Assessment of Welfare in Zoo Animals: Towards Optimum Quality of Life

Cognitive judgement bias is associated with frequency of anticipatory behavior in bottlenose dolphins

(2018) Isabella L. K. Clegg et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Establishment and Implementation of an Animal Welfare Decision Tree to Evaluate the Welfare of Zoo Animals

(2018) Lorenzo von Fersen et al.   AQUATIC MAMMALS

Adaptation of the animal welfare assessment grid (AWAG) for monitoring animal welfare in zoological collections

(2017) W. S. M. Justice et al.   VETERINARY RECORD

Operational Details of the Five Domains Model and Its Key Applications to the Assessment and Management of Animal Welfare

(2017) David Mellor   Animals

Play and optimal welfare: Does play indicate the presence of positive affective states?

(2017) Jamie Ahloy-Dallaire et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

The 24/7 approach to promoting optimal welfare for captive wild animals

(2017) Sabrina Brando et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Using technology to monitor and improve zoo animal welfare

(2016) JC Whitham et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Aggressive behavior and hair cortisol levels in captive Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas ) as animal-based welfare indicators

(2016) Marina Salas et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Making Decisions under Ambiguity: Judgment Bias Tasks for Assessing Emotional State in Animals

(2016) Sanne Roelofs et al.   Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

C-Well: The development of a welfare assessment index for captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

(2015) ILK Clegg et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Refinement of welfare through development of a quantitative system for assessment of lifetime experience

(2015) S Wolfensohn et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

The use of judgement bias to assess welfare in farm livestock

(2015) L Baciadonna et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Extending the 'Five Domains' model for animal welfare assessment to incorporate positive welfare states

(2015) DJ Mellor et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Cumulative stress in research animals: Telomere attrition as a biomarker in a welfare context?

(2015) Melissa Bateson   BIOESSAYS

A Universal Animal Welfare Framework for Zoos

(2015) Ron Kagan et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

Effect of partial covering of the visitor viewing area window on positioning and orientation of zoo orangutans: A preference test

(2015) Rachel C. Bloomfield et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

The A to Z of statistics for testing cognitive judgement bias

(2014) Lorenz Gygax   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Repeated exposure to positive events induces optimistic-like judgment and enhances fearfulness in chronically stressed sheep

(2014) Alexandra Destrez et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Positive animal welfare states and reference standards for welfare assessment

(2014) DJ Mellor   NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY JOURNAL

Positive animal welfare states and encouraging environment-focused and animal-to-animal interactive behaviours

(2014) DJ Mellor   NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY JOURNAL

Enhancing animal welfare by creating opportunities for positive affective engagement

(2014) DJ Mellor   NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY JOURNAL

Searching for behavioral indicators of welfare in zoos: Uncovering anticipatory behavior

(2014) Jason V. Watters   ZOO BIOLOGY

Validation of a novel cognitive bias task based on difference in quantity of reinforcement for assessing environmental enrichment

(2013) Heidi A. Keen et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

New directions for zoo animal welfare science

(2013) Jessica C. Whitham et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

An Epidemiological Approach to Welfare Research in Zoos: The Elephant Welfare Project

(2013) Kathy Carlstead et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

Behavioral Ecology of Captive Species: Using Behavioral Adaptations to Assess and Enhance Welfare of Nonhuman Zoo Animals

(2013) Paul Koene   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

Multidisciplinary Approaches and Assessment Techniques to Better Understand and Enhance Zoo Nonhuman Animal Welfare

(2013) Janice M. Siegford   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

Cognitive bias in a non-human primate: husbandry procedures influence cognitive indicators of psychological well-being in captive rhesus macaques

(2012) EJ Bethell et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Environmental enrichment induces optimistic cognitive biases in pigs

(2012) Catherine Douglas et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Regurgitation and reingestion in bonobos (Pan paniscus): Relationships between abnormal and social behavior

(2012) Lance J. Miller et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Animal play and animal welfare

(2011) Suzanne D.E. Held et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Using judgement bias to measure positive affective state in dogs

(2011) Oliver Burman et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

The potential of the human–animal relationship as an environmental enrichment for the welfare of zoo-housed animals

(2011) Anna M. Claxton   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Enrichment and individual differences affect welfare indicators in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus).

(2011) Genevieve N. Izzo et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Extending ideas about animal welfare assessment to include ‘quality of life’ and related concepts

(2011) TC Green et al.   NEW ZEALAND VETERINARY JOURNAL

Dogs showing separation-related behaviour exhibit a ‘pessimistic’ cognitive bias

(2010) Michael Mendl et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Coding of facial expressions of pain in the laboratory mouse

(2010) Dale J Langford et al.   NATURE METHODS

An integrative and functional framework for the study of animal emotion and mood

(2010) M. Mendl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Lives worth living?

(2010) C. Wathes   VETERINARY RECORD

Cognitive bias as an indicator of animal emotion and welfare: Emerging evidence and underlying mechanisms

(2009) Michael Mendl et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Anxiety-induced cognitive bias in non-human animals

(2009) Oliver H.P. Burman et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

There are big gaps in our knowledge, and thus approach, to zoo animal welfare: a case for evidence-based zoo animal management

(2009) V. A. Melfi   ZOO BIOLOGY

A comparative approach to the study of Keeper-Animal Relationships in the zoo

(2009) Kathy Carlstead   ZOO BIOLOGY

Measuring zoo animal welfare: theory and practice

(2009) Sonya P. Hill et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

How should the psychological well-being of zoo elephants be objectively investigated?

(2009) Georgia J. Mason et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Larger, enriched cages are associated with ‘optimistic’ response biases in captive European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

(2007) Stephanie M. Matheson et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Assessment of positive welfare: A review

(2007) J.W. Yeates et al.   VETERINARY JOURNAL