The ethical assessment of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in wildlife conservation

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Elena Mercugliano, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Ilaria Pollastri, Maria Michela Spiriti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Frank Göritz, Susanne Holtze, Cesare Galli, Jan Stejskal, Silvia Colleoni, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, David Ndeereh, Isaac Lekolool, Stephen Ngulu, Dominic Mijele, Daniel Čižmár, Raffaella Simone, Lisa Schrade, Simone Basile, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies (art), biodiversity conservation, conservation ethics, Ethical assessment, research ethics

2024

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

An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Maria Michela Spiriti, Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Silvia Colleoni, Cesare Galli, Frank Göritz, Robert Hermes, Susanne Holtze, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, Jan Stejskal, Samuel Mutisya, David Ndeereh, Stephen Ngulu, Richard Vigne, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros

2021

Evaluation of an enrichment programme for a colony of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in a rescue centre

Authors: Valeria Albanese, Michela Kuan, Pier Attilio Accorsi, Roberta Berardi, Giovanna Marliani

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: behavior, cortisol, enrichment, macaca fascicularis, welfare

2021

On-farm Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dairy goats in different housing conditions

Authors: Lilia Grosso, Monica Battini, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Sara Barbieri, Michela Minero, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Silvana Mattiello

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy goat, indoor housing, inter-observer reliability, pasture, qualitative behaviour assessment

2016

Use of Qualitative Behaviour Assessment as an indicator of welfare in donkeys

Authors: Michela Minero, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Francesca Dai, Leigh Anne Margaret Murray, Elisabetta Canali, Francoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: donkeys, qualitative behaviour assessment, welfare assessment

2016

A study on validity and reliability of on-farm tests to measure human–animal relationship in horses and donkeys

Authors: Emanuela Dalla Costa, Francesca Dai, Leigh Anne Margaret Murray, Stefano Guazzetti, Elisabetta Canali, Michela Minero

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: donkeys, horses, human-animal relationship, on-farm welfare assessment

2015

Validation of a fear test in sport horses using infrared thermography

Authors: Francesca Dai, Nathalie Hélène Cogi, Eugenio Ugo Luigi Heinzl, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Elisabetta Canali, Michela Minero

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: fear test, horse, infrared thermography, validity, welfare

2015

Fecal Concentrations of Cortisol, Testosterone, and Progesterone in Cotton-Top Tamarins Housed in Different Zoological Parks: Relationships Among Physiological Data, Environmental Conditions, and Behavioral Patterns

Authors: Sara Fontani, Stefano Vaglio, Valentina Beghelli, Michela Mattioli, Silvia Bacci, Pier Attilio Accorsi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cortisol, progesterone, tamarins, testosterone, zoos

2014

Heart rate variability as a measure of autonomic regulation of cardiac activity for assessing stress and welfare in farm animals — A review

Authors: Eberhard von Borell, Jan Langbein, Gérard Després, Sven Hansen, Christine Leterrier, Jeremy Marchant-Forde, Ruth Marchant-Forde, Michela Minero, Elmar Mohr, Armelle Prunier, Dorothée Valance, Isabelle Veissier

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cardiac activity, farm animals, heart rate variability, stress, welfare

2007

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