The Evolution of Zoos as Conservation Institutions: A Summary of the Transition from Menageries to Zoological Gardens and Parallel Improvement of Mammalian Welfare Management
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: behavior, environmental enrichment, husbandry, species preservation conservation, zoo stress
2023
A retrospective study on the prevalence of main clinical findings in brown bears (Ursus arctos) rescued from substandard husbandry conditions
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Keywords: animal welfare, brown bear, Clinical finding, health, keeping condition, pre-rescue bear origin
2023
Effects of handling and short-term captivity: a multi-behaviour approach using red sea urchins, Mesocentrotus franciscanus
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: animal welfare, Echinoderm, invertebrate, reintroduction, relocation, stress
2019
Stress response of farmed European abalone reveals rapid domestication process in absence of intentional selection
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: abalone aquaculture, behavioural adaptation, domestication syndrome, farm stressors, immune response, responses to stress
2017
The animal welfare implications of civet coffee tourism in Bali
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, common palm civet, kopi luwak, paradoxurus hermaphroditus, welfare assessment, wildlife tourism
2016
Reactions of sheep towards three sets of emotional stimuli: (In)Consistency in respect to stimulus valence and sheep identity
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, consistency, ear postures, fnirs, personality, valence
2016
Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus), Pig-Tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) and Tiger (Panthera tigris) Populations at Tourism Venues in Thailand and Aspects of Their Welfare
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: behavior, domestication, multidisciplinary sciences, musth
2015
Housing conditions influence cortical and behavioural reactions of sheep in response to videos showing social interactions of different valence
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research
Keywords: attentiveness, emotion, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fnirs), mood, sheep, social interaction
2015
Modification of aviary design reduces incidence of falls, collisions and keel bone damage in laying hens
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aviary system, keel bone damage, laying hens, moving behavior
2015
Early-life stress affects song complexity, song learning and volume of the brain nucleus RA in adult male song sparrows
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: birdsong, caudomedial mesopallium, caudomedial nidopallium, cmm, developmental stress, hvc, melospiza melodia, ncm, ra, song preference
2013