Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Dawn Zimmerman, Balbine Jourdan, Douglas E Crews, Barbara A Wolfe, Donald L Neiffer, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress

2023

Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Marcus Mazorra, Lindsay Wick, Scott Krug, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andy Daneault, Andrew C Alba

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design

2022

Assessing Allostatic Load in Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta)

Authors: Kathryn E Seeley, Kathryn L Proudfoot, Barbara Wolfe, Douglas E Crews

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: allostatic load index, chronic stress, lemur catta, non-human primates

2021

Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Barbara A Wolfe, Janine L Brown, Douglas E Crews

Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights

Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates

2020

Rearing history and allostatic load in adult western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in human care

Authors: Ashley N. Edes, Barbara A. Wolfe, Douglas E. Crews

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: allostasis, apes, captivity, stress

2016

The effect of fluphenazine decanoate on glucocorticoid production, reproductive cyclicity, and the behavioral stress response in the Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager)

Authors: Jason D. Wagman, Barbara A. Wolfe, Mandi W. Schook

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cortisol, estrous cycle, long-acting neuroleptics, ovulation, progesterone, restraint

2015

Evaluation of season-related dietary changes on the serum profiles of fat-soluble vitamins, mineral, fatty acids, and lipids in the captive greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)

Authors: Priya Bapodra, Ellen Dierenfeld, Barbara A. Wolfe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: green forage, hay, health, herbivore nutrition, perissodactyla, reference range

2014

Analysis of nutrient concentrations in the diet, serum, and urine of giraffe from surveyed North American zoological institutions

Authors: Kathleen Sullivan, Eric van Heugten, Kimberly Ange-van Heugten, Matthew H. Poore, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Barbara Wolfe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: giraffe, health, minerals, nutrition, uroliths

2010

Effects of genistein in the maternal diet on reproductive development and spatial learning in male rats

Authors: Evan R. Ball, Mary Kay Caniglia, Jenna L. Wilcox, Karla A. Overton, Marra J. Burr, Brady D. Wolfe, Brian J. Sanders, Amy B. Wisniewski, Craige C. Wrenn

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anogenital distance, genistein, phytoestrogen, spatial learning, water maze

2010

Yearling bulls shorten the duration of postpartum anestrus in beef cows to the same extent as do mature bulls

Authors: AS Cupp, MS Roberson, TT Stumpf, MW Wolfe, LA Werth, N Kojima, RJ Kittok, JE Kinder

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: anestrus, bull exposure, postpartum interval

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