Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)

Authors: Kelly Bruno, Cassidy Hubbard, Emily Lynch

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo

2023

Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care

Authors: Amy Y. Olsen, Angela Smith, Caroline Hempstead, Shawn E. Larson

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress

2023

Assessing stress physiology within a conservation breeding program for an endangered species

Authors: S. Falconer, M. McAdie, G. Mastromonaco, A. I. Schulte-Hostedde

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords:

2023

Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) in a walk-through enclosure

Authors: Yuri Garcia de Abreu Rezende, Marina Bonde Queiroz, Robert John Young, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acoustic stress, animal welfare, behaviour, captivity, sound pressure, two-toed sloth

2023

Behavioural Indicators of Pain and Suffering in Arthropods and Might Pain Bite Back?

Authors: Robert W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Chelicerata, contests, Mandibulata, nociception, pain, traumatic mating, venom

2023

Blood biochemistry parameters of Broad snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris subjected to stress conditions, appliying micro-volume techniques

Authors: María Soledad Moleón, Gonzalo Santiago, Samuel Hilevski, Pablo Ariel Siroski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Keywords: albumin, broad-snouted-caiman, glucose, stress, total protein

2023

Blood pressure monitoring in zoologically managed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Marietta D Danforth, Victoria L Clyde, Balbine Jourdan, Robert Korman, Leann Beehler, Samuel Wann, Priya Bapodra, Hayley Murphy, Trevor Gerlach, Sabina Rich

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: blood pressure monitoring, bonobos, zoo

2023

Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos

Authors: Andrew Mooney, Kelly McCall, Scott Bastow, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: bumblefoot, enclosure design, pododermatitis, welfare, zoo enclosure

2023

Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Dawn Zimmerman, Balbine Jourdan, Douglas E Crews, Barbara A Wolfe, Donald L Neiffer, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress

2023

A comprehensive investigation of negative visitor behaviour in the zoo setting and captive animals’ behavioural response

Authors: Courtney Collins, Sean McKeown, Ruth O’Riordan

Publication/Journal: Heliyon

Keywords: animal behaviour, Circuit-study, Negative behaviour, visitors, zoo

2023