Exploring the Effect of the COVID-19 Zoo Closure Period on Flamingo Behaviour and Enclosure Use at Two Institutions

Authors: Peter Kidd, Steph Ford, Paul E Rose

Publication/Journal: Birds

Keywords: activity budgets, behaviour, COVID-19, enclosure usage, flamingos, visitors, welfare

2022

Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves

Authors: Patrick T Freeman, Erica L Anderson, Kristin B Allen, Caitlin E O'Connell‐Rodwell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, interaction, ontogeny, sociality

2021

Assessing Animal Welfare with Behavior: Onward with Caution

Authors: Jason V Watters, Bethany L Krebs, Caitlin L Eschmann

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: affect, anticipatory behavior, behavioral context, behavioral diagnosis, behavioral diversity, inductive argument, natural behavior, stereotypy, zoo

2021

Use of Interactive Technology in Captive Great Ape Management

Authors: Caitlin A Ford, Liz Bellward, Clive JC Phillips, Kris Descovich

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: conservation, great ape, interactive technology, management practices, zoo

2021

The evaluation of two commercial electric sheep stunning systems: current applied and the effect on heart function

Authors: F. Orford, E. A. Ford, S. N. Brown, J. McKinstry, P. J. Hadley, J. A. Lines, T. G. Knowles, S. B. Wotton

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, electrical stunning, electrocardiogram, halal, sheep, voltage current

2016

A comparison of handling methods relevant to the religious slaughter of sheep

Authors: L. S. W. Bates, E. A. Ford, S. N. Brown, G. J. Richards, P. J. Hadley, S. B. Wotton, T. G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, lamb, non-stun religious slaughter, pre-slaughter handling, sheep, v-shaped restrainer

2014

Feeding and Resting Postures of Wild Northern Muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)

Authors: Maria F. Iurck, Matthew G. Nowak, Leny C. M. Costa, SÉRgio L. Mendes, Susan M. Ford, Karen B. Strier

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: body size, posture, substrate use, tail-suspension, terminal canopy

2013

An investigation into the use of music as potential auditory enrichment for moloch gibbons (Hylobates moloch)

Authors: Emma K. Wallace, Mark Kingston-Jones, Matthew Ford, Stuart Semple

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: enrichment, gibbons, individual differences, music

2013