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
Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e
2020
Technical Contribution: A Cautionary Note on the Use of Behavioural Diversity (H-Index) in Animal Welfare Science
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural diversity, H-index, shannon-wiener diversity index, welfare metrics, well-being
2019
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
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
Daily travel distances of zoo-housed chimpanzees and gorillas: implications for welfare assessments and space requirements
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: behavior, boundary patrols, captivity, chimpanzee, chimpanzees, enclosure size, gorilla, great apes, intergroup encounters, national-park, primates, space, structural preferences, travel, wild, zoology
2016
Kangaroo harvesters and the euthanasia of orphaned young-at-foot: applying the theory of planned behaviour to an animal welfare issue
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, commercial harvesting, kangaroo, social psychology, theory of planned behaviour
2016
Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) analyses of nutrient composition and condensed tannin concentrations in carolina willow (Salix caroliniana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browse, condensed tannins, herbivore, iron, iron overload, nutrition
2015
Nutrient and plant secondary compound composition and iron-binding capacity in leaves and green stems of commonly used plant browse (Carolina willow; Salix caroliniana) fed to zoo-managed browsing herbivores
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browse, condensed tannins, herbivore, iron, iron overload
2015
Challenges with effective nutrient supplementation for amphibians: A review of cricket studies
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: calcium, crickets, dusting, gut-loading, supplementation, vitamin a
2014