Behavioural effects of a giraffe public feeding programme on Masai giraffe Giraffa tippelskirchi and plains zebra Equus quagga in a mixed-species exhibit
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: giraffe, mixed-species enclosure, public feeding, zoo
2023
Noise interfere on feeding behaviour but not on food preference of saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola)
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, finches, noise pollution
2023
Impacts of COVID-19 on Animals in Zoos: A Longitudinal Multi-Species Analysis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: behavior, COVID-19, multi-species, visitor–animal interactions, zoo
2021
Monitoring the welfare of giraffes in two Belgian zoos
Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium
Keywords: giraffes, interspecific aggression, oral stereotypies, positive welfare indicators, welfare
2021
Contrasting results from molecular and pedigree-based population diversity measures in captive zebra highlight challenges facing genetic management of zoo populations
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, genetic diversity, molecular genetic analysis, pedigree analysis
2017
Equine behavioral enrichment toys as tools for non-invasive recovery of viral and host DNA
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: environmental DNA, equine herpesvirus, genotyping, non-invasive sampling, zebra
2017
You know what? I’m happy. Cognitive bias is not related to personality but is induced by pair-housing in canaries (Serinus canaria)
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: *cognitive bias, animal emotion, animal welfare, anxiety, behavioral sciences, behavioral syndromes, biological, emotions, exploration, indicator, individual differences, male great tits, neophobia, personality, psychology, serinus canaria, social enrichment, starlings sturnus-vulgaris, welfare, zebra finches, zoology
2017
Developmental effects of vasotocin and nonapeptide receptors on early social attachment and affiliative behavior in the zebra finch
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: affiliation, arginine vasotocin, attachment, development, nonapeptides, v1ar, vasopressin, zebra finch
2016
Mate call as reward: Acoustic communication signals can acquire positive reinforcing values during adulthood in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: *animal mate selection, *animal mating behavior, *animal vocalizations, *bird song, *female animals, birds, operant conditioning, reinforcement
2016
A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes
2016