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
Feeding management of giraffe towards positive welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: feeding strategy, giraffe, positive welfare
2023
Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone
2023
Behavioural patterns in zoo-housed Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) revealed using long-term keeper-collected data: validation of approaches and improved husbandry
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budget, captivity, ethogram, seasonal patterns, visitor effects, weather
2022
Coat Clipping of Horses: A Survey
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: equine, shaving, thermoregulation, winter pelage removal experiment
2019
Territorial aggression in urban and rural Song Sparrows is correlated with corticosterone, but not testosterone
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: androgen, challenge hypothesis, glucocorticoid, territorial aggression, urbanization
2018
Daytime summer access to pasture vs. free-stall barn in dairy cows with year-long outdoor experience: A case study
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: dairy cows, experienced grazer, pasture, year-long outdoor access
2017
Gangs of piglets: Welfare and growth of imprinted and guided weaners
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, domestic pig, growth, imprinting, post-weaning aggression, weaning
2017
Monitoring the Behavioral and Adrenal Activity of Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) to Assess Welfare During Seasonal Housing Changes
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, enclosure, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, giraffe, recumbency
2017
Welfare assessment in traditional mountain dairy farms: above and beyond resource-based measures
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: alpine farming, animal welfare, animal-based measure, dairy cattle, small-scale farm, tie-stall system
2017