Blood pressure monitoring in zoologically managed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Marietta D Danforth, Victoria L Clyde, Balbine Jourdan, Robert Korman, Leann Beehler, Samuel Wann, Priya Bapodra, Hayley Murphy, Trevor Gerlach, Sabina Rich

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: blood pressure monitoring, bonobos, zoo

2023

Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) personality: A rating assessment with ex Situ Conservation Program sample

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Victoria Asensio, Antonio Rivas, Rodrigo Serra, Jaume Fatjó, Miquel Llorente, Francisco Villaespesa

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: felids, lynx, personality

2021

Sex segregation affects exploratory and social behaviors of zebrafish according to controlled housing conditions

Authors: Suelen Mendonça Soares, Karina Kirsten, Aline Pompermaier, Victoria Costa Maffi, Gessi Koakoski, Maurício Woloszyn, Leonardo José Gil Barcellos

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chemical cue, gender, novel tank test, structural environmental enrichment, visual cue

2020

A Standardized Protocol for Preference Testing to Assess Fish Welfare

Authors: Cairsty DePasquale, Jennifer Sturgill, Victoria A Braithwaite

Publication/Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments: JoVE

Keywords: fish welfare, habitat preference, preference test

2020

A turtle cognition research demonstration enhances visitor engagement and keeper-animal relationships

Authors: Andrew C. Alba, Katherine A. Leighty, Victoria L. Pittman Courte, Alison P. Grand, Tamara L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eastern box turtle, human–animal bond, reptile, training, visitor experience

2017

Determining the effects of duration and recency of exposure to environmental enrichment

Authors: Ida Ahlbeck Bergendahl, Anne Gro V. Salvanes, Victoria A. Braithwaite

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural development, behavioural flexibility, captive rearing, enrichment, learning

2016

Investigating the relationship between welfare and rearing young in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Katherine A. Cronin, Victoria West, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, chimpanzees, maternal rearing, welfare

2016

A survey of bonobo (Pan paniscus) oral contraceptive pill use in North American zoos

Authors: Mary K. Agnew, Cheryl S. Asa, Victoria L. Clyde, Dominique L. Keller, Audra Meinelt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birth control pills, bonobo, contraception

2016

Does early stress prepare individuals for a stressful future? Stress during adolescence improves foraging under threat

Authors: Lauren E. Chaby, Michael J. Sheriff, Amy M. Hirrlinger, Victoria A. Braithwaite

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: adolescence, chronic stress, chronic unpredictable stress, developmental stress, foraging, risk taking

2015

An ethological approach to determining housing requirements of gamebirds in raised laying units

Authors: Stephanie M. Matheson, Jo Donbavand, Victoria Sandilands, Tom Pennycott, Simon P. Turner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour-based needs, gamebird welfare, raised laying units, red-legged partridge, ring-necked pheasant

2015

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