Providing baseline data for conservation–Heart rate monitoring in captive scimitar-horned oryx

Authors: Peter Leimgruber, Nucharin Songsasen, Jared A Stabach, Megan Horning, Dolores Reed, Tara Buk, Arielle Harwood, Lawrence Layman, Christopher Mathews, Morgan Vance

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Physiology

Keywords: heart rate monitoring, oryx

2023

Exploring the Effect of the COVID-19 Zoo Closure Period on Flamingo Behaviour and Enclosure Use at Two Institutions

Authors: Peter Kidd, Steph Ford, Paul E Rose

Publication/Journal: Birds

Keywords: activity budgets, behaviour, COVID-19, enclosure usage, flamingos, visitors, welfare

2022

Assessing North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Welfare

Authors: Katherine King, Melissa Joblon, Kerry McNally, Leigh Clayton, Heather Pettis, Peter Corkeron, Felicia Nutter

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare assessment, conservation, North Atlantic right whale

2021

Influences of Rearing Environment on Behaviour and Welfare of Captive Chilean Flamingos: A Case Study on Foster-Reared and Parent-Reared Birds

Authors: Peter Kidd, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behaviour, cross-fostering, development, flamingos, foster-rearing, husbandry, welfare

2021

Inside out: heart rate monitoring to advance the welfare and conservation of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Authors: Rosana N Moraes, Timothy G Laske, Peter Leimgruber, Jared A Stabach, Paul E Marinari, Megan M Horning, Noelle R Laske, Juan V Rodriguez, Ginger N Eye, Jessica Kordell

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: anthropogenic disturbance, behavioral-response, ex situ, heart rate, in situ, maned wolf, physiological response, stressors, welfare

2021

Biomarkers of health and welfare: A One Health perspective from the laboratory side

Authors: Lorena Franco-Martinez, Silvia Martinez-Subiela, Jose Joaquin Ceron, Fernando Tecles, Peter David Eckersall, Katarina Oravcova, Asta Tvarijonaviciute

Publication/Journal: Research in Veterinary Science

Keywords: analytical validation, biomonitoring, one health, one world, traditional medicine

2020

Monitoring water quality changes and ornamental fish behaviour during commercial transport

Authors: Myriam Vanderzwalmen, Jason McNeill, Dorine Delieuvin, Simona Senes, Daniel Sanchez-Lacalle, Carrie Mullen, Iain McLellan, Peter Carey, Donna Snellgrove, Andy Foggo

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture

Keywords: behaviour, fish pathogens, ornamental fishes, transport, water chemistry, welfare

2020

Philosophy of a “Good Death” in Small Animals and Consequences for Euthanasia in Animal Law and Veterinary Practice

Authors: Kirsten Persson, Felicitas Selter, Gerald Neitzke, Peter Kunzmann

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal death, euthanasia guidelines, moral stress, veterinary ethics

2020

Preliminary model of personality structure in captive red pandas (Ailurus fulgens)

Authors: Tyler Andres-Bray, Peter Moller, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal personality, personality dimensions, red panda, temperament

2020

Compassionate versus consequentialist conservation

Authors: Jordan O. Hampton, Bruce Warburton, Peter Sandoe

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal ethics, culling, harvesting, human–wildlife conflict, overabundance, wildlife management

2019