Behavioural Diversity Study in Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Groups and Its Implications for Welfare Assessments

Authors: Fabienne Delfour, Ruta Vaicekauskaite, Daniel García-Párraga, Cristina Pilenga, Agathe Serres, Isabelle Brasseur, Ana Pascaud, Enrique Perlado-Campos, Guillermo J Sánchez-Contreras, Katrin Baumgartner

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural diversity, bottlenose dolphin, marine mammals, welfare assessment, welfare indicator

2021

Evaluation of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in Response to a Change in Social and Handling Conditions in African Lions (Panthera leo bleyenberghi)

Authors: Paula Serres-Corral, Hugo Fernández-Bellon, Pilar Padilla-Solé, Annaïs Carbajal, Manel López-Béjar

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: cortisol, felids, management, non-invasive, welfare

2021

Monitoring captive odontocetes’ participation during training sessions for improving training efficiency and welfare evaluation

Authors: Agathe Serres, Yujiang Hao, Ding Wang

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, finless porpoise, food intake, qualitative assessment, training session, welfare

2021

Body Contacts and Social Interactions in Captive Odontocetes Are Influenced by the Context: An Implication for Welfare Assessment

Authors: Agathe Serres, Yujiang Hao, Ding Wang

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: agonistic interaction, bottlenose dolphin, emotional state, finless porpoise, pectoral fin contact, socio-sexual interaction

2020

Swimming features in captive odontocetes: Indicative of animals’ emotional state?

Authors: Agathe Serres, Yujiang Hao, Ding Wang

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, Circular swimming, finless porpoise, stress, synchronous swimming, welfare

2020

Social behaviors modulate bottlenose dolphins’ (Tursiops truncatus) breathing rate

Authors: A. Serres, F. Delfour

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, breathing frequency, respiration rate, social behavior, social play, tursiops-truncatus, welfare

2019

Environmental changes and anthropogenic factors modulate social play in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: Agathe Serres, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: context, enrichment, public presentation, training, welfare

2017

Unpredictable and repeated negative stimuli increased emotional reactivity in male quail

Authors: Angélique Favreau-Peigné, Ludovic Calandreau, Paul Constantin, Aline Bertin, Cécile Arnould, Agathe Laurence, Marie-Annick Richard-Yris, Cécilia Houdelier, Sophie Lumineau, Alain Boissy, Christine Leterrier

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bird, chronic stress, emotional reactivity, neophobia, tonic immobility

2016