Does Handling for Public Talks in Zoos Affect the Behaviour of Captive Mexican Red-Kneed Spiders Brachypelma hamorii?

Authors: Charlotte Gresham, Fiona Mathews, Amanda Ferguson, Jamie Mitchell, Lisa Clifforde, Dave Clarke, Lewis J. Rowden

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: activity, enclosure use, handling, invertebrate, spiders, welfare

2022

Impacts of natural history and exhibit factors on carnivore welfare

Authors: Lance J. Miller, Jamie A. Ivy, Greg A. Vicino, Ivana G. Schork

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, infant mortality, offspring production, pacing, reproductive success

2019

Use of molecular data in zoo and aquarium collection management: Benefits, challenges, and best practices

Authors: Anita J. Norman, Andrea S. Putnam, Jamie A. Ivy

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, hereditary disease, inbreeding, kinship estimation, population management

2019

Digestibility of a new diet for captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Authors: Hayley J. Stannard, Jamie M. Bekkers, Julie M. Old, Bronwyn M. McAllan, Michelle E. Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: insectivore, manufactured diet, monotreme, myrmecophage, nutrition

2017

Macaques attend to scratching in others

Authors: Jamie Whitehouse, Jérôme Micheletta, Juliane Kaminski, Bridget M. Waller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: communication, displacement, self-directed behaviour, signal, stress

2016

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

Plastic animals in cages: behavioural flexibility and responses to captivity

Authors: Georgia Mason, Charlotte C. Burn, Jamie Ahloy Dallaire, Jeanette Kroshko, Heather McDonald Kinkaid, Jonathan M. Jeschke

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: captivity-induced rapid environmental change, conservation, environmental enrichment, stereotypic behaviour, welfare

2013

Sleeping tight or hiding in fright? The welfare implications of different subtypes of inactivity in mink

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Dana L. M. Campbell, Jamie Ahloy Dallaire, María Díez-León, Rupert Palme, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, hiding, inactivity, neovison vison

2013

Using rattlesnake microsatellites to determine paternity in captive bushmasters (Lachesis muta)

Authors: Krystyn Pozarowski, Jamie Ivy, Hans-Werner Herrmann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cross-species amplification, crotalinae, crotalus, genetic loci, lachesis muta, population management, sistrurus

2013

Individual differences in stereotypic behaviour predict individual differences in the nature and degree of enrichment use in caged American mink

Authors: Jamie A. Dallaire, Rebecca K. Meagher, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, environmental enrichment, establishment, individual variation, motivation, stereotypic behaviour

2012

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