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Development of a novel primate welfare assessment tool for research macaques

Authors: Emilie A. Paterson, Carly I. O’Malley, Dawn M. Abney, William J. Archibald, Patricia V. Turner

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: 3rs, animal behaviour, animal welfare, behaviour management programmes, refinement, welfare assessment

Year: 2024

Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of bonobo emotional expressivity across observer groups and zoo housing environments

Authors: Daan W. Laméris, Marina Salas, Marcel Eens, Lisa Gillespie, Nicky Staes, Jonas R. R. Torfs, Jonas Verspeek, Hilde Vervaecke, Samantha J. Ward, Jeroen M. G. Stevens

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, emotion, Fixed List, free choice profiling, primate, qba

Year: 2024

Can an animal welfare risk assessment tool identify livestock at risk of poor welfare outcomes?

Authors: Natarsha Williams, Sarah Chaplin, Lauren Hemsworth, Richard Shephard, Andrew Fisher

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, extensive farming, livestock welfare, risk rating, risk-assessment, welfare non-compliance

Year: 2024

Living the good life? A systematic review of behavioural signs of affective state in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) and factors relating to quality of life. Part I: Fulfilment of species-specific needs

Authors: Carol Hall, Rachel Kay

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, equine ethogram, five domains model, human behaviour change, social licence, social needs

Year: 2024

Clicker Training in Minipigs to Reduce Stress during Blood Collection—An Example of Applied Refinement

Authors: Delia Fiderer, Christa Thoene-Reineke, Mechthild Wiegard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, clicker training, cortisol, heartrate, minipigs, positive reinforcement, refinement, stress reduction

Year: 2024

Behavioral Coding of Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta africana): Utilizing DeepLabCut and Create ML for Nocturnal Activity Tracking

Authors: Silje Marquardsen Lund, Jonas Nielsen, Frej Gammelgård, Maria Gytkjær Nielsen, Trine Hammer Jensen, Cino Pertoldi

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captive elephants, computer vision, machine learning, nocturnal behavior

Year: 2024

From data to decisions: Exploring common challenges faced in behavioural monitoring programmes

Authors: Jason David Wark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aquariums, data use, decision-making, evidence based, zoos

Year: 2024

Why we should keep quiet at the zoo

Authors: Alexander Badman-King, Tom Rice, Samantha Hurn, Paul Rose, Adam Reed

Publication/Journal: Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics

Keywords: captive, ethics, quietness, welfare

Year: 2024

Blood Draw Training in Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

Authors: Zoe Newnham, Lisa Keywood, Joanna Reynard, Georgina Constable-Dakeyne

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases

Keywords: okapi, okapia johnstoni, training, training plans, voluntary blood draw, voluntary health care, welfare

Year: 2024

Welfare Problems in Captive Animal Care and their Mitigation

Publication/Journal: Indian Journal of Animal Production and Management

Keywords: captive animal, environmental enrichment, mitigation techniques, welfare, welfare problems

Year: 2024