Preliminary Findings on How Different Management Systems and Social Interactions Influence Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Authors: Leticia Martínez, Gema Silván, Sara Cáceres, Jose Manuel Caperos, Jesús Fernández-Morán, Miguel Casares, Belén Crespo, Paloma Jimena de Andrés, Juan Carlos Illera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: glucocorticoids, management, reproduction, stress, white rhinoceros

2022

Social interaction analysis in captive orcas (Orcinus orca)

Authors: Paula Sanchez-Hernandez, Anastasia Krasheninnikova, Javier Almunia, Miguel Molina-Borja

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, consilliatory tendency, ethogram, orcas, social behavior

2019

Pharmacological therapy with a combination of alprazolam and fluoxetine and use of the trace element lithium gluconate for treating anxiety disorders and aggression in dogs

Authors: Stefania Pineda, Bernadette Anzola, Verónica Ruso, Miguel Ibáñez, Álvaro Olivares

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: alprazolam, anxiety, benzodiazepine, fluoxetine, lithium

2018

Using Farm Animal Welfare Protocols as a Base to Assess the Welfare of Wild Animals in Captivity-Case Study: Dorcas Gazelles (Gazella dorcas)

Authors: Marina Salas, Xavier Manteca, Teresa Abaigar, Maria Delclaux, Conrad Ensenat, Eva Martinez-Nevado, Miguel Angel Quevedo, Hugo Fernandez-Bellon

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, captivity, dorcas gazelle, enclosure, protocol, welfare, zoo

2018

Aggressive behavior and hair cortisol levels in captive Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas) as animal-based welfare indicators

Authors: Marina Salas, Déborah Temple, Teresa Abáigar, Mariano Cuadrado, Maria Delclaux, Conrad Enseñat, Vanessa Almagro, Eva Martínez-Nevado, Miguel Ángel Quevedo, Annaïs Carbajal, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Maria Sabés-Alsina, Marta Amat, Manel Lopez-Bejar, Hugo Fernández-Bellon, Xavier Manteca

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, glucocorticoid, social behavior, zoo

2016

Circadian rhythm of salivary cortisol secretion in female zoo-kept African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Miguel Casares, Gema Silván, Maria Dolores Carbonell, Cati Gerique, Leticia Martinez-Fernandez, Sara Cáceres, Juan Carlos Illera

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adrenal activity, glucocorticoids, non-invasive monitoring, saliva, welfare

2016

Prenatal stress alters the developmental pattern of behavioral indices of sexual maturation and copulation in male rats

Authors: Enrique Hernández-Arteaga, Marisela Hernández-González, Mayra Liliana Ramírez Rentería, Mayra Linné Almanza-Sepúlveda, Miguel Angel Guevara, Marcela Arteaga Silva, Herlinda Bonilla Jaime

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: genital grooming, penile erection, prenatal stress, preputial separation, rats, sexual maturation

2016

Training bottlenose dolphins to overcome avoidance of environmental enrichment objects in order to stimulate play activities

Authors: Márcia P. Neto, Miguel Silveira, Manuel E. dos Santos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, operant conditioning, play-behavior

2016

Aquarium microbiome response to ninety-percent system water change: Clues to microbiome management

Authors: William Van Bonn, Allen LaPointe, Sean M. Gibbons, Angel Frazier, Jarrad Hampton-Marcell, Jack Gilbert

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium life support, aquatic microbes, dysbiosis, fish health, veterinary

2015

Behavioural changes in dairy cows with lameness in an automatic milking system

Authors: Giuliana G. Miguel-Pacheco, Jasmeet Kaler, John Remnant, Lydia Cheyne, Caroline Abbott, Andrew P. French, Tony P. Pridmore, Jonathan N. Huxley

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: automatic milking system, feeding, lameness, milking visits, rumination

2014

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