Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity
Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Keywords: adult mortality, first-year mortality, life expectancy, lifespan equality, population welfare
2023
Advancing the science behind animal program sustainability: An overview of the special issue
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: breeding program, population, sustainability, viability
2019
Challenges and solutions: An analysis of community-reported needs of AZA collaboratively managed animal populations
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: population health, population management, SSP program, sustainability
2019
The glass is not yet half empty: agitation but not Varroa treatment causes cognitive bias in honey bees
Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition
Keywords: animal behavior, apidae, apis-mellifera hymenoptera, appetitive learning, aversive learning, behavioral sciences, colonies, destructor, formic acid, invertebrate emotion, invertebrate welfare, jacobsoni acari, judgment bias, olfactory conditioning, proboscis extension, proboscis extension reflex, zoology
2017
A preliminary case study of the effect of shoe-wearing on the biomechanics of a horse’s foot
Publication/Journal: Peerj
Keywords: hoof care, horse, horse racing, horse shoes, welfare
2016
Early human handling in non-weaned piglets: Effects on behaviour and body weight
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: growth, handling, human-animal interactions, pigs, psychological development, welfare
2015
Influence of environmental conditions and facility on faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in captive pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis)
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, captive breeding, environmental enrichment, faecal glucocorticoids, husbandry, pygmy rabbit
2013
Effects of human handling during early rearing on the behaviour of dairy calves
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, dairy calves, flight distance, human handling, positive emotions
2012
Integrating microsatellite and pedigree analyses to facilitate the captive management of the endangered Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: founder relatedness, grus canadensis pulla, studbooks
2012
Intertemporal Choice in Lemurs
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: intertemporal choice, primate, prosimian, rate maximization, temporal discounting
2012