Does Handling for Public Talks in Zoos Affect the Behaviour of Captive Mexican Red-Kneed Spiders Brachypelma hamorii?

Authors: Charlotte Gresham, Fiona Mathews, Amanda Ferguson, Jamie Mitchell, Lisa Clifforde, Dave Clarke, Lewis J. Rowden

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: activity, enclosure use, handling, invertebrate, spiders, welfare

2022

The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021

The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021

Potential applications of personality assessments to the management of non-human primates: a review of 10 years of study

Authors: Max Norman, Lewis J Rowden, Guy Cowlishaw

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: management, non-human primates, personality assessment

2021

Supporting Zoo Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare and Herd Dynamics with a More Complex and Expanded Habitat

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, David Shepherdson, Karen Lewis, Natalia Prado, Janine L Brown, Bob Lee, Nadja Wielebnowski

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: adrenal activity, behavior, elephant, feeding predictability, glucocorticoids, gps, habitat evaluation, locomotion, sociality, welfare

2021

Longitudinal Improvements in Zoo-Housed Elephant Welfare: A Case Study at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Authors: Katherine Finch, Fiona Sach, Malcolm Fitzpatrick, Nic Masters, Lewis J Rowden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, behaviour, elephas maximus, resting, social, SSSMZP

2020

Specialised for the Swamp, Catered for in Captivity? A Cross-Institutional Evaluation of Captive Husbandry for Two Species of Lechwe

Authors: Paul E Rose, Lewis J Rowden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: antelope, evidence-based practice, kobus leche, Kobus megaceros, zoo husbandry

2020

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

Haematological and serum biochemistry reference intervals for the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Authors: Jessica Bodgener, John Lewis

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: amur leopard, biochemistry, haematology, reference intervals

2017