Positive Reinforcement Training for Blood Collection in Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) Results in Undetectable Elevations in Serum Cortisol Levels: A Preliminary Investigation

Authors: Nicole M. Joyce-Zuniga, Ruth C. Newberry, Charles T. Robbins, Jasmine V. Ware, Heiko T. Jansen, O. Lynne Nelson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: grizzly bear, positive reinforcement training, serum cortisol, voluntary blood draw

2016

Association patterns of African elephants in all-male groups: the role of age and genetic relatedness

Authors: Patrick I. Chiyo, Elizabeth A. Archie, Julie A. Hollister-Smith, Phyllis C. Lee, Joyce H. Poole, Cynthia J. Moss, Susan C. Alberts

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: amboseli, association, bachelor, conservation, eigenvector centrality, elephant, kin selection, male, relatedness, sparring

2011

Preference and demand for exercise in stabled horses

Authors: Joyce Lee, Toby Floyd, Hollis Erb, Katherine Houpt

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exercise, horse, operant conditioning, treadmill, two choice preference, welfare

2011

Mind and Movement: Meeting the well being of elephants

Authors: Joyce Poole, Petter Granli

Publication/Journal: An Elephant In The Room: The Science and Well-Being of Elephants in Captivity

Keywords: animal welfare, conservation, elephants

2009

Elephant cognition

Authors: L. Bates, J. Poole, R. Byrne

Publication/Journal: Current Biology

Keywords: cognition, elephants, social behavior, social behaviour, society

2008

Elephant sociality and complexity: The scientific evidence

Authors: J.H Poole, C. J. Moss

Publication/Journal: Elephants and Ethics: Toward a morality of Co-existence

Keywords: african elephant, asian elephant, bond group, elephant, elephas maximus, family, family unit, fission–fusion, loxodonta, social-structure

2008

Adverse impact of industrial animal agriculture on the health and welfare of farmed animals

Authors: Joyce D'Silva

Publication/Journal: Integrative Zoology

Keywords: animal welfare, intensive animal husbandry, selective breeding, stereotypic behavior, stereotypic behaviour

2006

Animals, ethics, and trade: the challenge of animal sentience

Authors: Jacky Turner, Joyce D'Silva

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal welfare moral and ethical aspects congresses, consciousness in animals congresses, perception in animals congresses

2006

Female age-specific reproductive rates, birth seasonality, and infant mortality of ring-tailed Lemurs on St. Catherines Island: 17-year reproductive history of a free-ranging colony

Authors: Joyce A. Parga, Robert G. Lessnau

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: catherines island, fecundity, female reproductive success, infants, lemur catta, provisioning, reproduction, st

2005

Validation of a method for assessment of an acute pain in lambs

Authors: Vince Molony, Joyce E Kent, Iain J McKendrick

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal pain, assessment, behaviour, castration, cortisol, validation

2002

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