Differing animal welfare conceptions and what they mean for the future of zoos and aquariums, insights from an animal welfare audit

Authors: Jake S Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, audit

2022

Non-Invasive Assessment of the Seasonal Stress Response to Veterinary Procedures and Transportation of Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla)

Authors: Gabina V Eguizábal, Mariella Superina, Rupert Palme, Camila J Asencio, Daniel P Villarreal, Luciana Borrelli, Juan M Busso

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, ex situ, faecal cortisol metabolites, pilosa, season, transport, veterinary check, wildlife

2022

Training in the Dark: Using Target Training for Non-Invasive Application and Validation of Accelerometer Devices for an Endangered Primate (Nycticebus bengalensis)

Authors: K Nekaris, Marco Campera, Marianna Chimienti, Carly Murray, Michela Balestri, Zak Showell

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal training plan, animal welfare, bio-logger, positive reinforcement, random forest, strepsirrhine

2022

Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for measurement of fecal dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in gibbons and siamangs

Authors: Rafaela SC Takeshita

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: assay, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, DHEAS, stress response

2022

Applying Behavioral and Physiological Measures to Assess the Relative Impact of the Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic Closure on Two Mammal Species at the Oregon Zoo: Cheetah (A. jubatus) and Giraffe (G. c. reticulata and G. c. tippelskirchii)

Authors: Laurel B Fink, Candace D Scarlata, Becca VanBeek, Todd E Bodner, Nadja C Wielebnowski

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, visitor effect, wildlife endocrinology, zoo animal welfare

2021

Behavioral Responses of Captive Corvids to the Presence of Visitors

Authors: C.A.F. Washer, N. Baur, M. Hengl, C. Köck, T. Pegger, J. Schindlbauer, L. Wemer

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, common ravens, crows, visitor effects

2021

CHALLENGES TO ANIMAL WELFARE DURING TRANSPORTATION OF WILD MAMMALS: A REVIEW (1990–2020)

Authors: Friederike Pohlin, Emma H Hooijberg, Leith CR Meyer

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: animal welfare, transport

2021

The effect of a new enclosure on the behaviour of a large captive group of lion-tailed macaques Macaca silenus

Authors: Rebecca Newman, Sean McKeown, Thomas Quirke, Ruth M O'Riordan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enclosure, enrichment, visitor effect

2021

Inside out: heart rate monitoring to advance the welfare and conservation of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Authors: Rosana N Moraes, Timothy G Laske, Peter Leimgruber, Jared A Stabach, Paul E Marinari, Megan M Horning, Noelle R Laske, Juan V Rodriguez, Ginger N Eye, Jessica Kordell

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: anthropogenic disturbance, behavioral-response, ex situ, heart rate, in situ, maned wolf, physiological response, stressors, welfare

2021

Investigating the Effect of Enrichment on the Behavior of Zoo-Housed Southern Ground Hornbills

Authors: James Edward Brereton, Mark Nigel Geoffrey Myhill, James Ali Shora

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bucerotidae, Bucovus leadbeateri, carcass feeding, mirror, Spread of participation index

2021