Welfare impacts associated with using aversive geofencing devices on captive Asian elephants
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity budgets, animal behaviour, Electric shock collars, faecal cortisol, stress, virtual fencing
2023
Effects of rearing methods on feather-damaging behavior and corticosterone metabolite excretion in the peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis Vieillot)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: Agapornis roseicollis Vieillot, corticosterone metabolite, feather-damaging behavior, hand rearing, parental rearing with neonatal handling, peach-faced lovebird
2022
Time-lag of urinary and salivary cortisol response after a psychological stressor in bonobos (Pan paniscus)
Measurement of Fecal Testosterone Metabolites in Mice: Replacement of Invasive Techniques
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: androgens, feces, mice, non-invasive, testosterone
2020
Non-invasive measurement of glucocorticoids: Advances and problems
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: faecal cortisol/corticosterone metabolites, glucocorticoids, immunoassays, non-invasive, physiological/biological validation
2019
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)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: carnivore reproduction, delayed implantation, embryonic diapause, non-invasive monitoring, pseudopregnancy, wildlife
2017
Physiological and behavioral responses to routine procedures in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: behavior, colony management, cortisol excretion, depression, fecal cortisol, model, monkeys, non-human primates, patterns, primates, separation, social stress, stress, stress response, zoology
2016
Using non-invasive faecal hormone metabolite monitoring to detect reproductive patterns, seasonality and pregnancy in red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: enzyme immunoassay (eia), faecal hormone metabolite, red river hogs, reproduction
2016
Validation of a fecal glucocorticoid assay to assess adrenocortical activity in meerkats using physiological and biological stimuli
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: adrenalcortical activity, assay, fecal glucocorticoid, meerkats
2016
Reproductive activity in the peninsular pronghorn determined from excreted gonadal steroid metabolites
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: estrus, fecal hormone, pregnancy, seasonality, validation
2015