Assessing the Visitor and Animal Outcomes of a Zoo Encounter and Guided Tour Program with Ambassador Cheetahs
Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös
Keywords: ambassador animal, cheetah, human-animal interaction
2021
Biomarkers of health and welfare: A One Health perspective from the laboratory side
Publication/Journal: Research in Veterinary Science
Keywords: analytical validation, biomonitoring, one health, one world, traditional medicine
2020
Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism
2020
Using Farm Animal Welfare Protocols as a Base to Assess the Welfare of Wild Animals in Captivity-Case Study: Dorcas Gazelles (Gazella dorcas)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behaviour, captivity, dorcas gazelle, enclosure, protocol, welfare, zoo
2018
Facial thermal variations: A new marker of emotional arousal
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: emotion, fITI, thermal imaging
2017
Circadian rhythm of salivary cortisol secretion in female zoo-kept African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: adrenal activity, glucocorticoids, non-invasive monitoring, saliva, welfare
2016
Subcaste differences in neural activation suggest a prosocial role for oxytocin in eusocial naked mole-rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggression, c-fos, eusocial, naked mole-rat, oxytocin, prosocial, social status, sub-caste
2016
Interspecific Infanticide and Infant-Directed Aggression by Spider Monkeys (Ateles hybridus) in a Fragmented Forest in Colombia
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: ateles, infanticide, interspecific aggression, pathological behaviors, resource competition
2012
Avian sleep homeostasis: Convergent evolution of complex brains, cognition and sleep functions in mammals and birds
Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Keywords: cognition, connectivity, dorsal cortex, dorsal ventricular ridge, homeostasis, hyperpallium, mesopallium, nidopallium, pallium, rem sleep, slow oscillation, slow-wave sleep
2009
Positive reinforcement training moderates only high levels of abnormal behavior in singly housed rhesus macaques
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: abnormal behavior, abnormal behaviour, enrichment, positive reinforcement training, rhesus macaque
2009