Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity

Authors: Morgane Tidière, Fernando Colchero, Johanna Staerk, Michael J. Adkesson, Ditte H. Andersen, Lucie Bland, Martin Böye, Sabrina Brando, Isabella Clegg, Sarah Cubaynes, Amy Cutting, Danny De Man, Andrew E. Derocher, Candice Dorsey, William Elgar, Eric Gaglione, Kirstin Anderson Hansen, Allison Jungheim, José Kok, Gail Laule, Agustín Lopez Goya, Lance Miller, Tania Monreal-Pawlowsky, Katelyn Mucha, Megan A. Owen, Stephen D. Petersen, Nicholas Pilfold, Douglas Richardson, Evan S. Richardson, Devon Sabo, Nobutaka Sato, Wynona Shellabarger, Cecilie R. Skovlund, Kanako Tomisawa, Sandra E. Trautwein, William Van Bonn, Cornelis Van Elk, Lorenzo Von Fersen, Magnus Wahlberg, Peijun Zhang, Xianfeng Zhang, Dalia A. Conde

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

Authors: David M. Powell, Candice L. Dorsey, Lisa J. Faust

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

Authors: Lauren Wilson, Candice Dorsey, Donald Moore

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

Authors: H. Schluns, H. Welling, J. R. Federici, L. Lewejohann

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

Authors: O. Panagiotopoulou, J. W. Rankin, S. M. Gatesy, J. R. Hutchinson

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

Authors: Daiana de Oliveira, Mateus J. R. Paranhos da Costa, Manja Zupan, Therese Rehn, Linda J. Keeling

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)

Authors: C. D. Scarlata, B. A. Elias, J. R. Godwin, R. A. Powell, D. Shepherdson, L. A. Shipley, J. L. Brown

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

Authors: K. E. Schutz, M. Hawke, J. R. Waas, L. M. McLeay, E. A. M. Bokkers, C. G. van Reenen, J. R. Webster, M. Stewart

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)

Authors: J. R. Henkel, K. L. Jones, S. G. Hereford, M. L. Savoie, S. P. Leibo, J. J. Howard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: founder relatedness, grus canadensis pulla, studbooks

2012

Intertemporal Choice in Lemurs

Authors: J. R. Stevens, N. Mühlhoff

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: intertemporal choice, primate, prosimian, rate maximization, temporal discounting

2012

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