Integrating trans-abdominal ultrasonography with fecal steroid metabolite monitoring to accurately diagnose pregnancy and predict the timing of parturition in the red panda (Ailurus fulgens styani)

Authors: Erin Curry, Lissa J. Browning, Paul Reinhart, Terri L. Roth

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: carnivore reproduction, delayed implantation, embryonic diapause, non-invasive monitoring, pseudopregnancy, wildlife

2017

Serum estradiol and progesterone profiles during estrus, pseudopregnancy, and active gestation in Steller sea lions

Authors: Renae Sattler, Lori Polasek

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: e2, eumetopias jubatus, hormones, p4, pinniped, reproduction

2017

Chelonian perivitelline membrane-bound sperm detection: A new breeding management tool

Authors: Kaitlin Croyle, Paul Gibbons, Christine Light, Eric Goode, Barbara Durrant, Thomas Jensen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chelonian, conservation, fertility assessment, pvm, sperm, tortoise, turtle

2016

Natural incubation patterns and the effects of exposing eggs to light at various times during incubation on post-hatch fear and stress responses in broiler (meat) chickens

Authors: Gregory S. Archer, Joy A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: chicken, fear, incubation, lateralization, light, stress

2014

Dedicated mothers: predation risk and physical burden do not alter thermoregulatory behaviour of pregnant vipers

Authors: Sophie Lorioux, Hélène Lisse, Olivier Lourdais

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aspic viper, predation, pregnancy, prenatal care, refuge use, thermoregulation, vipera aspis

2013

Inversion of left–right asymmetry alters performance of Xenopus tadpoles in nonlateralized cognitive tasks

Authors: Douglas J. Blackiston, Michael Levin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: laterality, learning, left–right asymmetry, memory, xenopus

2013

Organizational effects of estrogen on male-type vulnerability to early weaning

Authors: Takefumi Kikusui, Yuko Shimokawa, Natsumi Kanbara, Miho Nagasawa, Kazutaka Mogi

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: early weaning, estrogen, gonadal hormones, perinatal sexual organization, vulnerability to stress

2013

Behavioural plasticity may compensate for climate change in a long-lived reptile with temperature-dependent sex determination

Authors: Jeanine M. Refsnider, Fredric J. Janzen

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: chrysemys picta, common garden, geographic variation, painted turtle, phenology, sex ratio

2012

Differences induced by incubation temperature, versus androgen manipulation, in male leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius)

Authors: Victoria Huang, David Crews

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: androgens, castration, lizard, sociosexual behavior, temperature-dependent sex determination

2012

Digit ratio, polychromatism and associations with endurance and antipredator behaviour in male painted dragon lizards

Authors: Michael Tobler, Mo Healey, Mats Olsson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: androgen, antipredator behaviour, colour polymorphism, ctenophorus pictus, digit ratio, endurance, oestrogen, painted dragon, prenatal

2012