Gut microbiota of skywalker hoolock gibbons (Hoolock tianxing) from different habitats and in captivity: Implications for gibbon health
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: captivity, gibbon, microbiota
2023
Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species
Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology
Keywords: immunology, stress, tortoise
2022
DNA Damage as a Potential Non-Invasive Indicator of Welfare: A Preliminary Study in Zoo-Housed Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine, 8-OHdG, animal welfare indicator, glucocorticoids, grizzly bear, oxidative stress
2021
Extensive human presence and regular gentle handling improve growth, survival and immune competence in ostrich chicks
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, immunity, performance, struthio camelus
2020
Animal Welfare as Preventative Medicine
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, antimicrobial resistance, immunity, positive emotions, stress
2019
A users guide to HPA axis research
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: acth, corticosterone, cortisol, glucocorticoid, hpa axis, stress
2017
Adolescent voluntary exercise attenuated hippocampal innate immunity responses and depressive-like behaviors following maternal separation stress in male rats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: depressive-like behaviors, hippocampus, mandatory exercise, maternal separation, toll-like receptors, voluntary exercise
2016
Cumulative stress in research animals: Telomere attrition as a biomarker in a welfare context?
Publication/Journal: Bioessays
Keywords: age, animal welfare, anxiety disorders, biochemistry & molecular biology, biological age, biology, biomarker, body-mass, chronic pain, cortisol, cumulative experience, cumulative severity, dynamics, length, life-span, oxidative stress, stress, telomere dynamics
2016
Effects of chronic mild stress on behavioral and neurobiological parameters — Role of glucocorticoid
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: bdnf, chronic mild stress, depression, fkbp5, gap junction, gr
2016
Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour
2016