Quantifying Acute Behavioral Reactions of Bali Mynas (Leucopsar rothschildi) to Environmental and Progressively Challenging Enrichment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: cognitive, glean, interaction, neophobia, peck, pluck
2023
The quest to develop automated systems for monitoring animal behavior
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal behavior, Automated monitoring technology, observation, sensors
2023
Visually assessed body condition shows high heritability in a pedigreed great ape population
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: animal models, body condition score, bonobo, relative fat mass
2023
Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions
Publication/Journal: PloS One
Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo
2020
Evaluation of management in North American zoos to enhance breeding success of the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ex situ population
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ex situ husbandry, felids, reproductive behavior
2019
First report of a hatched, hand‐reared, and released African oystercatcher
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: hand rearing, oystercatcher, wild animal release
2018
Behavioral preference for different enrichment objects in a commercial sow herd
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: enrichment object, group pen, rope, rubber, sow, woodblock
2016
Effects of stocking rate on measures of efficacy and welfare during argon gas euthanasia of weaned pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, argon, behaviour, euthanasia, pigs, stocking rate
2016
Genetic guidelines for captive breeding and reintroductions of the endangered Black-fronted Piping Guan, Aburria jacutinga (galliformes, cracidae), an Atlantic Forest endemic
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aves, conservation, endangered species, genetic variability, management
2016
An initial investigation into the effects of isolation and enrichment on the welfare of laboratory pigs housed in the PigTurn® system, assessed using tear staining, behaviour, physiology and haematology
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, enrichment, isolation, pigs, tear staining
2015