Positive Reinforcement Training for Blood Collection in Grizzly Bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) Results in Undetectable Elevations in Serum Cortisol Levels: A Preliminary Investigation
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: grizzly bear, positive reinforcement training, serum cortisol, voluntary blood draw
2016
Enkephalin and dynorphin mRNA expression are associated with resilience or vulnerability to chronic social defeat stress
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
2013
A study of cortisol and beta-endorphin levels in stereotypic and normal Thoroughbreds
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: beta-endorphin, cortisol, cribbing, equine, saliva, stereotypy
1999
Travel sickness and meat quality in pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, lysine vasopressin, meat quality, pigs, stress hormones, travel sickness
1999
The relationship between housing and social rant on cortisol, Beta endorphin and dynorphin secretion in sows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: brain, cortisol, dynorphin, endorphin, hierarchy, housing, opioids, pig, stress, welfare
1998
Lack of evidence for stress being caused to pigs by witnessing the slaughter of conspecifics
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, pigs, slaughter, stress
1997
Brain opioid receptors in relation to stereotypies, inactivity, and housing in sows
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, brain, dynorphin, endorphin, inactivity, kappa, mu, opioid receptors, pig housing, pigs, stereotypies, stress
1996
Effect of Human Contact on Heart Rate of Pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-man interaction, beta-endorphin, heart rate, pigs, transport
1995
Acute and repeated exposure to social conflict in male golden hamsters: Increases in plasma POMC-peptides and cortisol and decreases in plasma testosterone
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: cortisol, golden hamster, social conflict
1991