First noncontact millimeter-wave radar measurement of heart rate in great apes: Validation in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol
Keywords: *Pan troglodytes/physiology, *Radar, animal welfare, animals, Electrocardiography/veterinary/instrumentation, female, heart rate, male, millimeter‐wave ultrawide‐band array radar, noncontact measurement of vital sign, stress
2024
Hormonal changes in northern white-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) after the death of a group member
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: death, DHEAS, gibbons, glucocorticoids, group structure, stress
2024
Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in captive olive baboons (Papio anubis): The effects of age, sex, rearing, stress, and pregnancy
Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol
Keywords: *Papio anubis/genetics/physiology, age factors, animals, baboons, early adversity, female, lymphocytes, male, neutrophil‐lymphocyte ratio, neutrophils, physiological, pregnancy, sex factors, stress
2024
Prosocial or photo preferences? Gorillas’ prosocial choices using a touchscreen
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: gorilla gorilla gorilla, photo preference, prosocial choices, western lowland gorillas
2024
Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress
2023
The Longevity Legacy: The Challenges of Old Animals in Zoos
Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care
Keywords: aging, behavior, enrichment, euthanasia, pathology, skeleton, teeth, welfare
2023
More Than Just Kibbles: Keeper Familiarity and Food Can Affect Bonobo Behavior
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, food, keeper familiarity, pan paniscus, social behavior
2023
Not lost in translation: Changes in social dynamics in Bonobos after colony relocation and fusion with another group
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bonobos, group dynamics, relocation, social dynamics
2023
Surgical placement of implantable cardiac loop recorders in great apes
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: great apes, loop recorders, surgery
2023
Visually assessed body condition shows high heritability in a pedigreed great ape population
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: animal models, body condition score, bonobo, relative fat mass
2023