Accessibility challenges and opportunities at Brasília Zoo: Achieving a balance between visitor experience and animal welfare

Authors: Paula Albala, Mafalda Pantoja, Ederson Teixeira, Marta Romero

Publication/Journal: E3S Web of Conferences

Keywords: accessibility, animal welfare, visitor experience, zoo

2024

Advancing zoo animal welfare through data science: scaling up continuous improvement efforts

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, artificial intelligence, continuous improvement, data science, evidence-based decision making, machine learning, zoo

2024

Animal–Staff Interactions

Authors: Vicky Melfi, Samantha Ward, Chris Pawson, Geoff Hosey

Publication/Journal: Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science and Practice

Keywords: HAI, human-animal interactions

2024

Assessing zoo giraffe survivorship: Methodological aspects, historical improvement and a rapid demographic shift

Authors: Lara Scherer, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Max Hahn-Klimroth, Dennis Müller, Marco Roller, Mads Bertelsen, Jörg Jebram, Paul Dierkes, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: giraffa camelopardalis, husbandry, mortality, progress, survival

2024

Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques

Authors: Emilie A. Paterson, Carly I. O’Malley, Dawn M. Abney, William J. Archibald, Patricia V. Turner

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: 3rs, animal behaviour, animal welfare, behaviour management programmes, refinement, welfare assessment

2024

Development of an animal welfare tool for zoo-housed primates, considering intra- and inter-rater reliability

Authors: Arnaud Dazord, Maeva Primault

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: assessment, inter-rater reliability, intra-rater reliability, primates, tool, welfare, zoo

2024

Effects of different rooting materials on behaviour and welfare of finishing pigs

Authors: Ellen Marie Rosvold, Marko Ocepek, Inger Lise Andersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, finishing pigs, rooting material, welfare

2024

Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores

Authors: Samantha J. Ward, Geoff Hosey, Ellen Williams, Richard Bailey

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play

2024

The Ethics of Human–Animal Interactions at the Zoo

Authors: Bonnie M Perdue, Terry L Maple

Publication/Journal: CABI Books

Keywords: animal experiences, animal welfare, ethics, human-animal interactions, visitor experience

2024

A frog in hot water: the effect of temperature elevation on the adrenal stress response of an African amphibian

Authors: Juan Scheun, Leanne Venter, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: bullfrog, Mucous, non-invasive, stress response, Thermal stressor, weight loss

2024

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