Corticosterone Assimilation by a Voluntary Oral Administration in Palatable Food to Rats

Authors: Juliana Raya, Carlos Eduardo Neves Girardi, Débora Cristina Hipólide

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: administration, bread, drug, noninvasive, refinement

2019

Diel and infradian (7-day) activity rhythms in Mexican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) kept with and without visitor contact

Authors: Jairo Muñoz-Delgado, Sergio Pérez-Galicia, José Carlos Sánchez-Ferrer, Domingo Canales Espinosa, Hans G. Erkert

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: activity pattern, circadian rhythm, circaseptan rhythm, masking effect, zoo visitor effect

2018

Sexual differentiation and growth of clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) using commercial and experimental diets

Authors: Alberto Oliveira Lima, Carlos Eduardo Copatti, Jussara Guerreiro, Cláudio Ribeiro, Leandro Portz

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: biometric parameters, duration of sexual differentiation, mature couples

2018

Designing Better Water Troughs: Does Trough Color Influence Dairy Cows’ Preference?

Authors: Dayane Lemos Teixeira, Maria José Hötzel, Luiz Carlos Pinheiro Machado Filho, José Daniel Cazale, Daniel Enríquez-Hidalgo

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: color, cow, drinker, preference, water

2017

Circadian rhythm of salivary cortisol secretion in female zoo-kept African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Miguel Casares, Gema Silván, Maria Dolores Carbonell, Cati Gerique, Leticia Martinez-Fernandez, Sara Cáceres, Juan Carlos Illera

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adrenal activity, glucocorticoids, non-invasive monitoring, saliva, welfare

2016

Development of a facial expression scale using footrot and mastitis as models of pain in sheep

Authors: Krista M. McLennan, Carlos J. B. Rebelo, Murray J. Corke, Mark A. Holmes, Matthew C. Leach, Fernando Constantino-Casas

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: facial expression, footrot, mastitis, pain, sheep

2016

Genetic guidelines for captive breeding and reintroductions of the endangered Black-fronted Piping Guan, Aburria jacutinga (galliformes, cracidae), an Atlantic Forest endemic

Authors: Paulo R. R. Oliveira-Jr, Mariellen C. Costa, Luis F. Silveira, Mercival R. Francisco

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, conservation, endangered species, genetic variability, management

2016

Measurement of cognitive bias and cortisol levels to evaluate the effects of space restriction on captive collared peccary (Mammalia, Tayassuidae)

Authors: Flávia R. M. Oliveira, Sérgio L. G. Nogueira-Filho, Maria B. C. Sousa, Carlos T. S. Dias, Michael Mendl, Selene S. C. Nogueira

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, animal welfare, environmental enrichment, judgement bias, stress

2016

Social status drives social relationships in groups of unrelated female rhesus macaques

Authors: Noah Snyder-Mackler, Jordan N. Kohn, Luis B. Barreiro, Zachary P. Johnson, Mark E. Wilson, Jenny Tung

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: dominance rank, elo, fitness, grooming, kinship, primate, rhesus macaque, social bond formation, social status

2016

Acute stress enhances sensitivity to a highly attractive food reward without affecting judgement bias in laying hens

Authors: Carlos E. Hernandez, Geoff Hinch, Jim Lea, Drewe Ferguson, Caroline Lee

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affective states, judgement bias, poultry, reward sensitivity, stress

2015

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