Assessing the Welfare of Captive Group-Housed Cockroaches, Gromphadorhina oblongonota
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG), cockroach, group welfare, invertebrate, quality of life, sentience, welfare
2023
Effects of Failure on California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Gameplay Strategies and Interest in a Cognitive Task: Implications for Cognitive Enrichment in Pinnipeds
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: *animal cognition, california sea lion, cognitive enrichment, marine mammal welfare, technological enrichment
2023
An Approach to Assessing Zoo Animal Welfare in a Rarely Studied Species, the Common Cusimanse Crossarchus obscurus
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: AWAG, behavior, carnivore, Crossarchus obscurus, cusimanse, evidence based, understudied, welfare, welfare assessment, zoo
2022
An Approach to Assessing Zoo Animal Welfare in a Rarely Studied Species, the Common Cusimanse Crossarchus obscurus
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: AWAG, behavior, carnivore, Crossarchus obscurus, cusimanse, evidence based, understudied, welfare, welfare assessment, zoo
2022
Body Size Is Related to Temperature Preference in Hyla chrysoscelis Tadpoles
Publication/Journal: Journal of Herpetology
Keywords: anuran, thermal preference
2021
Stress, anxiety, fear and frustration in different reptile species: how to reduce these negative emotional states during veterinary procedures
Publication/Journal: Veterinary Nursing Journal
Keywords: anxiety, fear, frustration, reptile stress, reptiles, sampling and handling, stress reduction
2021
Physiological and behavioral effects of animal-assisted interventions on therapy dogs in pediatric oncology settings
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-assisted intervention, behavior, salivary cortisol, stress, therapy dog
2018
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
Improving the feline veterinary consultation: the usefulness of Feliway spray in reducing cats’ stress
Publication/Journal: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
Keywords: cats, feliway, stress, vet visits
2016
Body mass dynamics in hand reared clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) cubs from birth to weaning
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: clouded leopard, growth rate, hand rearing, neofelis nebulosa
2015