Abnormal swimming is associated with inner ear damage and improves with meclizine treatment and increased habitat complexity: A case study in Urobatis jamaicensis
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behaviour, animal health, animal welfare, aquarium science, elasmobranch, vestibular disease
2024
Development and assessment of a stair ascension challenge as a measure of aging and physical function in nonhuman primates
Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol
Keywords: *Frailty, African green monkey, aging, animals, mobility, nonhuman primates, primates
2024
Changes in Environment and Management Practices Improve Foot Health in Zoo-Housed Flamingos
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: bumblefoot, enclosure design, pododermatitis, welfare, zoo enclosure
2023
Using Coral Color to Indicate Coral Health in Five Caribbean Species
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords:
2023
Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design
2022
Social games that belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) play
Publication/Journal: International Journal of Play
Keywords: beluga, cooperation, object play, social play, white whale
2022
Investigation of Environmentally Dependent Movement of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: computer vision, enrichment, environmental stimuli, object detection, swimming kinematics
2021
URINARY CORTICOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN FREE-RANGING AND MANAGED CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Keywords: amphibians, cane toad, urinary corticosterone, welfare
2021
Welfare Improvement by Enrichment Programs in Common Marmoset Females Under Social Isolation
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: callithrix jacchus, cortisol, food enrichment, structural enrichment, welfare
2021
When a habitat becomes a home: Housing and husbandry of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta at Disney’s Animal Kingdom®
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: acclimation, behaviour, enrichment, management, training
2021