Effects of Restraint Stress on Circulating Corticosterone and Met Enkephalin in Chickens: Induction of Shifts in Insulin Secretion and Carbohydrate Metabolism
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: corticosterone, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, Met-enkephalin, stress
2024
Facility Design for Ageing Wild Animals
Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care
Keywords: aging, disabled, facility design, geriatric, habitat design, personalization, welfare, wellbeing
2023
Feeding management of giraffe towards positive welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: feeding strategy, giraffe, positive welfare
2023
Latitudinal and zoo specific zeitgebers influence circadian and circannual rhythmicity of behavior in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology
Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, breeding, circadian, circannual, zeitgeber, zoo
2023
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
Patterns in the long-term viability of North American zoo populations
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: demography, extinction risk, genetic diversity, population viability analysis, sustainability
2019
Investigation of social, affective, and locomotor behavior of adolescent Brattleboro rats reveals a link between vasopressin’s actions on arousal and social behavior
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: adolescence, Anxiety-like behavior, arousal, Brattleboro rat, social development, vasopressin
2018
Contrasting results from molecular and pedigree-based population diversity measures in captive zebra highlight challenges facing genetic management of zoo populations
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, genetic diversity, molecular genetic analysis, pedigree analysis
2017
Intranasal oxytocin and a polymorphism in the oxytocin receptor gene are associated with human-directed social behavior in golden retriever dogs
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: behavior genetics, canine, canine behavior, domestic dog, oxtr, oxytocin, oxytocin receptor gene, social behavior, wolf
2017
Long term vs. short term impact of founder relatedness on gene diversity and inbreeding within the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) of the red panda (Ailurus f. fulgens)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: breeding programs, eep, genetic diversity, genetic management, inbreeding, red panda
2017