Detailed Comparison of Acoustic Signals from Rehabilitated and Wild Franciscanas (Pontoporia blainvillei) Dolphins

Authors: Giardino Gisela Vanina, Mel Cosentino, Agustina Camila Macchi, Juan Pablo Loureiro, Sergio Rodriguez Heredia, Karina Ceilia Alvarez, Sergio Gabriel Moron, Diego Horacio Rodriguez

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acoustic monitoring, animal communication, animal welfare, bycatch, NBHF species, Pontoporia blainvillei, rehabilitation

2024

Trainer Interaction Can Improve Welfare Outcomes of Toy Enrichment for Isolated Animals: A Case Study

Authors: Kelly Jaakkola, Sarah Brignac, Linda Erb, Emily Guarino, Abigail Haddock, Armando Rodriguez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, human-animal interaction, training

2023

Inside out: heart rate monitoring to advance the welfare and conservation of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Authors: Rosana N Moraes, Timothy G Laske, Peter Leimgruber, Jared A Stabach, Paul E Marinari, Megan M Horning, Noelle R Laske, Juan V Rodriguez, Ginger N Eye, Jessica Kordell

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: anthropogenic disturbance, behavioral-response, ex situ, heart rate, in situ, maned wolf, physiological response, stressors, welfare

2021

Effects of panels and perches on the behaviour of commercial slow-growing free-range meat chickens

Authors: Ane Rodriguez-Aurrekoetxea, Erin Hoerl Leone, Inma Estevez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, free-range meat chicken, panels, perches

2015

Unloading or not unloading? Sheep welfare implication of rest stop at control post after a 29 h transport

Authors: S. Messori, C. Pedernera-Romano, D. Magnani, P. Rodriguez, S. Barnard, A. Dalmau, A. Velarde, P. D. Villa

Publication/Journal: Small Ruminant Research

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, control posts, dairy & animal science, journey, lambs, land transport, long journey, meat quality, parameters, physiological-responses, road transport, sheep, stress hormone responses, transport, unloading, water-deprivation

2015

Environmental complexity and use of space in slow growing free range chickens

Authors: Ane Rodriguez-Aurrekoetxea, Erin Hoerl Leone, Inma Estevez

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, free-range chickens, panels, perches, use of space

2014

Nutrition and health in amphibian husbandry

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Vance C. Alford, Jim Atkinson, Eric Baitchman, Diane Barber, William S. Blaner, Graham Crawshaw, Andy Daneault, Ellen Dierenfeld, Mark Finke, Greg Fleming, Ron Gagliardo, Eric A. Hoffman, William Karasov, Kirk Klasing, Elizabeth Koutsos, Julia Lankton, Shana R. Lavin, Andrew Lentini, Shannon Livingston, Brad Lock, Tom Mason, Alejandra McComb, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Tom Probst, Carlos Rodriguez, Kristine Schad, Kent Semmen, Jamie Sincage, M. Andrew Stamper, Jason Steinmetz, Kathleen Sullivan, Scott Terrell, Nina Wertan, Catharine J. Wheaton, Brad Wilson, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium, disease, ex situ, husbandry, life stage, nutrition, pathology, population, research, vitamin, water, zoo

2014

Aversion to nitrogen and carbon dioxide mixtures for stunning pigs

Authors: P. Llonch, A. Dalmau, P. Rodriguez, X. Manteca, A. Velarde

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, aversion, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, pigs, stunning

2012

Foraging behaviour of beef heifers and ewes in natural grasslands with distinct proportions of tussocks

Authors: Carolina Bremm, Emilio Andrés Laca, Lidiane Fonseca, Jean Carlos Mezzalira, Denise Adelaide Gomes Elejalde, Horacio Leandro Gonda, Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: eragrostis plana nees, grazing behaviour, mosaic grassland, percentage of tussock cover, short-term intake rate

2012

Male goat vocalizations stimulate the estrous behavior and LH secretion in anestrous goats that have been previously exposed to bucks

Authors: José Alberto Delgadillo, Jesús Vielma, Horacio Hernandez, José Alfredo Flores, Gerardo Duarte, Ilda Graciela Fernández, Matthieu Keller, Hélène Gelez

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: acoustic cues, caprine, estrus, gonadotropins, male effect, ovulation

2012

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