Activity budgets, responses to disturbance and novel behaviours in captive mountain chicken frogs Leptodactylus fallax
Publication/Journal: Herpetological Journal
Keywords: amphibians, behaviour, disturbance, mSPI, welfare, zoo
2023
The Animal-Visitor Interaction Protocol (AVIP) for the assessment of Lemur catta walk-in enclosure in zoos
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal welfare, AVIP, lemur, zoo
2022
Enriching Zoo-Housed Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta): Assessing the Influence of Three Types of Environmental Enrichment on Behavior
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral management, enrichment, L. catta, zoo
2022
An Improvement in Enclosure Design Can Positively Impact Welfare, Reduce Aggressiveness and Stabilise Hierarchy in Captive Galapagos Giant Tortoises
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: agonistic interactions, animal welfare, enclosure change, Galapagos tortoises, habituation, zoo-based management
2022
Training a Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) for Voluntary Foot Radiographs at Dubai Safari Park
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: foot radiographs, giraffe, lameness, operant training, welfare
2022
Investigating the Effect of Disturbance on Prey Consumption in Captive Congo Caecilians Herpele squalostoma
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: amphibian, behavior, diet, nitrogenous waste, welfare, zoo research
2021
Investigating the effect of social grouping on the behaviour of captive leopards
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: activity budget, Electivity Index, felid, panthera pardus, sociality
2021
Assessment of living conditions in wild boars by analysis of oxidative stress markers
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: cortisol, free-range breeding, oxidative stress markers, wild boar, wildlife welfare
2020
Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)
Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology
Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers
2020
Behavioural and physiological responses of laying hens to automated monitoring equipment
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, automated monitoring, domestic fowl, preening, thermography
2018