Effects of food-based enrichment on enclosure use and behavioral patterns in captive mammalian predators: a case study from an Austrian wildlife park
Publication/Journal: PeerJ
Keywords: animal behavior, animal visibility, animal welfare, brown bear, Domestic ferret, Pine marten
2023
Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e
2020
Ferrets’ (Mustela putorius furo) enrichment priorities and preferences as determined in a seven-chamber consumer demand study
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural priorities, consumer demand, enrichment, ferret, maximum price paid
2016
Effect of captivity and management on behaviour of the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, domestic ferrets, enrichment, housing, stereotypies
2014
The influence of handling and exposure to a ferret on body temperature and running wheel activity of golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: emotional fever, ferret, golden hamster, handling, running wheel, stress
2011
Noninvasive monitoring of adrenocortical activity in carnivores by fecal glucocorticoid analyses
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth, carnivores, corticosterone, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoids, hplc, radioimmunoassay, stress
2004
Evaluation of the genetic management of the endangered black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive propagation, endangered species, mean kinship, microsatellite DNA, population genetics, reintroductions.
2003
Photoperiod manipulation to increase the productivity of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) and Siberian polecats (M. eversmanii)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: endangered species, mustelid, reproduction
2003
Characterization of reproductive cycles and adrenal activity in the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) by fecal hormone analysis
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: corticoids, estradiol, feces, pregnancy, progestins, pseudopregnancy, restraint
2001
Reproductive inefficiency in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavior, breeding, copulation, mustelid, semen
2000