Differing animal welfare conceptions and what they mean for the future of zoos and aquariums, insights from an animal welfare audit
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)
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)
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
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)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, visitor effect, wildlife endocrinology, zoo animal welfare
2021
Behavioral Responses of Captive Corvids to the Presence of Visitors
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)
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
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: enclosure, enrichment, visitor effect
2021
Effects of scent enrichment on behavioral and physiological indicators of stress in zoo primates
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: fecal cortisol, olfactory enrichment, primates, stress, zoo welfare
2021
Effects of scent enrichment on behavioral and physiological indicators of stress in zoo primates
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: essential oils, fecal cortisol, social interactions, stereotypic behaviors
2021