The Effect of Substrate on Water Quality in Ornamental Fish Tanks

Authors: Myriam Vanderzwalmen, Daniel Sánchez Lacalle, Priyadarshini Tamilselvan, Jason McNeill, Dorine Delieuvin, Khadidja Behlouli, Andrew Hursthouse, Iain McLellan, Mhairi E Alexander, Fiona L Henriquez

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: environmental enrichment, gravel substrate, home aquaria, ornamental fishes, sand substrate, substrate enrichment

2022

Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Marcus Mazorra, Lindsay Wick, Scott Krug, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andy Daneault, Andrew C Alba

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design

2022

Southern Sea Otter Rehabilitation: Lessons and Impacts from the Monterey Bay Aquarium

Authors: Leilani Konrad, Jessica A Fujii, Sandrine Hazan, Andrew B Johnson, Karl A Mayer, Michael J Murray, Teri E Nicholson, Michelle M Staedler, Colleen Young

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: aquarium, collaboration, southern sea otter, surrogacy, wildlife rehabilitation

2022

Evaluating the Effect of Visitor Presence on Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Behavior

Authors: Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Hani Freeman, Andrew C Alba, Joseph Soltis, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, visitor effect, zoo

2021

Rethinking Captive Heating: Effect of Infrared Radiation on the Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)

Authors: Nichola J Willis, Andrew Quayle, James E Brereton

Publication/Journal: Captive and Field Herpetology

Keywords: astrochelys radiata, heating, husbandry, IR-A, IR-B

2021

Should zoo foods be chopped: macaws for consideration

Authors: Charlotte James, Andrew Nicholls, Marianne Freeman, Kerry Hunt, James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: Ara ararauna, avian, evidence-based husbandry, food presentation, keeper time, parrot

2021

Surviving the Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia: Reforming the ‘Disposal’of Confiscated Live Animals under CITES

Authors: Shannon N Rivera, Andrew Knight, Steven P McCulloch

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, cites, conservation, illegal wildlife trade, wildlife confiscations, wildlife disposal

2021

The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare

Authors: David J Mellor, Ngaio J Beausoleil, Katherine E Littlewood, Andrew N McLean, Paul D McGreevy, Bidda Jones, Cristina Wilkins

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: affective state, behavioural interaction, biological functioning, environment, human behaviour, humans, other animals, welfare grading, welfare impacts

2020

Effects of multiple stressors on fish shoal collective motion are independent and vary with shoaling metric

Authors: Georgina M Ginnaw, Isla K Davidson, Harry R Harding, Stephen D Simpson, Nicholas W Roberts, Andrew N Radford, Christos C Ioannou

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: colletive behaviour, environmental stressors, gasterosteus aculeatus, group personality, stickleback, thigmotaxis

2020

Equid Assessment, Research and Scoping (EARS): The Development and Implementation of a New Equid Welfare Assessment and Monitoring Tool

Authors: Zoe Raw, Joao B. Rodrigues, Karen Rickards, Joe Ryding, Stuart L. Norris, Andrew Judge, Laura M. Kubasiewicz, Tamlin L. Watson, Holly Little, Ben Hart, Rebekah Sulivan, Chris Garrett, Faith A. Burden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal-based indicators, equid, equid welfare, evidence-based practice, one health, welfare assessment

2020

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