Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress
2023
Animals’ Relationships with Caregivers and Conspecifics are Associated with Zoo Visitors’ Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States
Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös
Keywords:
2023
Improving Animal Wellbeing Using Behavior-Based Methodologies: A Discussion on Enrichment and Bears under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bear enrichment, bears, behavior-based enrichment, behavior-based husbandry, enrichment, goal-based enrichment, living strategies
2023
Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, bear, keeper ratings, ursidae, welfare assessment, zoo animal welfare
2021
When a habitat becomes a home: Housing and husbandry of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta at Disney’s Animal Kingdom®
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: acclimation, behaviour, enrichment, management, training
2021
Testing use of a potential cognitive enrichment device by an Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, dolphin, problem solving
2020
Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, hindgut fermenters, methane, passage kinetics
2019
Personality in Zoo-Hatched Blanding’s Turtles Affects Behavior and Survival After Reintroduction Into the Wild
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
Keywords: animal welfare, Blanding's turtle, conservation, personality, reintroduction, zoo
2019
Serum cortisol concentrations associated with artificial insemination events in an African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal well-being, artificial insemination, cortisol, elephant, loxodonta africana, stress
2019
Aggressiveness in group-housed rabbit does: Influence of group size and pen characteristics
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bayesian inference, behaviour, collective housing, reproducing rabbit does
2017