Hibernating or not hibernating? Brown bears’ response to a mismatch between environmental natural cues and captive management, and its welfare implications
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal welfare, captive management, cues, environment, physiology
2024
The Role of Preventative Medicine Programs in Animal Welfare and Wellbeing in Zoological Institutions
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, animal wellbeing, operant conditioning, preventative medicine
2023
Enrichment with classical music enhances affiliative behaviours in bottlenose dolphin
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, captive, cetacean, enrichment, social behavior, zoo
2022
Interobserver agreement and sensitivity to climatic conditions in sheltered dogs’ welfare evaluation performed with welfare assessment protocol (Shelter Quality protocol)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare assessment, dog, protocol, reliability, sensitivity, shelter
2019
Conspecific observational learning by adult dogs in a training context
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: dog, intraspecific demonstration, observational learning, training
2016
Effect of Cage Type on Fecal Corticosterone Concentration in Buck Rabbits During the Reproductive Cycle
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: caging, fecal corticosterone, rabbits
2016
Behavioural and physiological indicators of shelter dogs’ welfare: Reflections on the no-kill policy on free-ranging dogs in Italy revisited on the basis of 15 years of implementation
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: domestic dogs, no-kill policy, oxidative stress·shelter, welfare
2014
Does the attachment system towards owners change in aged dogs?
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: aged dogs, attachment, behaviour, salivary cortisol, strange situation test
2013
Effect of Breed, Cage Type, and Reproductive Phase on Fecal Corticosterone Levels in Doe Rabbits
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, fecal corticosterone, rabbits
2013
The basic neuroscience of emotional experiences in mammals: The case of subcortical FEAR circuitry and implications for clinical anxiety
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: amygdala, anxiety, benzodiazepines, fear, gaba, neuropeptides, periaqueductal gray
2011