Georgia Mason

Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

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JoVE Journal Publications

ArticleTotal : 1	Year
Publication title	2022

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How should the psychological well-being of zoo elephants be objectively investigated? Zoo biology\| PubMed ID: 19514018	2010
What do population-level welfare indices suggest about the well-being of zoo elephants? Zoo biology\| PubMed ID: 20140956	2010
Species differences in responses to captivity: stress, welfare and the comparative method. Trends in ecology & evolution\| PubMed ID: 20952089	2010
Environmental enrichment reduces the likelihood of alopecia in adult C57BL/6J mice. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS\| PubMed ID: 21439209	2011
Recurrent perseveration correlates with abnormal repetitive locomotion in adult mink but is not reduced by environmental enrichment. Behavioural brain research\| PubMed ID: 21466825	2011
Female C57BL/6 mice show consistent individual differences in spontaneous interaction with environmental enrichment that are predicted by neophobia. Behavioural brain research\| PubMed ID: 21689685	2011
Reprint of: Female C57BL/6 mice show consistent individual differences in spontaneous interaction with environmental enrichment that are predicted by neophobia. Behavioural brain research\| PubMed ID: 22000859	2012
Litter size predicts adult stereotypic behavior in female laboratory mice. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS\| PubMed ID: 23043805	2012
Environmental enrichment reduces signs of boredom in caged mink. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 23155462	2012
Environmentally enriched rearing environments reduce repetitive perseveration in caged mink, but increase spontaneous alternation. Behavioural brain research\| PubMed ID: 23159704	2013
Winning the genetic lottery: biasing birth sex ratio results in more grandchildren. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 23874458	2013
Co-housing rodents with different coat colours as a simple, non-invasive means of individual identification: validating mixed-strain housing for C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 24204864	2013
Environmentally enriched male mink gain more copulations than stereotypic, barren-reared competitors. PloS one\| PubMed ID: 24282547	2013
Benefits of a ball and chain: simple environmental enrichments improve welfare and reproductive success in farmed American mink (Neovison vison). PloS one\| PubMed ID: 25386726	2014
Effects of environmental enrichment and stereotypic behavior on maternal behavior and infant viability in a model carnivore, the American mink (Neovison vison). Zoo biology\| PubMed ID: 26536278	2016
Cage-induced stereotypic behaviour in laboratory mice covaries with nucleus accumbens FosB/ΔFosB expression. Behavioural brain research\| PubMed ID: 26731014	2016
Mixed-strain housing for female C57BL/6, DBA/2, and BALB/c mice: validating a split-plot design that promotes refinement and reduction. BMC medical research methodology\| PubMed ID: 26817696	2016
What can be learnt from wheel-running by wild mice, and how can we identify when wheel-running is pathological? Proceedings. Biological sciences\| PubMed ID: 26842572	2016
Stereotypic behaviour in standard non-enriched cages is an alternative to depression-like responses in C57BL/6 mice. Behavioural brain research\| PubMed ID: 26876137	2016
Play in juvenile mink: litter effects, stability over time, and motivational heterogeneity. Developmental psychobiology\| PubMed ID: 27183962	2016
The Days and Nights of Zoo Elephants: Using Epidemiology to Better Understand Stereotypic Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in North Am... PloS one\| PubMed ID: 27416071	2016
The effects of preferred natural stimuli on humans' affective states, physiological stress and mental health, and the potential implications for well-being in captive animals. Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews\| PubMed ID: 28916271	2017
Play and optimal welfare: Does play indicate the presence of positive affective states? Behavioural processes\| PubMed ID: 29155308	2018
A comparison of two types of running wheel in terms of mouse preference, health, and welfare. Physiology & behavior\| PubMed ID: 29653112	2018
Phylogenetic comparative methods: Harnessing the power of species diversity to investigate welfare issues in captive wild animals. Zoo biology\| PubMed ID: 30058134	2018
Welfare-improving enrichments greatly reduce hens' startle responses, despite little change in judgment bias. Scientific reports\| PubMed ID: 31417122	2019
Getting a grip: cats respond negatively to scruffing and clips. The Veterinary record\| PubMed ID: 31586939	2020
Does demonstrator relevance affect social preferences and the social transmission of food preferences in female mice (Mus musculus)? Behavioural processes\| PubMed ID: 31622658	2019
Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress? Physiology & behavior\| PubMed ID: 32738316	2020
Large Lemurs: Ecological, Demographic and Environmental Risk Factors for Weight Gain in Captivity. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI\| PubMed ID: 32824807	2020
Where are you from? Female mice raised in enriched or conventional cages differ socially, and can be discriminated by other mice. Behavioural brain research\| PubMed ID: 33249072	2021
Cancer blues? A promising judgment bias task indicates pessimism in nude mice with tumors. Physiology & behavior\| PubMed ID: 34029586	2021
Recommendations for Abnormal Behaviour Ethograms in Monkey Research. Animals : an open access journal from MDPI\| PubMed ID: 34069667	2021
Nature calls: intelligence and natural foraging style predict poor welfare in captive parrots. Proceedings. Biological sciences\| PubMed ID: 34610768	2021
Social Buffering as a Tool for Improving Rodent Welfare. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS\| PubMed ID: 34915978	2022
Conventional laboratory housing increases morbidity and mortality in research rodents: results of a meta-analysis. BMC biology\| PubMed ID: 35022024	2022