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
The Neurobiology of Behavior and Its Applicability for Animal Welfare: A Review
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: emotions, learning, neurobiology, Panksepp, welfare, well-being
2022
Urinary oxytocin and cortisol concentrations vary by group type in male western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in North American zoos
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: animal welfare, gorillas, zoos
2022
Affective styles and emotional lateralization: A promising framework for animal welfare research
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, emotional reactivity, emotional regulation, hemispheric dominance, individuality, motivational tendencies, motor lateralization, personality, stable individual traits
2021
The relationship between personality, season, and wounding receipt in zoo‐housed Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata): A multi‐institutional study
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: animal welfare, macaques, personality, questionnaire, seasonal affects, wounding, zoo welfare
2021
Studying Antillean manatees’(Trichechus manatus manatus) temperament in zoological parks: exploration of boldness, sociality and reactivity to humans
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: conservation, manatees, novelty tests, personality questionnaire, temperament, welfare
2021
Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) behavioral responses to a visual signal preceding handling
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ambassador, contact animals, gloves, habituate, predictable
2020
Effects of Transport Conditions on Behavioural and Physiological Responses of Horses
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: behaviour, equine, position, space, stomach ulcers, travelling, welfare
2020
Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)
Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology
Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers
2020
Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress?
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: chickens, environmental enrichment, stress, welfare
2020