Investigating the Behavior and Personality Structure of the Aldabra Tortoise during Human Interactions and Training Events

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, Vanessa Smith, Massimo Faustini, Eleonora Bonacina, Davide Guadagnini, Roberto Robbiati, Alice Cavalleri, James Edward Brereton, Richard Preziosi

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Aldabrachelys giganea, animal personality, chelonia mydas, geochelone gigantea, human-animal interaction

2022

Social proximities of developing gorilla males (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in European zoos: the consequences of castration and social composition

Authors: Benoit Létang, Baptiste Mulot, Vanessa Alerte, Thomas Bionda, Lisa Britton, Tjerk ter Meulen, János Szánthó, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Cédric Sueur

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bachelor, castration, gorillas, maturation, social network analysis, welfare

2020

Behavioral and physiological assessment of liquid nitrogen cryoablation to prevent horn development in dairy calves

Authors: Mhairi A. Sutherland, Suzanne K. Dowling, Karin E. Schütz, Vanessa M. Cave, Nikki J. Kells, Craig B. Johnson, Mairi Stewart

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, calves, cryoablation, disbudding, welfare

2019

Consequences Matter: Compassion in Conservation Means Caring for Individuals, Populations and Species

Authors: Paul J. Johnson, Vanessa M. Adams, Doug P. Armstrong, Sandra E. Baker, Duan Biggs, Luigi Boitani, Alayne Cotterill, Emma Dale, Holly O'Donnell, David J. T. Douglas, Egil Droge, John G. Ewen, Ruth E. Feber, Piero Genovesi, Clive Hambler, Bart J. Harmsen, Lauren A. Harrington, Amy Hinks, Joelene Hughes, Lydia Katsis, Andrew Loveridge, Axel Moehrenschlager, Christopher O'Kane, Meshach Pierre, Steve Redpath, Lovemore Sibanda, Pritpal Soorae, Mark Stanley Price, Peter Tyrrell, Alexandra Zimmermann, Amy Dickman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: compassion, consequentialism, ethics, virtue

2019

Future Directions for Personality Research: Contributing New Insights to the Understanding of Animal Behavior

Authors: Vanessa Wilson, Anja Guenther, Oyvind Overli, Martin W. Seltmann, Drew Altschul

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, developmental plasticity, endocrinology, fitness, individual differences, longevity, personality, stress coping, wellbeing

2019

Implementing portable touchscreen-setups to enhance cognitive research and enrich zoo-housed animals

Authors: Vanessa Schmitt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal-computer-interaction, birds, comparative cognition, enrichment, primates, social group, touchscreen technology, welfare

2019

A comparison of personality in the common and Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus and Saimiri boliviensis)

Authors: Vanessa A. D. Wilson, Miho Inoue-Murayama, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: agreeableness, animal ethology, animal personality, assertiveness, likert scales, monkeys, neuroticism, openness to experience, phylogenesis, primates (nonhuman)

2018

Drivers and consequences of variation in individual social connectivity

Authors: Allison E. Williams, Katherine E. L. Worsley-Tonks, Vanessa O. Ezenwa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: diet quality, grant's gazelle, group living, parasite infection, social connectivity, social network analysis

2017

How to measure dairy cows’ responsiveness towards humans in breeding and welfare assessment? A comparison of selected behavioural measures and existing breeding traits

Authors: Asja Ebinghaus, Silvia Ivemeyer, Vanessa Lauks, Laura Santos, Kerstin Brügemann, Sven König, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: breeding traits, dairy cattle, human-animal relationship, reliability, validity

2017

Aggressive behavior and hair cortisol levels in captive Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas) as animal-based welfare indicators

Authors: Marina Salas, Déborah Temple, Teresa Abáigar, Mariano Cuadrado, Maria Delclaux, Conrad Enseñat, Vanessa Almagro, Eva Martínez-Nevado, Miguel Ángel Quevedo, Annaïs Carbajal, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Maria Sabés-Alsina, Marta Amat, Manel Lopez-Bejar, Hugo Fernández-Bellon, Xavier Manteca

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, glucocorticoid, social behavior, zoo

2016

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