Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species

Authors: Alyssa M Hartzheim, Jennifer L Terry, Emily K Field, Natalie T Haydt, Sinlan Poo, Lorin A Neuman‐Lee

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology

2022

Physiological and behavioral effects of animal-assisted interventions on therapy dogs in pediatric oncology settings

Authors: Amy McCullough, Molly A. Jenkins, Ashleigh Ruehrdanz, Mary Jo Gilmer, Janice Olson, Anjali Pawar, Leslie Holley, Shirley Sierra-Rivera, Deborah E. Linder, Danielle Pichette, Neil J. Grossman, Cynthia Hellman, Noémie A. Guérin, Marguerite E. O’Haire

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-assisted intervention, behavior, salivary cortisol, stress, therapy dog

2018

Invited review: Cessation of lactation: Effects on animal welfare

Authors: G. Zobel, D. M. Weary, K. E. Leslie, M. A. G. von Keyserlingk

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, bovine mammary-gland, dairy & animal science, dairy cow, dairy cows, dairy goat, dry period management, dry-off, food science & technology, infection, internal teat-sealant, intramammary, intramammary infection, milk production, natural behavior, reproductive-performance, somatic-cell counts, subsequent lactation, udder health

2015

Endocrine Changes in Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Pups Undergoing Rehabilitation

Authors: Stephen J. Trumble, Danielle O'Neil, Leslie A. Cornick, Frances M. D. Gulland, Michael A. Castellini, Shannon Atkinson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cortisol, harbor seal, stress hormones, thyroxine

2013

Parthenogenesis in a Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Epicrates cenchria cenchria)

Authors: Matthew E. Kinney, Raymund F. Wack, Robert A. Grahn, Leslie Lyons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: automixis, microsatellite, parentage, sperm storage, vasectomy

2013

Activity and enrichment use in disabled Asiatic black bears (Ursus thibetanus) rescued from bile farms

Authors: J. A. Dallaire, N. Field, G. J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, asiatic black bear, blindness, environmental enrichment, limb aputation, physical disability

2012

Maternal effects and the endocrine regulation of mandrill growth

Authors: Robin M. Bernstein, Joanna M. Setchell, Delphine Verrier, Leslie A. Knapp

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: body size, growth, hormones, mandrills, maternal effects

2012

Examining deep litter as environmental enrichment for a family group of wolf’s guenons, Cercopithecus wolfi

Authors: Grace Fuller, Leslie Sadowski, Christine Cassella, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, exhibit modification, substrate, therapeutic intervention

2010

Female mating preferences, lighting environment, and a test of the sensory bias hypothesis in the bluefin killifish

Authors: Rebecca C. Fuller, Leslie A. Noa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioral plasticity, behavioural plasticity, color polymorphism, colour polymorphism, fundulidae, opsin expression, sensory bias, sensory drive, sexual selection

2010

A single exposure to an acute stressor has lasting consequences for the hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal response to stress in free-living birds

Authors: Sharon E. Lynn, Leslie E. Prince, Megan M. Phillips

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: corticosterone, eastern bluebird, habituation, hpa axis, repeated stressors, sialia sialis

2010

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