Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care

Authors: Amy Y. Olsen, Angela Smith, Caroline Hempstead, Shawn E. Larson

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress

2023

Characterization of Current Husbandry and Veterinary Care Practices of the Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) Using an Online Survey

Authors: Ashley J. Kirby, Julie A. Balko, Caroline E. C. Goertz, Gregory A. Lewbart

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences

Keywords: anesthesia, octopus, sedation, veterinary

2023

Non-invasive measurements of respiration and heart rate across wildlife species using Eulerian Video Magnification of infrared thermal imagery

Authors: Caroline L Rzucidlo, Erin Curry, Michelle R Shero

Publication/Journal: BMC Biology

Keywords: infrered thermal imagery, non-invasive measurements

2023

Precursors and aftermath of severe targeted aggression in captive cotton-top tamarins

Authors: Gabriele Schino, Carla Cherubini, Benedetta Pellegrini Quarantotti, Massimiliano Di Giovanni

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords:

2023

Environmental enrichment for collared peccaries Dicotyles tajacu, Tayassuidae in managed care: Different items provoke different behavioural responses

Authors: Carlos Magno de Faria, Fernanda de Souza Sá, Dhiordan Deon Lovestain Costa, Mariane Mendes da Silva, Beatriz Cristiana da Silva, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, Cetartiodactyla, conservation, food-based enrichment

2022

May unpredictable events affect monkey welfare under human care?

Authors: Lucas Belchior Souza de Oliveira, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, five domains model, primates, unpredictability

2022

THERMAL BIOLOGY OF ZOO-HOUSED CHELONOIDIS CHILENSIS: DETERMINING THE ACTIVITY PATTERN AND ESTIMATING SELECTED AND CRITICAL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

Authors: Candela Buteler, M Carla Labaque, Gerardo C Leynaud

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Keywords:

2022

Environmental enrichment effects on the reproductive behavior of captive nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum

Authors: Helen Colbachini, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto, Leonardo Mendes de Souza Mesquita, Otto Bismarck Fazzano Gadig

Publication/Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes

Keywords: captive breeding, olfactory enrichment, olfactory mediation, shark reproduction

2021

Monitoring the welfare of giraffes in two Belgian zoos

Authors: Caroline Heylen, Sarah Depauw, Marina Salas, Hilde Vervaecke, Jeroen Stevens

Publication/Journal: BIAZA Research Symposium

Keywords: giraffes, interspecific aggression, oral stereotypies, positive welfare indicators, welfare

2021