A preliminary global investigation into potential impacts on successful captive breeding for two species of Rhyticeros hornbill

Authors: Kees Groot, James E Brereton, Catherine E King, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding success, evidence‐based husbandry, Papuan hornbill, questionnaire, wreathed hornbill

2024

Barren diets increase wakeful inactivity in calves

Authors: Laura E. Webb, Bas Engel, Kees van Reenen, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, inactivity, stereotypies, veal calves

2017

Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: A multilevel experiment in Parus major

Authors: Alexander T. Baugh, Rebecca A. Senft, Marian Firke, Abigail Lauder, Julia Schroeder, Simone L. Meddle, Kees van Oers, Michaela Hau

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: acth, behavioral syndromes, corticosterone, dexamethasone, glucocorticoid receptor, hpa axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, negative feedback, personality, stress

2017

Does mirror enrichment improve primate well-being?

Authors: B. de Groot, S. M. Cheyne

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, captivity, self-recognition, solitary, stress

2016

Dose-dependent responses of avian daily rhythms to artificial light at night

Authors: Maaike de Jong, Lizanne Jeninga, Jenny Q. Ouyang, Kees van Oers, Kamiel Spoelstra, Marcel E. Visser

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: artificial light at night, circadian rhythm, dose–response, great tit, light intensity, melatonin

2016

Comparison of locomotion scoring for dairy cows by experienced and inexperienced raters using live or video observation methods

Authors: A. Schlageter-Tello, E. A. M. Bokkers, P. W. G. Groot Koerkamp, T. Van Hertem, S. Viazzi, C. E. B. Romanini, I. Halachmi, C. Bahr, D. Berckmans, K. Lokhorst

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, lameness, live scoring, observers, repeatability, video-scoring

2015

Fear responses to novelty in testing environments are related to day-to-day activity in the home environment in dairy cattle

Authors: Jill R. D. MacKay, Marie J. Haskell, John M. Deag, Kees van Reenen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity patterns, biotelemetry, dairy cattle, fearfulness, personality

2014

Noise annoys: effects of noise on breeding great tits depend on personality but not on noise characteristics

Authors: Marc Naguib, Kees van Oers, Annika Braakhuis, Maaike Griffioen, Piet de Goede, Joseph R. Waas

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal personality, anthropogenic disturbance, begging, great tit, noise, parental care, parus major

2013

A survey of foot problems, stereotypic behaviour and floor type in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in European zoos

Authors: M. Haspeslagh, J. M. G. Stevens, E. De Groot, J. Dewulf, I. D. Kalmar, C. P. H. Moons

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, elephant, floor type, foot problems, stereotypic behaviour, zoo

2013