Assessing Giraffe Welfare During Seasonal Habitat Changes in Northern US Zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, enclosure, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, giraffe, recumbency
2024
Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress
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
Factors affecting captive female giraffe stress response: Male presence, small enclosure, and low temperature
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: agonistic interaction, conflict management, noninvasive hormone monitoring, social housing condition, social rank
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
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
Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in captive Indian leopards (Panthera pardus fusca) housed under three different enrichment regimes
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, leopard
2022
Immunoglobulin A and Physiologic Correlates of Well-Being in Asian Elephants
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: bull, cortisol, elephas maximus, glucocorticoids, musth, oxytocin, secretory IgA, social, stress, welfare
2022
Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild
Keywords: androgens, conservation, glucocorticoids, temporal gland secretion, thyroid hormones, urine dribbling
2022