Behavioral Diversity as a Potential Indicator of Positive Animal Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, behavior-based enrichment, behavioral restriction, evidence-based management, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, stereotypic behavior, thrive, welfare assessment
2020
Large brains in small tanks: intelligence and social complexity as an ethical issue for captive dolphins and whales
Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals
Keywords: captivity, cetacean, health, sanctuary, stress, well-being
2020
Status of animal welfare research in zoos and aquariums: Where are we, where to next?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal welfare, aquariums, research, zoos
2020
What is animal happiness?
Publication/Journal: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Keywords: affect balance, animal welfare, human happiness, typical level of affect
2019
Animal Welfare in Conservation Breeding: Applications and Challenges
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral monitoring, captive breeding, conservation breeding, opportunities to thrive, reintroduction, welfare assessment, zoo
2018
A retrospective analysis of mortality in captive pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) from 1912 to 2014
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: encephalomyocarditis virus (emcv), leptospirosis, obesity, pathology, polycystic kidney disease (pkd), stillbirth
2016
Using technology to monitor and improve zoo animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, automated monitoring, behaviour, physiology, positive welfare, technology
2016
Nitrogen requirements of white-lipped peccary (Mammalia, Tayassuidae)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal nutrition, balance trials, comparative physiology, endogenous urinary nitrogen, metabolic fecal nitrogen, wildlife feeding
2014
Plastic animals in cages: behavioural flexibility and responses to captivity
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: captivity-induced rapid environmental change, conservation, environmental enrichment, stereotypic behaviour, welfare
2013
Breeding for better welfare: genetic goals for broiler chickens and their parents
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeders, broiler chickens, genetics, growth rate, production
2012