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: aquarium, elasmobranch, visitor effect, zoo animal welfare
2023
When a habitat becomes a home: Housing and husbandry of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta at Disney’s Animal Kingdom®
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: acclimation, behaviour, enrichment, management, training
2021
ORAL HALOPERIDOL PREMEDICATION TO REDUCE CAPTURE STRESS PRIOR TO XYLAZINE-KETAMINE ANESTHESIA IN CAPTIVE SPOTTED DEER (AXIS AXIS)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Keywords: axis axis, haloperidol, ketamine, spotted deer, stress, xylazine
2020
Change in stingray behaviour and social networks in response to the scheduling of husbandry events
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: aggression, positive reinforcement training, predictability, social network analysis, stingray, welfare
2019
Effects of Enrichment Presentation and Other Factors on Behavioral Welfare of Pantropical Spotted Dolphin (Stenella attenuata)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, cetacean, environmental enrichment, marine mammal, pantropical spotted dolphin
2018
Human disturbance affects personality development in a wild carnivore
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: anthropogenic disturbance, human–wildlife conflict, neophobia, personality, social rank, spotted hyaena, temperament
2017
Variability in hematology of white-spotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) in different living environments
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: complete blood count, elasmobranch, stocking density
2017
The hemic response of white-spotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) with inflammatory disease
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cartilaginous fish, clasper, elasmobranchs, hematology, white blood cell count
2016
Variation in food availability mediate the impact of density on cannibalism, growth, and survival in larval yellow spotted mountain newts (Neurergus microspilotus): Implications for captive breeding programs
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, endangered species, intraspecific predation, mortality, ontogeny
2016
Preliminary report on the behavior of spotted-necked otter (Lutra maculicollis, Lichtenstein, 1835) living in a lentic ecosystem
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: africa, lutrinae, mammal, semi-aquatic, tanzania
2014