Companion animal ethics
Publication/Journal:
Keywords: companion animal, ethics
2016
A Comparison of Walking Rates Between Wild and Zoo African Elephants
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: elephants, excercise, locomotion, zoo
2016
Dietary management, husbandry, and body weights of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) during successful pregnancies at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: calving, exercise, fertility, gestation, nutrition, obesity
2016
The effect of heightened awareness of observation on consumption of a multi-item laboratory test meal in females
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: awareness, demand characteristics, eating behaviour, energy intake, experimenter effects, laboratory methods, observer effect
2016
Guardians’ Knowledge and Husbandry Practices of Feline Environmental Enrichment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: cat ownership, domestic cats, environmental enrichment
2016
Prevalence and risk factors for overweight horses at premises in Sweden assessed using official animal welfare control data
Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Keywords: body condition, compliance, epidemiology, equine, horse, legislation, logistic regression, obesity, welfare, welfare assessment
2016
A retrospective analysis of mortality in captive pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) from 1912 to 2014
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: encephalomyocarditis virus (emcv), leptospirosis, obesity, pathology, polycystic kidney disease (pkd), stillbirth
2016
Survey of feeding practices, body condition and faeces consistency in captive ant-eating mammals in the UK
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: aardvark, anteaters, armadillo, feeding practices, survey, zoos
2016
Aspects of digestive anatomy, feed intake and digestion in the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) at Taipei zoo
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: chitin, diet, fiber, insectivore, nutrition
2015
Digestive physiology of the plains viscacha (Lagostomus maximus): A large herbivorous hystricomorph rodent
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, coprophagy, herbivory, nutrition, obesity
2015