Effects of a modern exhibit design on captive tiger welfare

Authors: Kirsten D Smith, Richard J Snider, Daniel P Dembiec, Janice M Siegford, Ahmed B Ali

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: exhibit design, tiger, welfare

2022

Linking the roles of personality and stress physiology for managing the welfare of captive big cats

Authors: Janice Vaz, Alan Gerard McElligott, Edward Narayan

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal personalities, animal welfare, big cats, coping style, glucocorticoids, individual variation, stressors

2021

Drivers of stereotypic behaviour and physiological stress among captive jungle cat (Felis chaus Schreber, 1777) in India

Authors: Loganathan Marinath, Janice Vaz, Dileep Kumar, Krishnamoorthy Thiyagesan, Nagarajan Baskaran

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, biological and environmental factors, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite, small felid, stereotype

2019

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

Prevalence and determinants of stereotypic behaviours and physiological stress among tigers and leopards in Indian zoos

Authors: Janice Vaz, Edward J. Narayan, R. Dileep Kumar, K. Thenmozhi, Krishnamoorthy Thiyagesan, Nagarajan Baskaran

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords:

2017

Zoo visitors’ perceptions of chimpanzee welfare are not affected by the provision of artificial environmental enrichment devices in a naturalistic exhibit

Authors: Sarah L Jacobson, Lydia M Hopper, Marisa A Shender, Stephen R Ross, Maureen Leahy, Janice McNernie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: chimpanzee, environmental enrichment device, naturalism, visitor perception, zoos

2017

Effects of guest feeding programs on captive giraffe behavior

Authors: David A. Orban, Janice M. Siegford, Richard J. Snider

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, giraffa camelopardalis, human-animal interactions, stereotypic behavior

2016

Location tracking of individual laying hens housed in aviaries with different litter substrates

Authors: Dana L. M. Campbell, Darrin M. Karcher, Janice M. Siegford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aviary, behavior, hen, individual, litter, welfare

2016

Temperamental turkeys: Reliability of behavioural responses to four tests of fear

Authors: Marisa Erasmus, Janice Swanson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, fear tests, fearfulness, temperament, turkeys

2014

Use of dynamic and rewarding environmental enrichment to alleviate feather pecking in non-cage laying hens

Authors: Courtney L. Daigle, T. Bas Rodenburg, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Janice C. Swanson, Janice M. Siegford

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, feather pecking, laying hen

2014