Trainer Interaction Can Improve Welfare Outcomes of Toy Enrichment for Isolated Animals: A Case Study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, human-animal interaction, training
2023
The provision of toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship
Publication/Journal: Porcine Health Management
Keywords: environmental enrichment, human-animal relationship, play behaviour, positive emotions, strange person test, tail movement
2020
Equine behavioral enrichment toys as tools for non-invasive recovery of viral and host DNA
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: environmental DNA, equine herpesvirus, genotyping, non-invasive sampling, zebra
2017
The influence of breed and environmental factors on social and solitary play in dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)
Publication/Journal: Learning & Behavior
Keywords: attention, breed, dog, environmental, predatory motor pattern, proximate mechanism, social play, solitary play, toy
2017
Training bottlenose dolphins to overcome avoidance of environmental enrichment objects in order to stimulate play activities
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, operant conditioning, play-behavior
2016
An Evaluation of the Role the Internet Site Petfinder Plays in Cat Adoptions
2015
The Use of Ice to Enrich the Environment of Pigs Housed Indoors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: environmental enrichment, pigs
2014
Assessing the effectiveness of environmental enrichment in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal well-being, behavioral profile, behavioural profile, constructivist ethology, environmental enrichment
2012
Comparison of pig behaviour when given a sequence of enrichment objects or a chain continuously
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, biting-penmate behaviour, enrichment, enrichment objects, growth, pig, toy-contact behaviour
2011
The effect of rope color, size and fray on environmental enrichment device interaction in male and female Orange-winged Amazon parrots (Amazona amazonica)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: environmental enrichment, parrots, preference testing
2010