The provision of toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship

Authors: Míriam Marcet-Rius, Patrick Pageat, Cécile Bienboire-Frosini, Eva Teruel, Philippe Monneret, Julien Leclercq, Alessandro Cozzi

Publication/Journal: Porcine Health Management

Keywords: environmental enrichment, human-animal relationship, play behaviour, positive emotions, strange person test, tail movement

2020

Zoo soundscape: Daily variation of low‐to‐high‐frequency sounds

Authors: Catherine Pelletier, Robert B Weladji, Louis Lazure, Patrick Paré

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: infrasound, noise, ultrasound, welfare, zoo

2020

Activity budget and spatial distribution of Bennett’s wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) in open versus closed exhibit designs

Authors: Julie Beaudin-Judd, Robert B. Weladji, Louis Lazure, Patrick Pare

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal behavior, exhibit design, visitor effects

2019

Hormonal correlates of natal dispersal and rank attainment in wild male baboons

Authors: Mercy Y. Akinyi, Laurence R. Gesquiere, Mathias Franz, Patrick O. Onyango, Jeanne Altmann, Susan C. Alberts

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: baboons, dispersal, glucocorticoids, rank attainment, testosterone

2017

The skin microbiome of cow-nose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) in an aquarium touch-tank exhibit

Authors: Patrick J. Kearns, Jennifer L. Bowen, Michael F. Tlusty

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: 16s rrna gene, cow-nose ray, elasmobranch, microbiome, touch-tank

2017

Changes in the dominance hierarchy of captive female Japanese macaques as a consequence of merging two previously established groups

Authors: Emily J. Anderson, Robert B. Weladji, Patrick Paré

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dominance ranks, group formation, macaca fuscatamacaca fuscata, primates, welfare

2016

Experimental Control for the Ovariectomized Rat Model: Use of Sham Versus Nonmanipulated Animal

Authors: Marlena C. Kruger, Patrick C. H. Morel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal experimentation, laboratory rats

2016

Management and design of hospital pens relative to behavior of the compromised dairy cow: A questionnaire survey of Iowa dairy farms

Authors: Katrine K. Fogsgaard, Mette S. Herskin, Patrick J. Gorden, Leo L. Timms, Jan K. Shearer, Suzanne T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, hospital pens, sickness behavior

2016

A multivariate analysis using physiology and behavior to characterize robustness in two isogenic lines of rainbow trout exposed to a confinement stress

Authors: Bastien Sadoul, Isabelle Leguen, Violaine Colson, Nicolas C. Friggens, Patrick Prunet

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: adaptation, aggressiveness, cortisol, stress

2015

Welfare assessment of rainbow trout reared in a Recirculating Aquaculture System: Comparison with a Flow-Through System

Authors: Violaine Colson, Bastien Sadoul, Claudiane Valotaire, Patrick Prunet, Matthieu Gaumé, Laurent Labbé

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture

Keywords: rainbow-trout, recirculating aquaculture system, stress, swimming behavior, welfare

2015