Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone
2023
Monitoring the behaviour and stress physiology of male gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla for one year following bachelor group formation
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: androgens, behaviour, glucocorticoids, non-invasive, primates, proximity, social introductions
2022
Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild
Keywords: androgens, conservation, glucocorticoids, temporal gland secretion, thyroid hormones, urine dribbling
2022
Social effects on AVT and CRF systems
Publication/Journal: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
Keywords: aggression, arginine vasotocin, AVT receptor, corticotrophin-releasing factor, CRF receptor, rainbow-trout, social stress
2021
Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)
Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology
Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers
2020
Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management
2020
Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e
2020
Preparing for Life After Birth: Introducing the Concepts of Intrauterine and Extrauterine Sensory Entrainment in Mammalian Young
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: fetal sensory systems, in utero sensory environment, learning, memory, neuroplasticity, sensory development after birth, sensory maturity at birth, trans-natal sensory continuity
2019
Behavioral responses to emotional challenges in female rats living in a seminatural environment: The role of estrogen receptors
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: co-occurrence analysis, diarylpropionitrile, fear, positive emotion, propylpyrazoletriol, seminatural environment, sexual behavior, social behavior
2018
Territorial aggression in urban and rural Song Sparrows is correlated with corticosterone, but not testosterone
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: androgen, challenge hypothesis, glucocorticoid, territorial aggression, urbanization
2018