Analytical and biological validation of a noninvasive measurement of glucocorticoid metabolites in feces of Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: capture, circadian rhythm, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay, platyrrhines, reproductive state
2024
Can we eliminate the primate pet trade in the United States?
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: illegal pet trade, primates
2024
Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play
2024
In Absentia—Can a Lack of Behaviour Be a Useful Welfare Indicator? An Application to the Captive Management of Livingstone’s Fruit Bats, Pteropus livingstonii
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: behavioural indicator, chiroptera, hurdle models, individual welfare, obesity
2024
A scoping review of the use of bioacoustics to assess various components of farm animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, bioacoustics, precision livestock farming, vocalization
2024
Sixty Years of Tinbergen’s Four Questions and Their Continued Relevance to Applied Behaviour and Welfare Research in Zoo Animals: A Commentary
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal management, behavioural ecology, causation, conservation, function, ontogeny, phylogeny, zoo animal husbandry
2024
Utilizing vocalizations to gain insight into the affective states of non-human mammals
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: affective state, animal welfare, bioacoustics, emotion, vocalization
2024
What Types of Animals Should Be in the Future Zoo? Thoughts from United States Residents and Zoo and Aquarium Staff
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: collection, conservation, domesticated, education, endangered, exhibit, mission, popular, preference, recreation
2024
Zoo Visitors’ Most-Liked Aspects of Elephant Encounters and Related Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States: A Pragmatic Approach
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal emotions, animal experiences, animal training, animal welfare, animal–caregiver interactions, elephants, pragmatism, visitors, zoos
2024
Animal welfare research is fascinating, ethical, and useful—but how can it be more rigorous?
Publication/Journal: BMC Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, evidence-based animal care, welfare science
2023