Challenges of Zoo Animal Welfare

Authors: Ron Kagan, Jack Veasey

Publication/Journal: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management

Keywords: animal welfare, environment, stress, welfare indicators, zoo animals

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2010

Activity budget of zoo-housed Dolichotis patagonum mates

Authors: Johan Baechli, Laura Marisa Bellis, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, ex-situ management, monogamy, rodent

2021

Assessing Allostatic Load in Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)

Authors: Kathryn E Seeley, Kathryn L Proudfoot, Barbara Wolfe, Douglas E Crews

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: allostatic load index, chronic stress, lemur catta, non-human primates

2021

Assessing the potential impact of zoo visitors on the welfare and cognitive performance of Japanese macaques

Authors: Sarah M Huskisson, Christina R Doelling, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, attention bias, monkey, touchscreen, visitor effect, zoo research

2021

Behavioral Implications of the Complete Absence of Guests on a Zoo-Housed Gorilla Troop

Authors: Megan E Miller, Caeley M Robinson, Susan W Margulis

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budget, gorilla, visitor effects

2021

Behavioral interactions and glucocorticoid production of Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) mothers and foals

Authors: Corinne P Kozlowski, Eli Baskir, Helen L Clawitter, Ashley D Franklin, Tim Thier, Martha Fischer, David M Powell, Cheryl S Asa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affiliative behavior, agonistic behavior, equid, fecal hormone, mother-offspring, nursing

2021

The behavioral response of the crab-eating fox to olfactory enrichment

Authors: MP Figueira, FFR Silva, A Ribeiro, IO Silva, V Boere

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, canids, Cerdocyon thous, environmental enrichment, olfactory stimulus

2021

Behavioral Responses of Captive Corvids to the Presence of Visitors

Authors: C.A.F. Washer, N. Baur, M. Hengl, C. Köck, T. Pegger, J. Schindlbauer, L. Wemer

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, common ravens, crows, visitor effects

2021

Bottlenose Dolphins Produce Underwater Bubbles Linked to Cognitive Task Engagement but Not Success

Authors: Elena Alexander, Mark Abrahams, Fay E Clark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: *animal cognition, affective state, animal welfare, cetacean, cognitive enrichment, emotion, time series analysis

2021

Bottlenose dolphins’(Tursiops Truncatus) Visual and Motor Laterality Depending on Emotional Contexts

Authors: Aviva Charles, Birgitta Mercera, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cetaceans, emotion, laterality, tursiops-truncatus, visual processing, welfare

2021

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