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Noninvasive assessment of adrenal activity associated with husbandry and behavioral factors in clouded leopards
PaperWielebnowski and colleagues studied the notoriously difficult-to-breed North American clouded leopard population, using faecal corticoid monitoring across many individuals. They linked elevated adrena…
Wielebnowski NC, Fletchall N, Carlstead K, Busso JM, Brown JL · Zoo Biology · 2002
Personality structure in the domestic cat, African lion, snow leopard, and clouded leopard
PaperGartner, Powell and Weiss applied systematic personality assessment to four felid species, having keepers rate individuals on behavioural traits and then analysing the underlying structure. They ident…
Gartner MC, Powell DM, Weiss A · Journal of Comparative Psychology · 2014
Research overview: chronic stress physiology and disease in captive felids
OverviewChronic activation of the stress axis can suppress immunity, impair reproduction and contribute to disease, and several captive cat species show evidence of such chronic stress. This overview surveys…
Research overview: clouded leopard welfare and male-female aggression in breeding
OverviewClouded leopards have a difficult captive breeding history marked by severe, sometimes fatal aggression by males toward females during pairing. This overview surveys the welfare and management science…
Research overview: hiding places, refuges and visual barriers as felid welfare requirements
OverviewThe ability to hide and break line of sight is a core feline coping mechanism, and a recurring finding across both small wild cats and domestic cats is that providing refuges reduces stress hormones a…
Research overview: personality and temperament in the management of captive wild felids
OverviewIndividual cats differ consistently in boldness, fearfulness, aggressiveness and sociability, and these stable traits affect welfare, breeding success and how animals respond to husbandry. This overvi…
Research overview: using cortisol monitoring to evaluate management interventions in felids
OverviewNon-invasive cortisol metabolite monitoring lets keepers test whether husbandry changes actually reduce physiological stress, moving welfare management from intuition to evidence. This overview survey…
Research overview: validating faecal cortisol metabolite assays in captive felids
OverviewFaecal glucocorticoid metabolite monitoring is the workhorse of felid stress research because it avoids the confound of capture and restraint, but it requires species-specific validation to be meaning…
Research overview: vertical structure, complexity and three-dimensional space in felid enclosures
OverviewCats are arboreal-capable, climbing predators that value height, and research consistently shows captive felids prefer and benefit from elevated resting platforms, climbing structures and visually com…