Zoo visitors affect sleep, displacement activities, and affiliative and aggressive behaviors in captive ebony langurs (Trachypithecus auratus)
Publication/Journal: acta ethologica
Keywords: behavior, captivity, displacement, langurs, primates, sleep, visitor studies
2020
Annual fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in pregnant and pseudopregnant polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in North American zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: cortisol, eia, polar bear, pregnancy test, seasonality, stress
2018
The burden of domestication: a representative study of welfare in privately owned cats in Denmark
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural problems, confinement, health issues, neuter status, purebred cats
2017
Integrating trans-abdominal ultrasonography with fecal steroid metabolite monitoring to accurately diagnose pregnancy and predict the timing of parturition in the red panda (Ailurus fulgens styani)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: carnivore reproduction, delayed implantation, embryonic diapause, non-invasive monitoring, pseudopregnancy, wildlife
2017
Intranasal oxytocin and a polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene are associated with human-directed social behavior in golden retriever dogs
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: behavior genetics, canine, canine behavior, domestic dog, oxtr, oxytocin, oxytocin receptor gene, social behavior, wolf
2017
Recapturing the canopy: stimulating Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) natural locomotion behaviour in a zoo environment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body postures, enclosure design, great apes, movement patterns, positional behaviour, zoo welfare
2017
Toward a Choice-Based Judgment Bias Task for Horses
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: *cognitive bias, animal welfare, emotional state, horse, mood
2017
Current Welfare Problems Facing Horses in Great Britain as Identified by Equine Stakeholders
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: Great Britain, horses, welfare
2016
Electrical stunning of edible crabs (Cancer pagurus): from single experiments to commercial practice
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, crab, crustacean, electricity, slaughter, stunning
2016
Detection of pathogenic Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using water filtration, animal and bait testing
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amphibians, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, chytridiomycosis, keratin, molecular beacon realtime pcr, water testing
2014