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
Activity budgets, responses to disturbance and novel behaviours in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax
Publication/Journal: Herpetological Journal
Keywords: amphibians, behaviour, disturbance, mSPI, welfare, zoo
2023
Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress
2023
Characterization of Current Husbandry and Veterinary Care Practices of the Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) Using an Online Survey
Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences
Keywords: anesthesia, octopus, sedation, veterinary
2023
Crucial but Neglected: Limited Availability of Animal Welfare Courses in Education of Wildlife Researchers
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: 3Rs principles, animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, animal/physiology, education, wildlife welfare
2023
Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords:
2023
Doing better for understudied species: Evaluation and improvement of a species-general animal welfare assessment tool for zoos
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, aquariums, Taxonomic differences, welfare assessment, zoos
2023
Ethical evolutions: navigating the future of animal behaviour and welfare research
Publication/Journal: Research Ethics
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, ethics, research
2023
Factors Influencing the Development of Human–Animal Relationships at SeaWorld Entertainment Parks
Publication/Journal: Aquatic Mammals
Keywords:
2023
The Iconic Philippine Coral Reef at Steinhart Aquarium: The Husbandry, Welfare, Behavior, and Veterinary Care Considerations of a Large Multi-Taxa Living Coral Reef System
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, aquatic animal medicine, coral husbandry, coral reefs, public aquariums
2023