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Prof Vicky Melfi

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Passionate creator of synergies between people, animals & the planet | Evidence-based intervention advocate | Author, editor, macaque lover, optimist | My views

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@vicky_melfi
Prof Vicky Melfi
2 years
Zoo Animals: behaviour, m'ment & welfare 3ed | We're looking for high-res photos which reflect the diversity of activities, species & people working within progressive zoos & aquariums globally #ZA3 Pls➡️zooanimals.oup@gmail.com @BIAZA @waza @eaza @zoos_aquariums @ZooAquariumAssn
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Prof Vicky Melfi
10 months
𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 'No effect of probiotics... in the control of bacterial plaque in crab-eating fox...' 🦊#zooresearch #animalnutrition #animalhealth➡️ https://t.co/GikDHLzOhp @JZAR_EAZA @ALPZA_Zoos @waza @EAZWV2
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Prof Vicky Melfi
10 months
𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 Piscivore food presentation in BIAZA collections: limiting risk of ingesting microplastic🐟 #zooresearch #animalnutrition #animalhealth #sustainability #microplastics ➡️ https://t.co/5reTAVoxCC @JZAR_EAZA @biaza @waza @zoos_aquariums @IUCN @UCReaseheath
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Prof Vicky Melfi
10 months
𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥✨from JZAR with more evidence to underpin progressive zoo practice | 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 Current diet & disease incidence in red pandas🌿across European zoos #zooresearch #animalnutrition #animalhealth #animalwelfare ➡️ https://t.co/5t4AdoFjmM @JZAR
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@vicky_melfi
Prof Vicky Melfi
11 months
JZAR | Exploring African #swinefever susceptibility across several peccaries & pigs 🐷🐗 #zooresearch #evidence #animalhealth #animalwelfare ➡️ https://t.co/vUEMQPV6Ur @JZAR_EAZA @BIAZA @waza @thezooscientist @VdZ_Zoos @EAZWV2 @UFAW_1926 @RoyalVetCollege @IUCN🤗please share
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@vicky_melfi
Prof Vicky Melfi
1 year
JZAR | Early online exploring the behaviour of captive American bison #zooresearch #evidence #animalmanagement | 3rd glimpse of the forthcoming #animalwelfare special issue 31/Oct ➡️ https://t.co/vUEMQPV6Ur @JZAR_EAZA @BIAZA @waza @zoos_aquariums @thezooscientist @ZooAquariumAssn
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Prof Vicky Melfi
1 year
JZAR | Evidence-based zoo #animalwelfare assessment: Putting #science into practice' #zooresearch #evidence #animalmanagement | 2nd glimpse of the forthcoming special issue due 31/Oct ➡️ https://t.co/5reTAVoxCC @JZAR_EAZA @BIAZA @waza @ABWAK @zoos_aquariums @thezooscientist
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@vicky_melfi
Prof Vicky Melfi
1 year
Love those SCBM - help save them from extinction @SelamatkanYaki
@brglilly
Brian Lilly
1 year
Mare naughty Sulawesi crested black macaques @PaigntonZoo #macaque #MacacaNigra #primates
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Prof Vicky Melfi
1 year
JZAR | Early online 'Monkeying around on X: How big data & social media can.... examine public opinion trends' #zooresearch #socialmedia #bigdata #Opinion➡️ https://t.co/vUEMQPV6Ur @JZAR_EAZA @BIAZA @waza @ABWAK @zoos_aquariums @thezooscientist
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Prof Vicky Melfi
1 year
JZAR | Early online: Automated scatter feeding⬆️ foraging in zoo-housed meerkats similar to durations observed in the wild & elicits sentinel behaviour' #zooresearch #meerkat #nutrition #sentinel ➡️ https://t.co/GgVi6LE3Jp @JZAR_EAZA @eaza @BIAZA @waza @zoos_aquariums @UFAW_1926
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@JamesLucasIT
James Lucas
1 year
The beauty of wildlife - a thread 🧵 1. Dick Van Duijn captured the exact moment a squirrel stopped to smell a flower
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Prof Vicky Melfi
1 year
JZAR | Early online 'Behaviour and social bonds of African elephant calves under different holding systems in European zoo'🐘#socialbehaviour #zooresearch #elephant https://t.co/5reTAVoxCC @JZAR_EAZA @EAZA @BIAZA @waza @zoos_aquariums @thezooscientist @IUCN
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@HartpuryUniAnAg
Hartpury University Animal and Agriculture
1 year
Amazing new book out by some of our super talented staff Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science and Practice @vicky_melfi @ChrisPawson @PollyDoodson @GOatenPhD
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Prof Vicky Melfi
1 year
JZAR | Early online 'Effects of nocturnal outdoor enclosure access on space use and sleep-related behaviour in captive giraffes'🦒#zooscience #zooresearch #animalwelfare #animalbehaviour #sleep➡️ https://t.co/5reTAVoxCC @JZAR @EAZA @BIAZA @waza @zoos_aquariums @thezooscientist
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@garrettlucy1
Dr Lucy Garrett
1 year
Very proud of my students posters now displayed at the @WWTSlimbridge visitor center. Such a great opportunity for them to share their hard work and research undertaken at the reserve #behaviouralecology #studentposters #waders @HartpuryUniAnAg @Hartpury
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@vicky_melfi
Prof Vicky Melfi
1 year
A lovely opportunity to work with friends🤗Focussing on Animal interations w #staff #visitoreffect #visitorexperience The A team @PollyDoodson @DrSamWard @ChrisPawson @doc_webber & Georgia Oaten, Lucy Dumbell & Geoff Hosey 👏@sallysherwen @DrEddieFern
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@PollyDoodson
Polly Doodson
1 year
Check out Chapter 12 on Types of Visitor Interactions by me @vicky_melfi @doc_webber and Lucy Dumbell @Hartpury @UWEBristol @SciCommsUWE
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@NewsfromScience
News from Science
2 years
Rapid color changes in marlins may prevent the predators from impaling one another during group attacks. Learn more: https://t.co/ARACxlVEQr
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