Enrichment and animal age, not biological variables, predict positive welfare indicators in zoo-housed carnivores
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, affective state, behaviour, captive, interaction, Phylogenetic, play
2024
Facility Design for Ageing Wild Animals
Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care
Keywords: aging, disabled, facility design, geriatric, habitat design, personalization, welfare, wellbeing
2023
How do we plan for the zoo exhibit of the future?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal–visitor interactions, enclosure design, Evidence-based design, exhibit design, post-occupancy evaluation
2023
Confronting back-of-house traditions: Primates as a case study
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: 24/7, animal welfare, back-of-house (BOH), integrated zoo design model, primate research laboratory, primate sanctuary, primates, zoo, zoo design
2022
Body Size Is Related to Temperature Preference in Hyla chrysoscelis Tadpoles
Publication/Journal: Journal of Herpetology
Keywords: anuran, thermal preference
2021
Choice, Control and Computers: Empowering Wildlife in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
Keywords: animal-centered technology (ACT), captive, choice, conservation, enrichment, exhibit, reintroduction, wildlife, zoo
2020
Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis
2019
Neurophysiological correlates of stereotypic behaviour in a model carnivore species
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research
Keywords: basal ganglia, Dorsal striatum, environmental enrichment, Index Medicus, mink, stereotypic behaviour, Ventral striatum
2019
Oxytocin modulates mate-guarding behavior in marmoset monkeys
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: 899®, aggression, L-368, mate-guarding, monogamy, oxytocin, pairbond, primates, Pro-OT, sociality
2018
Are consumers wilfully ignorant about animal welfare?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, consumer attitudes, consumer preferences, gestation crate, swine production, wilful ignorance
2017