Gorilla Activities and Social Behavior: Assessing Changes Associated with Absence of Zoo Visitors, Zoo Attendance, Time of Day and Increasing Maturity

Authors: Cathleen R Cox, Jill S Werner, Joan I Mead

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: aggression, bachelor group, gorillas, hand-reared, maturity, pandemic, self-directed activity, time of day, visitor effects, zoo attendance

2023

Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Kyle Miller, Alan Peters, Ashley D Franklin, Cathleen M Steinbeiser, Janine L Brown, Natalia A Prado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management

2020

Do rubber rings coated with lignocaine reduce the pain associated with ring castration of lambs?

Authors: Mairi Stewart, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Craig B. Johnson, James R. Webster, Karin E. Schütz, Neil Cox, Kevin J. Stafford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, castration, cortisol, lambs, transdermal anaesthesia

2014

Play behavior as an indicator of animal welfare: Disbudding in dairy calves

Authors: Erin M. Mintline, Mairi Stewart, Andrea R. Rogers, Neil R. Cox, Gwyneth A. Verkerk, Joseph M. Stookey, James R. Webster, Cassandra B. Tucker

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, dairy calf, disbudding, pain, play-behavior

2013

Responses to short-term exposure to simulated rain and wind by dairy cattle- time budgets, shelter use, body temperature and feed intake

Authors: Schütz, K.E.; Clark, K.V.; Cox, N.R.; Matthews, L.R.; Tucker, C.B.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, dairy cattle, motivation, physiology, rain and wind

2010

The effects of cage volume and cage shape on the condition and behaviour of captive European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Authors: L. Asher, G. Davies, C. Bertenshaw, M. Cox, M. Bateson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bird, cage shape, cage size, european starling, flight, housing, space allowance, stereotypy, sturnus vulgaris, time-budget, welfare

2009

A note on the relationship between the behavioural response of lactating sows to humans and the survival of their piglets

Authors: P.H Hemsworth, V. Pedersen, M. Cox, G.M. Cronin, G.J. Coleman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, fearful, human-animal relationship, pigs, reproduction

1999

Marsupials and monotremes: A case study in regional collection planning

Authors: Michael Hutchins, Miles Roberts, Cathleen Cox, Michael J. Crotty

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: institutional collection plan, taxon advisory group

1998