Is Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Wounding Frequency Affected by the Presence Versus Absence of Visitors? A Multi-Institutional Study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: chimpanzee, COVID-19, pan troglodytes, visitor effects, welfare, wounding, zoos
2022
Monitoring great ape heart health through innovative electrocardiogram technology: Training methodologies and welfare implications
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: arrythmia, electrocardiogram, great ape, heart disease, welfare
2020
Playful handling of laboratory rats is more beneficial when applied before than after routine injections
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal handling, fear and anxiety, injection, pain, play behaviour, positive affective states
2015
Enrichment options for African painted dogs (Lycaon pictus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavior, canid, carnivores, enrichment, stereotypic
2014
Decreased prolactin levels reduce parental commitment, egg temperatures, and breeding success of incubating male Adélie penguins
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: bromocriptine, corticosterone, egg rotation rate, egg temperature, incubation behavior, parental care, prolactin, pygoscelis adeliae, seabird
2013
Elevated corticosterone levels and severe weather conditions decrease parental investment of incubating Adélie penguins
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: egg temperature and rotation rate, glucocorticoids, incubation behaviour, pygoscelis adeliae, seabird, weather conditions
2013
Enkephalin and dynorphin mRNA expression are associated with resilience or vulnerability to chronic social defeat stress
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
2013
Playful handling as social enrichment for individually- and group-housed laboratory rats
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, group-size, handling, laboratory rats, play behaviour
2013
Effect of the percentage of concentrate on intake pattern in mid-lactation goats
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: dairy goat, individual differences, intake pattern, rumen ph
2012
New communal roosting tradition established through experimental translocation in a Neotropical harvestman
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: aggregation, communal roost, conspecific attraction, habitat selection, harvestmen, opiliones, pheromone, scent marking, translocation
2012