Philosophy of a “Good Death” in Small Animals and Consequences for Euthanasia in Animal Law and Veterinary Practice

Authors: Kirsten Persson, Felicitas Selter, Gerald Neitzke, Peter Kunzmann

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal death, euthanasia guidelines, moral stress, veterinary ethics

2020

Sex segregation affects exploratory and social behaviors of zebrafish according to controlled housing conditions

Authors: Suelen Mendonça Soares, Karina Kirsten, Aline Pompermaier, Victoria Costa Maffi, Gessi Koakoski, Maurício Woloszyn, Leonardo José Gil Barcellos

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chemical cue, gender, novel tank test, structural environmental enrichment, visual cue

2020

Intranasal oxytocin and a polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene are associated with human-directed social behavior in golden retriever dogs

Authors: Mia E. Persson, Agaia J. Trottier, Johan Bélteky, Lina S. V. Roth, Per Jensen

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavior genetics, canine, canine behavior, domestic dog, oxtr, oxytocin, oxytocin receptor gene, social behavior, wolf

2017

The impact of housing and husbandry on the personality of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Authors: Kathy Baker, Kirsten Pullen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: cheetah, husbandry

2013

Forest Structure and Support Availability Influence Orangutan Locomotion in Sumatra and Borneo

Authors: Kirsten L. Manduell, Mark E. Harrison, Susannah K. S. Thorpe

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: dry-lowland forest, forest structure, peat swamp forest, primate locomotion, support use

2012

Physiological and welfare consequences of transport, relocation, and acclimatization of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Steven J. Schapiro, Susan P. Lambeth, Kirsten Rosenmaj Jacobsen, Lawrence E. Williams, Bharti N. Nehete, Pramod N. Nehete

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: accimlimatization of chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) physiological and welfare consequences, relocation, transport

2012

Assessment of canine sensory function by using sine-wave electrical stimuli paradigm

Authors: Tomonari Watabiki, Yukinori Nagakura, Kirsten Wegner, Shuichiro Kakimoto, Nicolle A. Tozier, Shelle A. Malkmus, Tony L. Yaksh

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: current threshold, dog, fentanyl, neurometer, non-invasive, pharmacokinetics–pharmacodynamics, sensory function, sine-wave, transcutaneous electrical stimulation

2010

Frogs Call at a Higher Pitch in Traffic Noise

Authors: Kirsten M. Parris, Meah Velik-Lord, Joanne M. A. North

Publication/Journal: Ecology and Society

Keywords: acoustic interference, ambient noise, amphibian decline, animal behavior, bioacoustics, crinia signifera, litoria ewingii, road ecology, signal design, traffic noise, urban ecology, vocal communication

2009

Behavioral indices of estrus in a group of captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Alessia Ortolani, Kirsten Leong, Laura Graham, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: african elephant, estrus detection, flehmen, olfaction, reproductive state, sexual behavior

2005

Causes of mortality in captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Authors: Kirsten M. Leong, Scott P. Terrell, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adenocarcinoma, callitrichid, disease, husbandry, necropsy

2004