Feasibility and validity of the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid to monitor the welfare of zoo-housed gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Authors: Stijn Brouwers, Marie José Duchateau

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: Animal welfare assessment grid, keeper assessments, welfare monitoring, western lowland gorilla, zoo animal welfare

2021

Circulating and Excreted Corticosteroids and Metabolites, Hematological, and Serum Chemistry Parameters in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Before and After a Stress Response

Authors: Steinman,K. J., Robeck,T. R., Fetter,G. A., Schmitt,T. L., Osborn,S., DiRocco,S., Nollens,H. H., O’Brien,J. K.

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science

Keywords: corticosteorids, endocrinology, feces, killer whale (Orcinus orca), stress

2020

Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: Don R Bergfelt, Sydney Davis, Anne Conan, Michelle Martinez, Rocio Canales, Roberto Sanchez-Okrucky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism

2020

Does corticosterone regulate the onset of breeding in free-living birds?: The CORT-Flexibility Hypothesis and six potential mechanisms for priming corticosteroid function

Authors: Christine R. Lattin, Creagh W. Breuner, L. Michael Romero

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, glucocorticoid receptor, gonadotropin inhibitory hormone, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, reproduction, seasonality

2016

INVITED REVIEW: The usefulness of measuring glucocorticoids for assessing animal welfare

Authors: C. R. Ralph, A. J. Tilbrook

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-1, agriculture, amygdaloid complex, corticosteroid-binding globulin, corticosterone, cortisol, dairy & animal science, electrical-stimulation, free serum, isolation/restraint stress, luteinizing-hormone, pituitary-adrenal axis, plasma corticosteroids, stress responses, tissue cortisol activity, welfare assessment

2016

Behavioural changes in dogs treated with corticosteroids

Authors: Lorella Notari, Oliver Burman, Daniel Mills

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behaviour, corticosteroid, dog, drug, side-effects

2015

Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry method development for monitoring stress-related corticosteroids levels in pig saliva

Authors: Ledicia Rey-Salgueiro, Elena Martínez-Carballo, Jesús Simal-Gándara

Publication/Journal: Journal of Chromatography B

Keywords: corticosteroids, liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry, pig breeds, saliva, solid-phase extraction, stress hormones

2015

A multivariate analysis using physiology and behavior to characterize robustness in two isogenic lines of rainbow trout exposed to a confinement stress

Authors: Bastien Sadoul, Isabelle Leguen, Violaine Colson, Nicolas C. Friggens, Patrick Prunet

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: adaptation, aggressiveness, cortisol, stress

2015

The comparative biology of environmental stress: behavioural endocrinology and variation in ability to cope with novel, changing environments

Authors: John C. Wingfield

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: allostasis, corticosteroid, glucocorticoid receptor, perturbation, reactive scope, steroid metabolizing enzyme, stress

2013

Effects of stressors in adolescence on learning and memory in rodent models

Authors: Matthew R. Green, Cheryl M. McCormick

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, animal models, cognition, fear conditioning, hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex, puberty, sex differences, social stressors, spatial

2013

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