Assessing animal welfare: a triangulation of preference, judgement bias and other candidate welfare indicators

Authors: Elizabeth S Paul, William Browne, Michael T Mendl, Gina Caplen, Anna Trevarthen, Suzanne Held, Christine J Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

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2022

Assessing saddle‐billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) pair‐bonds and breeding behavior using behavior observed during multiple breeding seasons

Authors: Chelsea J Weibel, Rebecca Abreu, Kris K Becker, Melissa Solomon, Gina M Ferrie

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding behavior, nesting behavior, pair bond, proximity, saddle-billed stork

2021

Strepsirrhine Primate Training Programs in North American Institutions: Status and Implications for Future Welfare Assessment

Authors: Gloria Fernández-Lázaro, Meg H Dye, Christie Eddie, Gina M Ferrie

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior management, operant conditioning, primates, strepsirrhine, training

2021

When a habitat becomes a home: Housing and husbandry of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta at Disney’s Animal Kingdom®

Authors: Angela Miller, Nicole A Hill, Melaina Newcomer, Chelsea Weibel, Gina M Ferrie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: acclimation, behaviour, enrichment, management, training

2021

Using behavioral observations and genetic markers to characterize the flexible reproductive system in an ex situ population of carmine bee-eaters (Merops n. nubicus)

Authors: Gina M Ferrie, Tyler Hether, Ocean R Cohen, Eran L Brusilow, Christy C Sky, Shawnlei F Breeding, Katherine A Leighty, Paul J Schutz, Chelle Plasse, Tammie L Bettinger, Eric A Hoffman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, colony, parentage, population, relatedness, reproduction

2017

Application of video recording technology to improve husbandry and reproduction in the carmine bee-eater (Merops n. nubicus)

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Christy Sky, Paul J. Schutz, Glorieli Quinones, Shawnlei Breeding, Chelle Plasse, Katherine A. Leighty, Tammie L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bird, breeding, chick, egg, nest box, video

2016

Plumage variation and social partner choice in the greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Authors: Hani D. Freeman, Annie J. Valuska, Ryan R. Taylor, Gina M. Ferrie, Alison P. Grand, Katherine A. Leighty

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birds, flamingos, plumage coloration, social partner

2016

The effect of changes in group composition on social dynamics in marabou storks (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)

Authors: Annie J. Valuska, Katherine A. Leighty, Gina M. Ferrie, Alison P. Grand, Juniper Ross, Paul Schutz, Tamara L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression, behavior, management

2014

Leaping forward in amphibian health and nutrition

Authors: Francisco Olea-Popelka, Gina M. Ferrie, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Kristine Schad, M. Andrew Stamper, Ron Gagliardo, Elizabeth Koutsos, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian health, aquariums, ex situ populations, husbandry, nutrition, pathology, research, vitamin a, water, zoos

2014

Nutrition and health in amphibian husbandry

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Vance C. Alford, Jim Atkinson, Eric Baitchman, Diane Barber, William S. Blaner, Graham Crawshaw, Andy Daneault, Ellen Dierenfeld, Mark Finke, Greg Fleming, Ron Gagliardo, Eric A. Hoffman, William Karasov, Kirk Klasing, Elizabeth Koutsos, Julia Lankton, Shana R. Lavin, Andrew Lentini, Shannon Livingston, Brad Lock, Tom Mason, Alejandra McComb, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Tom Probst, Carlos Rodriguez, Kristine Schad, Kent Semmen, Jamie Sincage, M. Andrew Stamper, Jason Steinmetz, Kathleen Sullivan, Scott Terrell, Nina Wertan, Catharine J. Wheaton, Brad Wilson, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium, disease, ex situ, husbandry, life stage, nutrition, pathology, population, research, vitamin, water, zoo

2014

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