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
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
Comparison of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in hand‐versus parent‐reared whooping cranes (Grus americana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive rearing, corticosterone, development, reintroduction, whooping cranes
2020
Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management
2020
Investigation of the efficacy of the GnRH agonist deslorelin in mitigating intraspecific aggression in captive male Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: agonistic behavior androgens, bachelor groups, testosterone
2019
Challenges, pitfalls and surprises: development and validation of a monoclonal antibody for enzyme immunoassay of the steroid 1 alpha -hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch species
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: 1α-hydroxycorticosterone, glucocorticoid, hplc, mineralocorticoid, stingray, stress
2018
Elevated corticosterone during egg production elicits increased maternal investment and promotes nestling growth in a wild songbird
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: begging, egg, glucocorticoid, house wren, life history, maternal effect
2016
Non-ovarian aromatization is required to activate female sexual motivation in testosterone-treated ovariectomized quail
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: approach behavior, aromatase activity, female sexual behavior, japanese quail, partner preference, tamoxifen, vorozole
2016
Light colour and intensity alters reproductive/seasonal responses in Japanese quail
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: cloacal gland, gonad, led, light colours, light intensity
2015
Reproductive activity in the peninsular pronghorn determined from excreted gonadal steroid metabolites
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: estrus, fecal hormone, pregnancy, seasonality, validation
2015