An Animal Welfare Risk Assessment Process for Zoos
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: assessment, Five Domains, welfare, zoo
2018
Evaluating mood changes in response to anthropogenic noise with a response-slowing task in three species of zoo-housed primates
Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition
Keywords: affect, gorilla gorilla, macaca fuscata, mood, noise, pan troglodytes, response slowing, zoo
2018
Factors affecting the ability of sheep to rest during time in markets in Great Britain
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, auctions, behaviour, markets, sheep, transport
2017
Investigations Into Equine Transport-Related Problem Behaviors: Survey Results
Publication/Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Keywords: australia, behavioral problems, equitation, horse, horses, injury, reinforcement, risk-factors, science, slaughter, stress, training, transportation, veterinary sciences, welfare
2017
Characterizing abnormal behavior in a large population of zoo-housed chimpanzees: prevalence and potential influencing factors
Publication/Journal: Peerj
Keywords: abnormal behavior, chimpanzees, welfare, zoo
2016
Farmer attitudes to injurious pecking in laying hens and to potential control strategies
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, changing attitudes, injurious pecking, laying hens, management strategies, perception
2016
Investigating temporary acyclicity in a captive group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Relationship between management, adrenal activity and social factors
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, birth synchrony, central mechanisms, chemical communication, dominance status, endocrinology & metabolism, enzyme immunoassay, estrous synchrony, glucocorticoids, loxodonta-africana elephants, management, oestrous synchrony, ovarian activity, reproduction, reproductive cyclicity, temporary acyclicity, zoo elephants
2016
The risk factors affecting the development of vent pecking and cannibalism in free-range and organic laying hens
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cannibalism, free range, laying hens, risk-factors, vent pecking
2015
Should stress management be part of the clinical care provided to chronically ill dogs?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research
Keywords: alone, animals, behavior, behavioral sciences, cats, chronic disease, chronic stress, cortisol concentrations, disease, dog, hair, hair cortisol, health, questionnaire, responses, spatial restriction, time left, veterinary sciences, welfare
2015
Mean fecal glucocorticoid metabolites are associated with vigilance, whereas immediate cortisol levels better reflect acute anti-predator responses in meerkats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: adrenal activity, alarm calls, anti-predator behavior, communication, cortisol, fecal glucocorticoids, meerkats, suricata suricatta, vigilance
2014