The quest to develop automated systems for monitoring animal behavior

Authors: Janice M. Siegford, Juan P. Steibel, Junjie Han, Madonna Benjamin, Tami Brown-Brandl, Joao R. R. Dórea, Daniel Morris, Tomas Norton, Eric Psota, Guilherme J. M. Rosa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behavior, Automated monitoring technology, observation, sensors

2023

Environmental enrichment effects on the reproductive behavior of captive nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum

Authors: Helen Colbachini, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto, Leonardo Mendes de Souza Mesquita, Otto Bismarck Fazzano Gadig

Publication/Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes

Keywords: captive breeding, olfactory enrichment, olfactory mediation, shark reproduction

2021

Preference and Motivation Tests for Body Tactile Stimulation in Fish

Authors: Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Guilherme Delgado Martins, Eliane Gonçalves-de-Freitas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aggressive behavior, choice, motivation, social stress, welfare

2021

Personality traits modulate stress responses after enclosure change of captive capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus)

Authors: Vitor Hugo Bessa Ferreira, Elanne De Paiva Fonseca, Ana Cecilia Correia Santos Das Chagas, Luiz Guilherme Mesquita Pinheiro, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de Sousa, Hélderes Peregrino Alves Da Silva, Nicole Leite Galvão-Coelho, Renata Gonçalves Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal personality, animal welfare, captivity, enclosure change, individual differences, primates

2020

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

Do aversive-based training methods actually compromise dog welfare?: A literature review

Authors: Joana Guilherme Fernandes, I. Anna S. Olsson, Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dog, training methods, welfare

2017

Behaviour of proactive and reactive tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in a T-maze

Authors: Flávia O. Mesquita, Isabela F. A. Torres, Ronald K. Luz

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: associative training, coping strategy, personality, t-maze, tilapia

2016

Comparative well-being of horses kept under total or partial confinement prior to employment for mounted patrols

Authors: Gabriela O. Pessoa, Pablo Trigo, Francisco D. Mesquita Neto, Antônio C. C. Lacreta Junior, Ticiana M. Sousa, Joel A. Muniz, Raquel S. Moura

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, heart rate variability, horse, police, stall, stress

2016

Coping strategies in captive capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.)

Authors: Renata G. Ferreira, Michael Mendl, Paulo Guilherme Carniel Wagner, Talita Araujo, Daniela Nunes, Antonieta Looman Mafra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, behavioural syndromes, capuchin monkeys, psychopathologies, sapajus spp., welfare

2016

Hematological parameters and the variations resulting from stress of Alouatta caraya during a wildlife rescue program in Brazil

Authors: Angélica María Sánchez-Sarmiento, Ticiana Zwarg, Renata Carolina Fernandes-Santos, Thaís Guimarães-Luiz, Alexander Genoy-Puerto, Eliana Reiko Matushima

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captivity, capture, complete blood count, environmental impact, neotropical primates

2015

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