Analytical and biological validation of a noninvasive measurement of glucocorticoid metabolites in feces of Geoffroy’s spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: capture, circadian rhythm, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay, platyrrhines, reproductive state
2024
The Comparative Effect of Occupational and Musical Enrichment on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in a Captive Colony of Stumptail Macaques (Macaca arctoides)
Publication/Journal: Biology
Keywords: enrichment programs, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, macaca arctoides, music enrichment, occupational enrichment, primate welfare
2024
Glucocorticoids and behavior in non-human primates: A meta-analytic approach to unveil potential coping mechanisms
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: behavior, captive, coping, Correlations, cortisol, meta-analysis, non-human primates, Stress alleviation, stress response, wild
2024
Hibernating or not hibernating? Brown bears’ response to a mismatch between environmental natural cues and captive management, and its welfare implications
Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE
Keywords: animal welfare, captive management, cues, environment, physiology
2024
Hormonal changes in northern white-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) after the death of a group member
Publication/Journal: Primates
Keywords: death, DHEAS, gibbons, glucocorticoids, group structure, stress
2024
Assessment of faecal cortisol in captive elephants of Tamil Nadu state: An indicator of stress
Publication/Journal:
Keywords: elephants, fecal cortisol, stress
2023
Effect of Social Dominance and Reproductive State on Adrenal Steroids in Female Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)
Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology
Keywords: adrenal function, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEAS), japanese macaques, macaca fuscata, stress response
2023
Exploring the Effect of Age on the Reproductive and Stress Physiology of Octopus bimaculoides Using Dermal Hormones
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: California two-spot octopus, cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, senescence, testosterone
2023
Integrating Reference Intervals into Chimpanzee Welfare Research
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral diversity, glucocorticoids, immunoglobulin a, reference interval
2023
Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone
2023