Vocalisations in Farm Animals: a Step Towards Positive Welfare Assessment
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: emotions, farm animals, positive welfare, vocalisations
2021
Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) behavioral responses to a visual signal preceding handling
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ambassador, contact animals, gloves, habituate, predictable
2020
Play in Elephants: Wellbeing, Welfare or Distraction?
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: captive wellbeing, comparative play rates, early development, elephant play
2020
Zoo visitors affect sleep, displacement activities, and affiliative and aggressive behaviors in captive ebony langurs (Trachypithecus auratus)
Publication/Journal: acta ethologica
Keywords: behavior, captivity, displacement, langurs, primates, sleep, visitor studies
2020
Behavioral, demographic, and management influences on equine responses to negative reinforcement
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: horse management, learning, negative reinforcement, temperament, training
2019
Cutting to the chase: How round-pen, lunging, and high-speed liberty work may compromise horse welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: arousal level, chasing, equitation science, horse welfare, lunging, round-pen
2019
Exploratory Investigation of Infrared Thermography for Measuring Gorilla Emotional Responses to Interactions with Familiar Humans
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive task, cortisol, emotion, gorilla, human-animal interactions, infrared thermography, oxytocin, positive reinforcement training
2019
Zylkéne to load? The effects of alpha-casozepine on compliance and coping in horses during loading
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: alpha-casozepine, heart rate variability, horse loading, infrared thermography, salivary cortisol, stress
2019
Investigation of social, affective, and locomotor behavior of adolescent Brattleboro rats reveals a link between vasopressin’s actions on arousal and social behavior
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: adolescence, Anxiety-like behavior, arousal, Brattleboro rat, social development, vasopressin
2018
Bestial boredom: a biological perspective on animal boredom and suggestions for its scientific investigation
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: *animal cognition, animal behaviour, animal welfare, boredom, environmental enrichment, motivation, novelty, psychobiology, time perception
2017