Putting zoo animal cancer into perspective
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cancer, carnivores, husbandry, longevity, old age
2023
From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants
From left to right all through the night: Characteristics of lying rest in zoo elephants
Development of an image-based body condition score for giraffes Giraffa camelopardalis and a comparison of zoo-housed and free-ranging individuals
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body condition score, free-ranging giraffe, PMS, zoo
2021
A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time
Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF
Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience
2021
Inter-aviary distance and visual access influence conservation breeding outcomes in a territorial, endangered bird
Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation
Keywords: animal husbandry, conservation breeding, enclosure design, endangered birds, Hawaiian crow, social density
2020
Using faecal glucocorticoid metabolite analyses to elucidate stressors of African wild dogs Lycaon pictus from South Africa
Publication/Journal: Wildlife Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, body condition scoring, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite monitoring, managed metapopulation, stress, wildlife management
2020
Body Condition Scores (BCS) in European zoo elephants’ (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) lifetimes – a longitudinal analysis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: body condition scoring, longitudinal analysis, zoo elephant
2019
Complexities of Using Wild versus Captive Activity Budget Comparisons for Assessing Captive Primate Welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animals, behavior, primates, well-being, zoos
2019
Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep
2019