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

Scent marking increases male reproductive success in wild house mice

Authors: Kerstin E. Thonhauser, Shirley Raveh, Attila Hettyey, Helmut Beissmann, Dustin J. Penn

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: house mouse, male–male competition, marking consistency, mus musculus musculus, reproductive success, scent marking, social preference

2013

Animal economics: assessing the motivation of female laboratory rabbits to reach a platform, social contact and food

Authors: Shirley C. Seaman, Natalie K. Waran, Georgia Mason, Richard B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: access costs, animal economics, consumer demand, laboratory rabbit, motivation, oryctolagus cuniculus, resource value

2008

Mineral concentrations in serum/plasma and liver tissue of captive and free-ranging Rhinoceros species

Authors: Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Shirley Atkinson, A. Morrie Craig, Karen C. Walker, W. Jürgen Streich, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ceratotherium simum, dicerorhinus sumatrensis, diceros-bicornis, mineral nutrition, rhinoceros, rhinoceros unicornis

2005

Loss of wildness.

Authors: Shirley C. Strum

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, endangered species

1994