Animal rights and captivity in a non-ideal world
Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals
Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, captivity, cognitive capacities, confinement
2020
Causes of mortality in sloth bears (Melursus ursinus) housed in U.S. zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: biliary adenocarcinoma, disease, melursus ursinus, mortality, sloth bear
2018
LESSONS FROM A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF A 5-YR PERIOD OF PRESHIPMENT TESTING AT SAN DIEGO ZOO: A RISK-BASED APPROACH TO PRESHIPMENT TESTING MAY BENEFIT ANIMAL WELFARE
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Keywords: analysis, pathology program, preshipment testing, preventive medicine, risk, transmissible disease, veterinary sciences, zoos
2016
An initial investigation into the effects of isolation and enrichment on the welfare of laboratory pigs housed in the PigTurn® system, assessed using tear staining, behaviour, physiology and haematology
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, enrichment, isolation, pigs, tear staining
2015
Commercially available avian and mammalian whole prey diet items targeted for consumption by managed exotic and domestic pet felines: Macronutrient, mineral, and long-chain fatty acid composition
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cat, diet composition, feline nutrition, proximate analysis, raw diet
2014
Options for managing animal welfare on intensive pig farms confined by movement restrictions during an outbreak of foot and mouth disease
Publication/Journal: Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Keywords: animal welfare, disease management, foot and mouth disease
2014
Animal ethics and the work of the International Whaling Commission
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, anthropocentrism, cetaceans, conservation, international whaling commission, whaling
2013
Biology, behavior, and environmental enrichment for the captive African clawed frog (Xenopus spp)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal model, behavior, enrichment, laboratory research, welfare, xenopus, xenopus laevis, xenopus tropicalis
2013
Does the presence of a human affect the preference of enrichment items in young, isolated pigs?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: housing, isolation, mat, mirror, preference, swine
2013
The naked truth: Breeding performance in nude mice with and without nesting material
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral thermoregulation, enrichment, mice, nesting material, stress
2013