The Comparative Effect of Occupational and Musical Enrichment on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in a Captive Colony of Stumptail Macaques (Macaca arctoides)

Authors: Lilian Mayagoitia-Novales, Ana Lilia Cerda-Molina, María Andrea Martín-Guerrero, Emmanuel Muñoz-Zamudio, Gema R. Estudillo-Mendoza, Javier I. Borráz-León

Publication/Journal: Biology

Keywords: enrichment programs, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, macaca arctoides, music enrichment, occupational enrichment, primate welfare

2024

A Model for Accurate Determination of Environmental Parameters in Indoor Zoological and Botanical Gardens Supporting Efficient Species Management

Authors: León Latif Corral-Pesquera, Jonathan García-Manchón, Pablo Morón-Elorza

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: air temperature, ATMOS14, conductivity, daily light integral, PAR light, relative humidity, soil water content, TEROS12

2022

Personality traits modulate stress responses after enclosure change of captive capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus)

Authors: Vitor Hugo Bessa Ferreira, Elanne De Paiva Fonseca, Ana Cecilia Correia Santos Das Chagas, Luiz Guilherme Mesquita Pinheiro, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de Sousa, Hélderes Peregrino Alves Da Silva, Nicole Leite Galvão-Coelho, Renata Gonçalves Ferreira

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal personality, animal welfare, captivity, enclosure change, individual differences, primates

2020

Improving the sustainability of ex situ populations with mate choice

Authors: Meghan S. Martin-Wintle, Nathan J.P. Wintle, María Díez-León, Ronald R. Swaisgood, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, conservation breeding, cooperative breeding program, mate choice, reproductive success, species survival plan

2019

Relationship between resilience and stress: Perceived stress, stressful life events, HPA axis response during a stressful task and hair cortisol

Authors: María Ángeles García-León, José Manuel Pérez-Mármol, Raquel Gonzalez-Pérez, María del Carmen García-Ríos, María Isabel Peralta-Ramírez

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: hair cortisol, laboratory stressor, life events, perceived stress, resilience, salivary cortisol

2019

How tall should a mink cage be? Using animals’ preferences for different ceiling heights to improve cage design

Authors: María Díez-León, Margaret Quinton, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cage size, internal cage height, preference, welfare regulations

2017

Towards a taxonomy of stereotypic behaviours in the American mink (Neovison vison), a model Carnivore: Homogeneous or heterogeneous?

Authors: Andrea Polanco, Dana L. M. Campbell, María Díez-León, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, american mink, animal welfare, behavioural sequence, ethogram, stereotypic behaviour

2017

Effects of environmental enrichment and stereotypic behavior on maternal behavior and infant viability in a model carnivore, the American mink (Neovison vison)

Authors: María Díez-León, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, captive breeding, infant mortality, mustelids

2016

Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour

Authors: María Díez-León, Steve Bursian, David Galicia, Angelo Napolitano, Rupert Palme, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour

2016

Maternal stress and plural breeding with communal care affect development of the endocrine stress response in a wild rodent

Authors: Carolyn M. Bauer, Loren D. Hayes, Luis A. Ebensperger, Juan Ramírez-Estrada, Cecilia León, Garrett T. Davis, L. Michael Romero

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: communal care, cortisol, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, maternal effects, maternal stress, negative feedback, octodon degus, post-natal stress

2015

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