Welfare and Clinical Assessment on Physical Captures Followed by Anesthesia in Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: acepromazine, blood gas analysis, capture, chemical immobilization, conservation, medetomidine-ketamine, physical capture, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata, stress
2023
Behavioural Development of Three Former Pet Chimpanzees a Decade after Arrival at the MONA Sanctuary
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: activity budget, chimpanzee, early life experience, pan troglodytes, pet and entertainment, re-socialization, sanctuary, well-being
2022
Caretaker Score Reliability for Personality Assessment of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal keeper, animal personality, behaviour, captivity, dolphinarium, intra-rater dependence, temperament, welfare, zoo
2021
Evaluation of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in Response to a Change in Social and Handling Conditions in African Lions (Panthera leo bleyenberghi)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: cortisol, felids, management, non-invasive, welfare
2021
The effectiveness of conditioned aversion in wolves: Insights from experimental tests
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: conditioned taste aversion, human–wildlife conflict, large carnivore conservation, livestock predation, non-lethal predation control, wildlife management
2020
Looking for Visitor’s Effect in Sanctuaries: Implications of Guided Visitor Groups on the Behavior of the Chimpanzees at Fundació Mona
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, human interaction, sanctuary, visitor effect, welfare
2019
Successful treatment of infertility in a female Sumatran orangutan Pongo abelii
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: hysterosalpingography (hsg), operant conditioning, pressurized fallopian tube perfusion, proximal tube obstruction (pto), ultrasound
2017
Environmental enrichment for parrot species: Are we squawking up the wrong tree?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: environmental enrichment, parrots, well-being
2016
A preliminary approach on the stress assessment through harmless procedures in farmed seabream (Sparus aurata)
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, aquaculture, faecal cortisol, gilthead seabream, sea-farm, stress
2016
Sperm count and sperm motility decrease in old rats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: copulatory parameters, seminal parameters, seminal plug, sexual behavior, sperm count, sperm motility
2013