How environmental enrichment affects behavioral and glucocorticoid responses in captive blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, corticosterone, quality of life, stress
2018
Validation of an assay to measure glucocorticoid metabolites in the droppings of little penguins (Eudyptula minor)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: assay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, little penguins
2015
Monitoring stress hormone metabolites as a useful, non-invasive tool for welfare assessment in farm animals
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, cortisol, faeces, farm animals, stress
2012
The effectiveness of indigestible markers for identifying individual animal feces and their prevalence of use in North American zoos
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: endocrine research, fecal markers, zoo survey, zoological parks
2011
Determining nitrogen requirements of Aceros and Buceros hornbills
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: avian nutrition, frugivores, hornbills, protein requirements
2008
Estimation of protein requirement for maintenance in adult parrots (Amazona spp.) by determining inevitable N losses in excreta
Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
Keywords: amazons, endogenous losses, maintenance, parrot, protein requirement
2008
Seasonal and altitudinal effects on glucocorticoid metabolites in a wild primate (Theropithecus gelada)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: altitude, geladas, hormone, rainfall, steroids, stress, temperature, validation
2008
Noninvasive Monitoring of Hormones in Bird Droppings: Physiological Validation, Sampling, Extraction, Sex Differences, and the Influence of Diet on Hormone Metabolite Levels
Publication/Journal: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Keywords: birds, diet, enzyme immunoassay (eia), excreta, feces, hormone metabolites, noninvasive, radioimmunoassay (ria)
2005
Sampling Effort/Frequency Necessary to Infer Individual Acute Stress Responses from Fecal Analysis in Greylag Geese (Anser anser)
Publication/Journal: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Keywords: anser anser, corticosterone–immunoreactive metabolites, greylag goose, individual variation, noninvasive sampling, sampling effort, short-term stress response
2005
The Ability of Cattle to Distinguish between, and their Preference for, Floors with Different Levels of Friction, and their Avoidance of Floors Contaminated with Excreta
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, excreta, floor, friction, slurry
2002