Challenges of Zoo Animal Welfare
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
Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights
Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates
2020
Assessment of living conditions in wild boars by analysis of oxidative stress markers
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: cortisol, free-range breeding, oxidative stress markers, wild boar, wildlife welfare
2020
Beyond Glucocorticoids: Integrating Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) into Animal Welfare Research
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, dhea, glucocorticoids, ratio
2020
Capture Myopathy and Stress Cardiomyopathy in a Live-Stranded Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) in Rehabilitation
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal conservation, animal welfare, biochemistry, cetaceans, histopathology, immunohistochemistry
2020
Caring for the horse in a cold climate—Reviewing principles for thermoregulation and horse preferences
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, blanket, equine, temperature, thermal comfort, welfare
2020
Circadian Rhythm of Salivary Immunoglobulin A and Associations with Cortisol as A Stress Biomarker in Captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: asian elephant, circadian rhythm, glucocorticoids, immunoglobulin a, welfare
2020
Circulating and Excreted Corticosteroids and Metabolites, Hematological, and Serum Chemistry Parameters in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Before and After a Stress Response
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science
Keywords: corticosteorids, endocrinology, feces, killer whale (Orcinus orca), stress
2020
Deflighting zoo birds and its welfare considerations
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, birds, deflighting, pinioning, wing-clipping, zoo
2020
Diagnosis of hypothermia in the European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, using infrared thermography
Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology
Keywords: hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, hypothermia, infrared thermography, non-invasive technology, rehabilitation
2020