Material and food exploration by zoo‐housed animals can inform cognition and enrichment apparatus design
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, enrichment, zoo
2022
Behavioral responses to emotional challenges in female rats living in a seminatural environment: The role of estrogen receptors
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: co-occurrence analysis, diarylpropionitrile, fear, positive emotion, propylpyrazoletriol, seminatural environment, sexual behavior, social behavior
2018
Prosocial effects of prolactin in male rats: Social recognition, social approach and social learning
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: bromocriptine, oxytocin, prolactin, rats, social behavior
2017
Retrospective study of mortality in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in the European breeding population between 2000 and 2014
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: asiatic lion, congenital defects, infant mortality, mortality review, panthera leo persica
2017
Development and application of a protocol to evaluate herd welfare in Dutch dairy farms
Publication/Journal: Livestock Science
Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, behavior, cattle, claw health, clinical lameness, dairy & animal science, dairy farming, deprivation, evaluation procedure, expert opinion, holstein cows, housing systems, reliability
2015
Stress inhibits psychomotor performance differently in simple and complex open field environments
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: corticosterone, environment, exploration, motor behavior, novelty-seeking, open field, restraint stress, ziggurat task
2014
Learned vocal group signatures in the polygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: call convergence, greater sac-winged bat, horizontal learning, peer influence, saccopteryx bilineata, vocal learning
2012
Synthesis of semantic modelling and risk analysis methodology applied to animal welfare
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, decision-making, modelling, risk-assessment
2008
Management Guidelines for the Welfare of Zoo Animals: Elephants Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus
Publication/Journal:
Keywords: african elephant, asian elephant, conservation, elephant, elephas maximus, loxodonta africana, management
2006
Overall animal welfare assessment reviewed. Part 1: Is it possible?
Publication/Journal: Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science
Keywords: decision support, ethics, housing, weighting, welfare assessment
1999