Assessing the Welfare of Captive Group-Housed Cockroaches, Gromphadorhina oblongonota

Authors: Danielle Free, Sarah Wolfensohn

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Animal Welfare Assessment Grid (AWAG), cockroach, group welfare, invertebrate, quality of life, sentience, welfare

2023

Effects of Failure on California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Gameplay Strategies and Interest in a Cognitive Task: Implications for Cognitive Enrichment in Pinnipeds

Authors: Danielle L Roberts, Holli C Eskelinen, Kelley A Winship, Amber M Ramos, Mark J Xitco

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: *animal cognition, california sea lion, cognitive enrichment, marine mammal welfare, technological enrichment

2023

An Approach to Assessing Zoo Animal Welfare in a Rarely Studied Species, the Common Cusimanse Crossarchus obscurus

Authors: Danielle Free, William SM Justice, Sarah Jayne Smith, Vittoria Howard, Sarah Wolfensohn

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: AWAG, behavior, carnivore, Crossarchus obscurus, cusimanse, evidence based, understudied, welfare, welfare assessment, zoo

2022

An Approach to Assessing Zoo Animal Welfare in a Rarely Studied Species, the Common Cusimanse Crossarchus obscurus

Authors: Danielle Free, William SM Justice, Sarah Jayne Smith, Vittoria Howard, Sarah Wolfensohn

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: AWAG, behavior, carnivore, Crossarchus obscurus, cusimanse, evidence based, understudied, welfare, welfare assessment, zoo

2022

Body Size Is Related to Temperature Preference in Hyla chrysoscelis Tadpoles

Authors: Danielle R Kirsch, Shawna Fix, Jon M Davenport, Kristen K Cecala, Joshua R Ennen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Herpetology

Keywords: anuran, thermal preference

2021

Stress, anxiety, fear and frustration in different reptile species: how to reduce these negative emotional states during veterinary procedures

Authors: Jane Williams, Danielle Beck

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Nursing Journal

Keywords: anxiety, fear, frustration, reptile stress, reptiles, sampling and handling, stress reduction

2021

Physiological and behavioral effects of animal-assisted interventions on therapy dogs in pediatric oncology settings

Authors: Amy McCullough, Molly A. Jenkins, Ashleigh Ruehrdanz, Mary Jo Gilmer, Janice Olson, Anjali Pawar, Leslie Holley, Shirley Sierra-Rivera, Deborah E. Linder, Danielle Pichette, Neil J. Grossman, Cynthia Hellman, Noémie A. Guérin, Marguerite E. O’Haire

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-assisted intervention, behavior, salivary cortisol, stress, therapy dog

2018

Bird odour predicts reproductive success

Authors: Danielle J. Whittaker, Nicole M. Gerlach, Helena A. Soini, Milos V. Novotny, Ellen D. Ketterson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: chemical communication, dark-eyed junco, honest signal, junco hyemalis, mate assessment, mate choice, preen oil, sexual signalling, uropygial gland

2013

Endocrine Changes in Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Pups Undergoing Rehabilitation

Authors: Stephen J. Trumble, Danielle O'Neil, Leslie A. Cornick, Frances M. D. Gulland, Michael A. Castellini, Shannon Atkinson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cortisol, harbor seal, stress hormones, thyroxine

2013

High oxygen consumption rates and scale loss indicate elevated aggressive behaviour at low rearing density, while elevated brain serotonergic activity suggests chronic stress at high rearing densities in farmed rainbow trout

Authors: Danielle Caroline Laursen, Patricia I. M. Silva, Bodil K. Larsen, Erik Höglund

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: brain serotonergic activity, cortisol, metabolic rate, physical injury, rearing density

2013

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