Preparing for Life After Birth: Introducing the Concepts of Intrauterine and Extrauterine Sensory Entrainment in Mammalian Young
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: fetal sensory systems, in utero sensory environment, learning, memory, neuroplasticity, sensory development after birth, sensory maturity at birth, trans-natal sensory continuity
2019
Injections to pregnant mice produce prenatal stress that affects aggressive behavior in their adult male offspring
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggressive behavior, calbindin, immunohistochemistry, mouse, prenatal stress, sexual behavior, testosterone, vassopressin
2018
A longitudinal study of hair cortisol concentrations in Macaca nemestrina mothers and infants
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: cortisol, fetal exposure, hair, infant macaque, pregnancy
2017
Positive and negative gestational handling influences placental traits and mother-offspring behavior in dairy goats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behavior, goats, handling, placenta, prenatal stress
2016
Scientific evaluation of animal emotions: Brief history and recent New Zealand contributions
Publication/Journal: Journal of New Zealand Studies
Keywords: dairy calves, electroencephalographic, fetal, halothane, interdisciplinary, lambs, pain, play-behavior, positive welfare states, rearing substrate, responses, sentience, social sciences
2016
Coat and claws as new matrices for noninvasive long-term cortisol assessment in dogs from birth up to 30 days of age
Publication/Journal: Theriogenology
Keywords: 3rd trimester, biomarker, chronic stress, claw, coat, cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, dog, glucocorticoids, hair cortisol, marker, newborn, parturition, pregnancy, progesterone, reproductive biology, veterinary sciences
2015
How should the welfare of fetal and neurologically immature postnatal animals be protected?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, fetal protection, fetal suffering, neurological immaturity, postnatal harms, regulations
2014
Ultrasonographic measurement of fetal growth parameters over three successive pregnancies in a captive Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive breeding, gestation, gestational age, reproduction, tapiridae, ultrasound
2014
The Role of Androgenic Steroids in Shaping Social Phenotypes Across the Lifespan in Male Marmosets (Callithrix spp.)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: androgen hormones, marmoset, reproduction
2013
Ultrasonographic monitoring of fetal development in unrestrained bonobos (Pan paniscus) at the Milwaukee County Zoo
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: positive reinforcement, pregnancy test, prenatal growth, reproduction, ultrasound
2011