The effect of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions on self-directed behaviour, activity budgets, movement patterns, and spatial use in semi-captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: Animal tourism venues, Anthropause, Captive animal welfare, COVID-19, displacement activity, human-animal interactions
2023
Supporting Zoo Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare and Herd Dynamics with a More Complex and Expanded Habitat
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: adrenal activity, behavior, elephant, feeding predictability, glucocorticoids, gps, habitat evaluation, locomotion, sociality, welfare
2021
Don’t Demean “Invasives”: Conservation and Wrongful Species Discrimination
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal rights, discrimination, invasive species
2019
The effect providing space in excess of standards on the behaviour of budgerigars in aviaries
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, aviary, behaviour, budgerigar, flight
2018
Evaluation of a canine and feline behavioural welfare assessment tool for use in companion animal veterinary practice
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cat, dog, veterinary practice, welfare assessment
2018
A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes
2016
A survey of animal welfare experts and practicing veterinarians to identify and explore key factors thought to influence canine and feline welfare in relation to veterinary care
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, assessment, cat, companion animal, dog, veterinary practice
2016
Training giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) for front foot radiographs and hoof care
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: foot radiographs, hoof care, lameness, operant training, restricted contact
2016
Effect of egg predator on nest choice and nest construction in sand gobies
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: body size, egg predation, nest building, nest choice, parental care, pomatoschistus minutus, predation threat, predator–prey interaction, reproduction cost, sexual selection
2013
Providing ‘get-away bunks’ and other enrichments to primiparous adult female mink improves their reproductive productivity
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bunks, cortisol, enrichments, infant mortality, mink, nursing sickness, welfare
2013