Activity and Pool Use in Relation to Temperature and Water Changes in Zoo Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibious)

Authors: Eduardo J Fernandez, Martin Ramirez, Nancy C Hawkes

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: exhibit use, hippo, hippo enclosures, pool temperature, pool use, water change, welfare, zoo

2020

Behavioral Implications of Enrichment for Golden Lion Tamarins: A Tool for Ex Situ Conservation

Authors: Kimberly Sanders, Eduardo Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: callitrichid, enrichment, foraging, golden lion tamarin, primate, puzzle feeder

2020

Seasonal and Daily Activity of Two Zoo-Housed Grizzly Bears (Ursus Arctos Horribilis)

Authors: Eduardo J Fernandez, Ellen Yoakum, Nathan Andrews

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavior, circadian, circannual, grizzlies, stereotypies, ursids, zoos

2020

Corticosterone Assimilation by a Voluntary Oral Administration in Palatable Food to Rats

Authors: Juliana Raya, Carlos Eduardo Neves Girardi, Débora Cristina Hipólide

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: administration, bread, drug, noninvasive, refinement

2019

Selecting and Testing Environmental Enrichment in Lemurs

Authors: E. J. Fernandez, W. Timberlake

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, lemur, paired-choice, preference assessment, zoo

2019

Training penguins to interact with enrichment devices for lasting effects

Authors: E. J. Fernandez, R. C. Kinley, W. Timberlake

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, husbandry, penguins, training, zoos

2019

Sexual differentiation and growth of clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) using commercial and experimental diets

Authors: Alberto Oliveira Lima, Carlos Eduardo Copatti, Jussara Guerreiro, Cláudio Ribeiro, Leandro Portz

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: biometric parameters, duration of sexual differentiation, mature couples

2018

Using Farm Animal Welfare Protocols as a Base to Assess the Welfare of Wild Animals in Captivity-Case Study: Dorcas Gazelles (Gazella dorcas)

Authors: Marina Salas, Xavier Manteca, Teresa Abaigar, Maria Delclaux, Conrad Ensenat, Eva Martinez-Nevado, Miguel Angel Quevedo, Hugo Fernandez-Bellon

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, captivity, dorcas gazelle, enclosure, protocol, welfare, zoo

2018

The effect of feeding enrichment in the milk-feeding stage on the cognition of dairy calves in a T-maze

Authors: Kelsey Horvath, Mariana Fernandez, Emily K. Miller-Cushon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cognition, dairy calf, enrichment, learning, t-maze

2017

Facial thermal variations: A new marker of emotional arousal

Authors: Vladimir Kosonogov, Lucas De Zorzi, Jacques Honoré, Eduardo S. Martínez-Velázquez, Jean-Louis Nandrino, José M. Martinez-Selva, Henrique Sequeira

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: emotion, fITI, thermal imaging

2017