The perception of felid welfare by zookeepers in North America and the implications for zoo managers
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare management, felids, five freedoms, zookeepers, zoos
2023
Responses to Reduced Feeding Frequency in Captive-Born Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus): Implications for Behavioural and Physiological Stress and Gastrointestinal Health
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: captive diet, cheetah, gastrointestinal health, stress, wildlife husbandry
2023
Supporting Geriatric Zoo Animal Welfare Through Nutrition
Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care
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
American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) weight gain in captivity and implications for captive reptile body condition
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: alligator, body condition, captivity
2022
Assessment of Feeding Behavior of the Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) and Nutritional Values of Natural Prey
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, diet, insectivorous, live feed, mymercophagidae, zenartha
2022
Go for Lipids! Food Preferences and Nutrient Composition in Zoo-Housed White-Faced Sakis, Pithecia pithecia
Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology
Keywords: *food preferences, correlational analysis, nutrient composition, Pithecia pitchecia, white-faced saki
2022
Is item hiding a good enrichment strategy to reduce stereotypic behaviors and increase social interactions in captive female spectacled bears?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: animal behavior, ethology, mammal, zoo
2022
The Effect of Enrichment Filling and Engagement Time on Regurgitation and Reingestion Behaviour in Three Zoo-Housed Orangutans
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, primate, regurgitation, welfare, zoo
2021
Investigating food preference in zoo‐housed meerkats
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: food preference, group-housed, meerkat, zoo welfare
2021