Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress
2023
Early life adversities and lifelong health outcomes: A review of the literature on large, social, long-lived nonhuman mammals
Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Keywords: aging, early life, environment, Large-bodied mammal, Long-lived mammal, social
2023
Estimating the cardiac signals of chimpanzees using a digital camera: validation and application of a novel non-invasive method for primate research
Publication/Journal: Behavior Research Methods
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2023
Identifying Essential Elements of Good Giraffe Welfare—Can We Use Knowledge of a Species’ Fundamental Needs to Develop Welfare-Focused Husbandry?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
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2023
Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone
2023
Non-invasive measurements of respiration and heart rate across wildlife species using Eulerian Video Magnification of infrared thermal imagery
Publication/Journal: BMC Biology
Keywords: infrered thermal imagery, non-invasive measurements
2023
Qualitative behaviour assessment for zoo-housed polar bears (Ursus maritimus): Intra- and inter-day consistency and association to other indicators of welfare
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
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2023
Review: Towards an integrated concept of animal welfare
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: behaviour, emotion, health, physiology, welfare assessment
2023
Welfare assessment of slow loris (Nycticebus spp.) at an Indonesian primate rehabilitation center: Development and validation of body condition score
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: bcs, body circumference, body weight, nocturnal primate
2023
Behavioral Assessment of Six Reptile Species during a Temporary Zoo Closure and Reopening
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: COVID-19, reptile welfare, visitor effects, zoo animal behavior
2022