The influence of feeding opportunities of six zoohoused Giraffa camelopardalis rothschild: The influence of feeding opportunities

Authors: Esther Magdalene Ellersgaard Enevoldsen, Katrine Møller-Lassesen, Ninna Larsen, Oliver Emil Søndergård Gert, Rune Holmegaard, Stine Ellegård Jensen, Cino Pertoldi, Trine Hammer Jensen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, K Johansen

Publication/Journal: Genetics and Biodiversity Journal

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, ethology, feeding, giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, noctournal behavior, ruminants, stereotypical behavior, zoo

2022

Behavioral repertoire assessment of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) with focus on thermoregulatory behavior

Authors: Judith A. Stryker, Jim L. Atkinson, Robert D. Brown, David Barney, J. Andy B. Robinson, Jay Duncan, Esther J. Finegan

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology

Keywords: infrared thermography, microclimatic landscape design, panthera tigris, thermal comfort, thermoregulatory behavior

2019

Introducing Clicker Training as a Cognitive Enrichment for Laboratory Mice

Authors: C. Leidinger, F. Herrmann, C. Thoene-Reineke, N. Baumgart, J. Baumgart

Publication/Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments

Keywords: 3rs, anxiety, balb/c, behavior, clicker training, enrichment, environmental enrichment, issue 121, mouse, multidisciplinary sciences, pigs, positive reinforcement training, rats, refinement, stress response, welfare, well-being

2017

Developing a Collaborative Agenda for Humanities and Social Scientific Research on Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare

Authors: G. F. Davies, B. J. Greenhough, P. Hobson-West, R. G. W. Kirk, K. Applebee, L. C. Bellingan, M. Berdoy, H. Buller, H. J. Cassaday, K. Davies, D. Diefenbacher, T. Druglitro, M. P. Escobar, C. Friese, K. Herrmann, A. Hinterberger, W. J. Jarrett, K. Jayne, A. M. Johnson, E. R. Johnson, T. Konold, M. C. Leach, S. Leonelli, D. I. Lewis, E. J. Lilley, E. R. Longridge, C. M. McLeod, M. Miele, N. C. Nelson, E. H. Ormandy, H. Pallett, L. Poort, P. Pound, E. Ramsden, E. Roe, H. Scalway, A. Schrader, C. J. Scotton, C. L. Scudamore, J. A. Smith, L. Whitfield, S. Wolfensohn

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: animal welfare, laboratory animals, social science

2016

Personality matters: Consistency of inter-individual variation in shyness-boldness across non-breeding and pre-breeding season despite a fall in general shyness levels in farmed American mink (Neovison vison)

Authors: Christina Lehmkuhl Noer, Esther Kjær Needham, Ann-Sophie Wiese, Thorsten Johannes Skovbjerg Balsby, Torben Dabelsteen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, animal personality, breeding season, intra-individual variation, motivation, shyness-boldness

2016

Understanding irregular shell formation of Nautilus in aquaria: Chemical composition and structural analysis

Authors: Mehdi Moini, Aoife O'Halloran, Alan M. Peters, Christine A. M. France, Edward P. Vicenzi, Tamsen G. DeWitt, Esther Langan, Tim Walsh, Robert J. Speakman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black line, cephalopods, isotopic abundances, mollusca, shell formation

2014

Assessing the psychological health of captive and wild apes: A response to Ferdowsian et al. (2011)

Authors: Alexandra G. Rosati, Esther Herrmann, Juliane Kaminski, Christopher Krupenye, Alicia P. Melis, Kara Schroepfer, Jingzhi Tan, Felix Warneken, Victoria Wobber, Brian Hare

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: affective disorders, animal captivity, animal welfare, anxiety disorders, behavior analysis, chimpanzees, primates (nonhuman), psychopathology, well-being

2013

Effects of feather pecking phenotype (severe feather peckers, victims and non-peckers) on serotonergic and dopaminergic activity in four brain areas of laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Authors: Marjolein S. Kops, Elske N. de Haas, T. Bas Rodenburg, Esther D. Ellen, Gerdien A. H. Korte-Bouws, Berend Olivier, O. Güntürkün, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, S. Mechiel Korte

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: feather pecking behavior, laying hens, monoamines, ocd, thalamopallial circuit

2013

Partial replacement of an artificial nectar diet with native browse for feather-tail gliders (Acrobates pygmaeus) in captivity

Authors: Ella A. Herrmann, Kimberly Vinette Herrin, Wendy Gleen, Paul Davies, Rodd Stapley, Vanessa Stebbings, Joanna Wiszniewski, Rebecca Spindler, Graham J. Faichney, Alexandre V. Chaves

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acrobates pygmaeus, behavioral, captivity, feather-tail glider, live weight, nutritional

2013

Using rattlesnake microsatellites to determine paternity in captive bushmasters (Lachesis muta)

Authors: Krystyn Pozarowski, Jamie Ivy, Hans-Werner Herrmann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cross-species amplification, crotalinae, crotalus, genetic loci, lachesis muta, population management, sistrurus

2013

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