Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo
2023
Trainer Interaction Can Improve Welfare Outcomes of Toy Enrichment for Isolated Animals: A Case Study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, human-animal interaction, training
2023
Diagnosis of hypothermia in the European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, using infrared thermography
Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology
Keywords: hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, hypothermia, infrared thermography, non-invasive technology, rehabilitation
2020
Behavioral and endocrine correlates of dominance in captive female Jackson’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: antelope, captive management, fecal corticoids, social rank, stress
2019
Olfactory Enrichment in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus): An Effective Tool for Captive Welfare?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, california sea lions, enrichment, olfaction, pinnipeds
2017
Assessment of the differences in masticatory behavior between male and female adolescents
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: adolescent, mastication, sex differences
2016
Conducting sensitive social science research about on-farm animal welfare incidents: challenges and approaches
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, human-farm animal relationships, participant recruitment, sensitive research, social science, the republic of ireland
2016
Ethics of Animal Use
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal use, ethics
2016
Neuroplasticity in the maternal hippocampus: Relation to cognition and effects of repeated stress
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: depression, hippocampus, lactation, parental brain, postpartum, pregnancy, spatial memory, steroid hormones
2016
Domesticated horses differ in their behavioural and physiological responses to isolated and group housing
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behaviour, corticosterone, equine, housing
2015