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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Circadian Rhythm of Salivary Immunoglobulin A and Associations with Cortisol as A Stress Biomarker in Captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Tithipong Plangsangmas, Janine L. Brown, Chatchote Thitaram, Ayona Silva-Fletcher, Katie L. Edwards, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Patcharapa Towiboon, Chaleamchat Somgird

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: asian elephant, circadian rhythm, glucocorticoids, immunoglobulin a, welfare

2020


Diurnal variation of salivary cortisol in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana) under routine management conditions and in relation to a translocation event

Authors: Susan Hambrecht, Ann‐Kathrin Oerke, Michael Heistermann, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: baseline, captive management, cortisol secretion, social introduction, stress

2020


Measurement of Fecal Testosterone Metabolites in Mice: Replacement of Invasive Techniques

Authors: Kerstin E. Auer, Marius Kußmaul, Erich Möstl, Katharina Hohlbaum, Thomas Rülicke, Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: androgens, feces, mice, non-invasive, testosterone

2020


Monitoring great ape heart health through innovative electrocardiogram technology: Training methodologies and welfare implications

Authors: Christina Cloutier Barbour, Marietta D Danforth, Hayley Murphy, Meg M Sleeper, Ilana Kutinsky

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: arrythmia, electrocardiogram, great ape, heart disease, welfare

2020


Music for Monkeys: Building Methods to Design with White-Faced Sakis for Animal-Driven Audio Enrichment Devices

Authors: Roosa Piitulainen, Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal technology, animal-computer-interaction, audio enrichment, white-faced saki

2020


Shedding light into the dark: age and light shape nocturnal activity and sleep behaviour of giraffe

Authors: Anna Lena Burger, Johannes Hartig, Paul W Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: giraffe, linear mixed models, nocturnal activity budget, rest-activity cycle

2020


Study on Daily Activity Pattern of Captive Lion (Panthera leo) in Siantar Zoo, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Authors: D. A. S. Siahaan, K. Berliani, A. Hartanto, H. M. M. Tanjung, Nurbayti,

Publication/Journal: Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Keywords: activity pattern, captivity, ethogram, lion, zoo

2020


The physiological significance of the circadian dynamics of the HPA axis: Interplay between circadian rhythms, allostasis and stress resilience

Authors: Rohit Rao, Ioannis P. Androulakis

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: allostasis, chronopharmacology, circadian rhythms, glucocorticoids, hpa axis, mathematical modeling, stress resilience

2019


Daily rhythmicity of behavioral responses in donkeys of different age groups during the cold-dry (harmattan) and hot-dry seasons in a tropical savannah

Authors: Friday Ocheja Zakari, Joseph Olusegun Ayo, Peter Ibrahim Rekwot, Muhammed Umar Kawu, Ndazo Salka Minka, Folashade Helen Olaifa, Muhammed Jimoh Ibrahim, Daniel Onimisi Avazi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, cold-dry season, daily rhythm, donkeys, hot-dry season

2018


Diel and infradian (7-day) activity rhythms in Mexican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) kept with and without visitor contact

Authors: Jairo Muñoz-Delgado, Sergio Pérez-Galicia, José Carlos Sánchez-Ferrer, Domingo Canales Espinosa, Hans G. Erkert

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: activity pattern, circadian rhythm, circaseptan rhythm, masking effect, zoo visitor effect

2018


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