A Systematic Review of the Use of Technology to Monitor Welfare in Zoo Animals: Is There Space for Improvement?

A top priority of modern zoos is to ensure good animal welfare (AW), thus, efforts towards improving AW monitoring are increasing. Welfare assessments are performed through more traditional approaches by employing direct observations and time-consuming data collection that require trained specialist...

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Published in:	Animals
Main Authors:	Alessia Diana, Marina Salas, Zjef Pereboom, Michael Mendl, Tomas Norton
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-10-01
Subjects:	aquaria automated monitoring behaviour camera wildlife zoological park
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3048

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