Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants

Authors: JAH Crawley, O Lierhmann, DJ Franco dos Santos, J Brown, UK Nyein, HH Aung, W Htut, Z Min Oo, MW Seltmann, JL Webb

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: asian elephants, human-animal relationship, welfare

2021

Biomarkers of health and welfare: A One Health perspective from the laboratory side

Authors: Lorena Franco-Martinez, Silvia Martinez-Subiela, Jose Joaquin Ceron, Fernando Tecles, Peter David Eckersall, Katarina Oravcova, Asta Tvarijonaviciute

Publication/Journal: Research in Veterinary Science

Keywords: analytical validation, biomonitoring, one health, one world, traditional medicine

2020

The impact of housing environment color on zebrafish anxiety-like behavioral and physiological (cortisol) responses

Authors: Murilo S de Abreu, Ana CVV Giacomini, Rafael Genario, Bruna E dos Santos, Leticia Marcon, Konstantin A Demin, Allan V Kalueff

Publication/Journal: General Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: anxiety, behavior, color, cortisol, zebrafish

2020

Personality traits modulate stress responses after enclosure change of captive capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus)

Authors: Vitor Hugo Bessa Ferreira, Elanne De Paiva Fonseca, Ana Cecilia Correia Santos Das Chagas, Luiz Guilherme Mesquita Pinheiro, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de Sousa, Hélderes Peregrino Alves Da Silva, Nicole Leite Galvão-Coelho, Renata Gonçalves Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal personality, animal welfare, captivity, enclosure change, individual differences, primates

2020

Effects of environmental enrichment techniques on stereotypical behaviours of captive Sumatran tigers: A preliminary case study

Authors: D. Gomes, L. McSweeney, M. Santos

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology

Keywords: animal welfare, atress, Panthera tigris sumatrae, zoo

2019

Tactile stimulation reduces aggressiveness but does not lower stress in a territorial fish

Authors: Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, Eliane Goncalves-de-Freitas

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: aggression, stress, tactile, territorial fish

2019

Abandonment of Dogs and Cats: Public Opinions as Population Management Indicators

Authors: Oswaldo Santos Baquero, Evelyn Nestori Chiozzotto, Rita de Cassia Maria Garcia, Marcos Amaku, Fernando Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: abandonment, behavior, dog, population management

2017

Autonomic, endocrine and behavioural responses to thunder in laboratory and companion dogs

Authors: Carla Caroline Franzini de Souza, Carolina Elisabetta Martins Maccariello, Daniel Penteado Martins Dias, Norma Aparecida dos Santos Almeida, Magda Alves de Medeiros

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

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2017

Do rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta, understand what others know when gaze following?

Authors: Lindsey A. Drayton, Laurie R. Santos

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: gaze following, rhesus macaque, theory of mind

2017

How to measure dairy cows’ responsiveness towards humans in breeding and welfare assessment? A comparison of selected behavioural measures and existing breeding traits

Authors: Asja Ebinghaus, Silvia Ivemeyer, Vanessa Lauks, Laura Santos, Kerstin Brügemann, Sven König, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: breeding traits, dairy cattle, human-animal relationship, reliability, validity

2017

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