Welfare and Clinical Assessment on Physical Captures Followed by Anesthesia in Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)

Authors: Simone Angelucci, Antonio Antonucci, Fabrizia Di Tana, Marco Innocenti, Giovanna Di Domenico, Luca Madonna, Camilla Smoglica, Cristina Esmeralda Di Francesco, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acepromazine, blood gas analysis, capture, chemical immobilization, conservation, medetomidine-ketamine, physical capture, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata, stress

2023

Training in the Dark: Using Target Training for Non-Invasive Application and Validation of Accelerometer Devices for an Endangered Primate (Nycticebus bengalensis)

Authors: K Nekaris, Marco Campera, Marianna Chimienti, Carly Murray, Michela Balestri, Zak Showell

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal training plan, animal welfare, bio-logger, positive reinforcement, random forest, strepsirrhine

2022

Naturalising diet to reduce stereotypic behaviours in slow lorises rescued from wildlife trade

Authors: Padcha Chatpongcharoen, Marco Campera, Phadet Laithong, Nancy L Gibson, KAI Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exudate enrichment, gummivory, insectivory, rescue centre, Thailand

2021

Aggressiveness in group-housed rabbit does: Influence of group size and pen characteristics

Authors: Cristina Zomeño, Marco Birolo, Andrea Zuffellato, Gerolamo Xiccato, Angela Trocino

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bayesian inference, behaviour, collective housing, reproducing rabbit does

2017

Environmental enrichment facilitates release and survival of an injured loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) after ten years in captivity

Authors: Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Vicente Marco-Cabedo, Xavier Manteca, Gemma Palencia Membrive, Josep Sanjosé, Oriol Fuentes, Elsa Jiménez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: caretta caretta, environmental enrichment, fore flipper loss, loggerhead sea turtle, release to wild

2017

Relocation and Hair Cortisol Concentrations in New Zealand White Rabbits

Authors: Tanja Peric, Antonella Comin, Mirco Corazzin, Marta Montillo, Federico Canavese, Marco Stebel, Alberto Prandi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cortisol, hair, hpa axis, rabbit, relocation

2017

Zoo visitor effect on mammal behaviour: Does noise matter?

Authors: Sandra Quadros, Vinicius D. L. Goulart, Luiza Passos, Marco A. M. Vecci, Robert J. Young

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, mammals, noise, zoo visitor effect

2014

Zoo visitor effect on mammal behaviour: Does noise matter?

Authors: Sandra Quadros, Vinicius DL Goulart, Luiza Passos, Marco AM Vecci, Robert J Young

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, mammals, noise, zoo visitor effect

2014

Consistency of dominance rank order: A comparison of David’s scores with I&SI and Bayesian methods in macaques

Authors: K. N. Balasubramaniam, C. M. Berman, A. De Marco, K. Dittmar, B. Majolo, H. Ogawa, B. Thierry, H. De Vries

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bayesian estimation, david's score, dominance ranks, dyadic dominance indices, i&s*i, macaques

2013

Offspring sex, current and previous reproduction affect feeding behaviour in wild eastern grey kangaroos

Authors: Uriel Gélin, Michelle E. Wilson, Graeme M. Coulson, Marco Festa-Bianchet

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: age, eastern grey kangaroo, foraging behaviour, foraging effort, inter-annual variation, lactation, macropus-giganteus, mammal, offspring sex, reproduction

2013

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