The effects of anthropogenic noise on frogs housed on exhibit at a public aquarium

Authors: Colette Angel, Michael Romano, Charles R. Knapp

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustics, conservation, Dentrobatidae, vocalization, zoo

2024

Fecal glucocorticoid analysis as a health monitoring tool for endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)

Authors: Maureen V Driscoll, Allison D Tuttle, Tracy A Romano

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: african penguin, breeding, corticosterone, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, molt, noninvasive

2022

Unloading or not unloading? Sheep welfare implication of rest stop at control post after a 29 h transport

Authors: S. Messori, C. Pedernera-Romano, D. Magnani, P. Rodriguez, S. Barnard, A. Dalmau, A. Velarde, P. D. Villa

Publication/Journal: Small Ruminant Research

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, control posts, dairy & animal science, journey, lambs, land transport, long journey, meat quality, parameters, physiological-responses, road transport, sheep, stress hormone responses, transport, unloading, water-deprivation

2015

Assessment of adrenocortical and gonadal hormones in male spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) following capture, restraint and anesthesia

Authors: Alba Zulema Rodas-Martínez, Domingo Canales, Dulce María Brousset, William F. Swanson, Marta C. Romano

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, new world primates, stress, testosterone

2013

Male mate preference is influenced by both female behaviour and morphology

Authors: Lindsey Swierk, Abigail Myers, Tracy Langkilde

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: courtship, eastern fence lizard, female behaviour, male choice, proceptivity, sceloporus undulatus

2013

Associations between open-field behaviour and stress-induced hyperthermia in two breeds of sheep

Authors: C. Pedernera-Romano, J.L Ruiz de la Torre, L. Badiella, X. Manteca

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, fear, open-field test, sheep, stress, stress-induced hyperthermia

2011

Does environmental enrichment really matter? A case study using the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus

Authors: Renee L. Rosier, Tracy Langkilde

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, growth, reptile, stress

2011

Evaluation of an alternative to feeding whole frozen fish in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas)

Authors: Lisa M. Mazzaro, Julie P. Richmond, Jessica N. Morgan, Michaela E. Kluever, J. Lawrence Dunn, Tracy A. Romano, Steven A. Zinn, Elizabeth A. Koutsos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: blood chemistry, body condition, cetacean, fatty acid, fish alternative

2011

Invader danger: Lizards faced with novel predators exhibit an altered behavioral response to stress

Authors: Whitney P. Trompeter, Tracy Langkilde

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavior, corticosterone, invasive, reptile

2011

Serum cortisol in California sea lion pups (Zalophus californianus californianus)

Authors: C. Pedernera-Romano, D. Aurioles-Gamboa, R.A. Valdez, D.M. Brousset, M.C. Romano, F. Galindo

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, california sea lions, cortisol, gulf of california, pups, stress

2010