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
Animal–Visitor Interactions
Publication/Journal: CABI Books
Keywords: animal visitor interaction (AVI), animal welfare, avi, responsible management
2024
Automatic detection of stereotypical behaviors of captive wild animals based on surveillance videos of zoos and animal reserves
Publication/Journal: Ecological Informatics
Keywords: animal tracking, animal welfare, captive animal, Motion trajectory, Siamese network, stereotypical behavior
2024
Can we eliminate the primate pet trade in the United States?
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: illegal pet trade, primates
2024
Captive Management and Reproduction of the Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus balios)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: atelopus, captive management, conservation, temperature cycling
2024
Catcalls: exotic cats discriminate the voices of familiar caregivers
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: *Voice/physiology, animals, caregivers, Familiar human, felid, felidae, humans, physiology, pilot projects, psychology, rearing history, recognition, Vocal discrimination
2024
The ethical assessment of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in wildlife conservation
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies (art), biodiversity conservation, conservation ethics, Ethical assessment, research ethics
2024
First noncontact millimeter-wave radar measurement of heart rate in great apes: Validation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol
Keywords: *Pan troglodytes/physiology, *Radar, animal welfare, animals, Electrocardiography/veterinary/instrumentation, female, heart rate, male, millimeter‐wave ultrawide‐band array radar, noncontact measurement of vital sign, stress
2024
Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis
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