Behavioral Diversity as a Potential Indicator of Positive Animal Welfare
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, behavior-based enrichment, behavioral restriction, evidence-based management, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, stereotypic behavior, thrive, welfare assessment
2020
Circulating and Excreted Corticosteroids and Metabolites, Hematological, and Serum Chemistry Parameters in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Before and After a Stress Response
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science
Keywords: corticosteorids, endocrinology, feces, killer whale (Orcinus orca), stress
2020
The Elephant Welfare Initiative: a model for advancing evidence‐based zoo animal welfare monitoring, assessment and enhancement
Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook
Keywords: behaviour, body condition, evidence-based animal care, stereotypic behaviour, welfare benchmarking, welfare epidemiology, welfare monitoring, welfare software, zoo animal welfare
2019
Impacts of natural history and exhibit factors on carnivore welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, infant mortality, offspring production, pacing, reproductive success
2019
Mixed support for state maintaining risky personality traits in yellow-bellied marmots
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: activity, aggression, exploration, maintenance, pace-of-life hypothesis, personality, risk, state-dependent safety hypothesis, yellow-bellied marmot
2019
Animal Welfare in Conservation Breeding: Applications and Challenges
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral monitoring, captive breeding, conservation breeding, opportunities to thrive, reintroduction, welfare assessment, zoo
2018
Face-based perception of emotions in dairy goats
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: *cognitive bias, ear postures, emotions, face, goats
2017
Relationship between behavioural diversity and faecal glucocorticoid metabolites: a case study with cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: acinonyx jubatus, adrenal activity, animal welfare, behavioural diversity, cheetah, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites
2016
Effect of a screen with flaps and straw on behaviour, stress response, productive performance and meat quality in indoor feedlot lambs
Publication/Journal: Meat Science
Keywords: enriching items, indoor housing, intensive system, lamb welfare, meat quality
2015
Intensity of play behavior as a potential measure of welfare: A novel method for quantifying the integrated intensity of behavior in African elephants
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, dyadic play, exercise, play index
2015