Assessing the Welfare of Captive Group-Housed Cockroaches, Gromphadorhina oblongonota
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG), cockroach, group welfare, invertebrate, quality of life, sentience, welfare
2023
Evaluation of Targeted Injections of Ivermectin or Potassium Chloride for Euthanasia of Anesthetized Thorny Devil Stick Insects (Eurycantha calcarata)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: Eurycantha calcarata, euthanasia, insects, ivermectin, KCl, potassium chloride, thorny devil stick insect
2023
Assessment of Feeding Behavior of the Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) and Nutritional Values of Natural Prey
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, diet, insectivorous, live feed, mymercophagidae, zenartha
2022
Does the location of enrichment material affect behavior and dirtiness in growing female pigs?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: enrichment material, exploratory behavior, pigs, social behavior, wood
2019
The Ethics of Eliminating Harmful Species: The Case of the Tsetse Fly
Publication/Journal: Bioscience
Keywords: ethics, Glossinidae, sleeping sickness, sterile insect technique, trypanosomosis, vector control
2019
Effects of experimental chronic traffic noise exposure on adult and nestling corticosterone levels, and nestling body condition in a free-living bird
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: anthropogenic noise, chronic stress, feeding rate, insect bolus, nestling body condition, tree swallow
2018
Improved capture of stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) by placement of knight stick sticky fly traps protected by electric fence inside animal exhibit yards at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: biting fly, fly management, pesticide-free trap, solar power, stomoxys calcitrans
2017
Is behavioural enrichment always a success? Comparing food presentation strategies in an insectivorous lizard (Plica plica)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, behaviour, enrichment, lizards, plica plica, reptiles
2016
Personality matters: Consistency of inter-individual variation in shyness-boldness across non-breeding and pre-breeding season despite a fall in general shyness levels in farmed American mink (Neovison vison)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, animal personality, breeding season, intra-individual variation, motivation, shyness-boldness
2016
Coupling salinity reduction to aquatic animal well-being and ecosystem representativeness at the Biodôme de Montréal
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: aquatic animal welfare, salinity
2015