More Than Just Kibbles: Keeper Familiarity and Food Can Affect Bonobo Behavior
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, food, keeper familiarity, pan paniscus, social behavior
2023
Enriching Zoo-Housed Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta): Assessing the Influence of Three Types of Environmental Enrichment on Behavior
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral management, enrichment, L. catta, zoo
2022
Stress hormone level and the welfare of captive European bison (Bison bonasus): the effects of visitor pressure and the social structure of herds
Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Keywords: aggression, cortisol, enclosure, feces, parasitological infestation, wisent, zoo
2021
Cardiac activity and salivary cortisol concentration of leisure horses in response to the presence of an audience in the arena
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
2019
Relocation and Hair Cortisol Concentrations in New Zealand White Rabbits
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: cortisol, hair, hpa axis, rabbit, relocation
2017
Activity Budgets of Captive Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) Under a Training Regime
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: activity budget, seals, training
2016
Aggressive behavior and hair cortisol levels in captive Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas) as animal-based welfare indicators
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, glucocorticoid, social behavior, zoo
2016
Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggression, antiandrogen, behavioral neuroendocrinology, communication, cooperative breeder, field experiment, flutamide, prosocial behavior, subordinate male, testosterone
2016
Canine aggression toward family members in Spain: Clinical presentations and related factors
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research
Keywords: aggression, behavior problems, behavioral and environmental factors, behavioral sciences, breed, dog, domestic dogs, english cocker-spaniels, family members, human-directed aggression, management, prevalence, puppies, risk-factors, training methods, veterinary sciences
2016
Corticosterone levels and behavioral changes induced by simultaneous exposure to chronic social stress and enriched environments in NMRI male mice
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: anxiety, corticosterone, environmental enrichment, learning, mice, social stress
2016