Don’t use it? Don’t lose it! Why active use is not required for stimuli, resources or” enrichments” to have welfare value

Authors: Samuel Decker, J Michelle Lavery, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2023

Can animals develop depression? An overview and assessment of ‘depression-like’states

Authors: Aileen MacLellan, Carole Fureix, Andrea Polanco, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Behaviour

Keywords: animal behavior, animal psychology, depression, welfare

2021

Nature calls: intelligence and natural foraging style predict poor welfare in captive parrots

Authors: Emma L Mellor, Heather K McDonald Kinkaid, Michael T Mendl, Innes C Cuthill, Yvonne RA van Zeeland, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, captive breeding, parrots, phylogenetic comparative methods, stress

2021

Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress?

Authors: Misha Ross, Quinn Rausch, Brittany Vandenberg, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chickens, environmental enrichment, stress, welfare

2020

High-Tech and Tactile: Cognitive Enrichment for Zoo-Housed Gorillas

Authors: F. E. Clark, S. I. Gray, P. Bennett, L. J. Mason, K. V. Burgess

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, behavior, challenge, gorilla gorilla gorilla, maze, puzzle, technology, welfare

2019

Neurophysiological correlates of stereotypic behaviour in a model carnivore species

Authors: M. Diez-Leon, L. Kitchenham, R. Duprey, C. D. C. Bailey, E. Choleris, M. Lewis, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: basal ganglia, Dorsal striatum, environmental enrichment, Index Medicus, mink, stereotypic behaviour, Ventral striatum

2019

A Zoo Animal’s Neighbourhood: How Conspecific Neighbours Impact Welfare

Authors: J. C. Whitham, L. J. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, conspecific neighbours, physiology, welfare monitoring, zoo animals

2019

Examination of enrichment using space and food for African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Authors: C. E. Hacker, L. J. Miller, B. A. Schulte

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: african elephant, animal behaviour, animal welfare, enrichment, gps technology, zoo studies

2018

Assessing stress in dogs during a visit to the veterinary clinic: Correlations between dog behavior in standardized tests and assessments by veterinary staff and owners

Authors: A. K. Linda, E. Hydbring-Sandberg, B. Forkman, L. J. Keeling

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: animal hospital, animal welfare, behavior tests, behavioral sciences, canine, canis familiaris, cats, ethology, guidelines, kappa, pain management, personality-traits, questionnaire, responses, scale, validity, veterinary sciences, welfare

2017

Boredom-like states in mink and their behavioural correlates: A replicate study

Authors: Rebecca K. Meagher, Dana L. M. Campbell, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, emotional states, environmental enrichment, inactivity, neovison vison, sensation-seeking

2017