The effects of repeated handling and corticosterone treatment on behavior in an amphibian (Ocoee salamander: Desmognathus ocoee)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: amphibian, corticosterone, reproduction, stress, stressor, testosterone
2012
The effects of social training and other factors on adoption success of shelter dogs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: adoption, dog, overpopulation, shelter, training
2012
Experience-facilitated improvements in pup retrieval; evidence for an epigenetic effect
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: cbp, epigenetics, hdac inhibition, maternal experience, oxytocin, sodium butyrate
2012
Experimental and husbandry procedures as potential modifiers of the results of phenotyping tests
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: blood glucose, core temperature, husbandry, radiotelemetry, stress response, systematic large-scale phenotyping
2012
Acute stressors increase plasma corticosterone and decrease locomotor activity in a terrestrial salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: activity, amphibian, corticosterone, glucocorticoid, reproduction, stress
2010
Factors relevant to adoption of cats in an animal shelter
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal shelter, cat adoption
2010
Use of positive reinforcement conditioning to monitor pregnancy in an unanesthetized snow leopard (Uncia uncia) via transabdominal ultrasound
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: desensitization, fetal development, operant conditioning, pregnancy detection, primiparous
2008
A longitudinal evaluation of urinary cortisol in kennelled dogs, Canis familiaris
2006
An Audit of Behavioral Indicators of Poor Welfare in Kenneled Dogs in the United Kingdom
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, dogs, kennel, welfare indicators
2005