Development and Implementation of Baseline Welfare Assessment Protocol for Captive Breeding of Wild Ungulate-Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis, Lydekker 1913)

Authors: Romaan Hayat Khattak, Zhensheng Liu, Liwei Teng

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, body condition, Pakistan, protocol, Punjab urial, veterinary assessment, welfare

2019

Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics

Authors: Christian Nawroth, Jan Langbein, Marjorie Coulon, Vivian Gabor, Susann Oesterwind, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Eberhard von Borell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep

2019

Boldness-mediated habitat use tactics and reproductive success in a wild large herbivore

Authors: Nadège C. Bonnot, Michel Goulard, A. J. Mark Hewison, Bruno Cargnelutti, Bruno Lourtet, Yannick Chaval, Nicolas Morellet

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural syndrome, docility, individual performance, personality, predation–starvation trade-off, reproductive success, risk taking, space use, ungulate

2018

Conservation introduction of the Arabian Tahr to Sir Bani Yas Island, Abu Dhabi Emirate, UAE: challenges and lessons learnt

Authors: Shaikha Al Dhaheri, Pritpal Singh Soorae, Meyer de Kock, Abid Mehmood, Andries Gouws, Kate Burns, Malik Rapaie, Ibrahim Al Nassan, John Cole, Hamad Al Zoywed, Rashid Al Zaabi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: abu dhabi, arabian tahr, conservation introduction, sir bani yas island, united arab emirates

2017

The weight of Rothschild giraffe—Is it really well known?

Authors: Markéta Gloneková, Karolína Brandlová, Magdalena Žáčková, Barbora Dobiášová, Kateřina Pechrová, Jaroslav Šimek

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: baringo giraffe, giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, growth function, ungulate, weight gain

2016

A Multi-Institutional Assessment of Factors Influencing Locomotion and Pacing in Captive Okapis (Okapia johnstoni)

Authors: Cynthia Bennett, Lauri Torgerson-White, Deborah Fripp, Jason Watters, Ann Petric

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: captivity, okapi, pacing

2015

Preference assessments in the zoo: Keeper and staff predictions of enrichment preferences across species

Authors: Lindsay R. Mehrkam, Nicole R. Dorey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, avian, behavior, invertebrate, reptile, survey

2015

The visitor effect in petting zoo-housed animals: Aversive or enriching?

Authors: Alexandra Farrand, Geoff Hosey, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interaction, petting zoo, ungulate, visitor effect

2014

Exploration as a key component of natal dispersal: dispersers explore more than philopatric individuals in roe deer

Authors: L. Debeffe, N. Morellet, B. Cargnelutti, B. Lourtet, A. Coulon, J. M. Gaillard, R. Bon, A. J. M. Hewison

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: capreolus capreolus, gps, home range, juvenile, movement, roe deer, ungulate

2013

Does a temperate ungulate that breeds in summer exhibit rut-induced hypophagia? Analysis of time budgets of male takin (Budorcas taxicolor) in Sichuan, China

Authors: T.P. Guan, B.M. Ge, D.M. Powell, W.J. McShea, S. Li, Y.L. Song

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: capital breeder, constraints, foraging, hypophagia, rutting, takin, temperateungulate

2012

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