Influence of social enrichment on transport stress in fish: a behavioural approach
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, ornamental fish, social composition, welfare
2023
Effect of a water conditioner on ornamental fish behaviour during commercial transport
Publication/Journal: Aquaculture
Keywords: ornamental fish, transport, Water conditioner, welfare
2020
The Elephant Welfare Initiative: a model for advancing evidence‐based zoo animal welfare monitoring, assessment and enhancement
Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook
Keywords: behaviour, body condition, evidence-based animal care, stereotypic behaviour, welfare benchmarking, welfare epidemiology, welfare monitoring, welfare software, zoo animal welfare
2019
An investigation into keeper opinions of great ape diets and abnormal behaviour
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: *tool use, abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, chimpanzees, cultivated fruit-free, diet, environmental enrichment, food presentation, foods, gorillas, great ape, keeper opinion, questionnaire, regurgitation, reingestion, wild
2019
Technical Contribution: A Cautionary Note on the Use of Behavioural Diversity (H-Index) in Animal Welfare Science
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural diversity, H-index, shannon-wiener diversity index, welfare metrics, well-being
2019
Evaluating mood changes in response to anthropogenic noise with a response-slowing task in three species of zoo-housed primates
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: affect, gorilla gorilla, macaca fuscata, mood, noise, pan troglodytes, response slowing, zoo
2018
Determination of swine euthanasia criteria and analysis of barriers to euthanasia in the United States using expert opinion
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, decision-making, education, euthanasia, swine, timeliness
2017
Metabolic health assessment of zoo elephants: Management factors predicting leptin levels and the glucose-to-insulin ratio and their associations with health parameters
2017
The Days and Nights of Zoo Elephants: Using Epidemiology to Better Understand Stereotypic Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in North American Zoos
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: elephants, stereotypy, zoo
2016
Elephant Management in North American Zoos: Environmental Enrichment, Feeding, Exercise, and Training
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: diet, elephant husbandry, enrichment, training, zoos
2016