Preliminary Findings on How Different Management Systems and Social Interactions Influence Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: glucocorticoids, management, reproduction, stress, white rhinoceros
2022
Identification of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faecal cortisol metabolites using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and enzyme immunoassays
Publication/Journal: Metabolites
Keywords: faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hplc, koala, LC-MS, non-invasive, phascolarctos cinereus, stress
2021
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
Influence of the rearing system on yolk corticosterone concentration in captive Greater Rheas (Rhea americana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: eggs, maternal stress, ratites
2016
Plasma cortisol and noradrenalin concentrations in pigs: automated sampling of freely moving pigs housed in the PigTurn versus manually sampled and restrained pigs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, blood sampling, cortisol, noradrenalin, pigs, restraint
2012
Relationships between scores of the feline temperament profile and behavioural and adrenocortical responses to a mild stressor in cats
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: acute stress, behavior, behaviour, cat, cortisol, temperament test
2011
A safer method for studying hormone metabolism in an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus): accelerator mass spectrometry
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: assay, noninvasive, testosterone, urine
2010
Effect of a cage divider permitting social stimuli on stress and food intake in rats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: adrenal, animal welfare, body weight, catecholamines, corticosterone, enrichment, feces, feeding, glucocorticoids, housing, hpa, hplc, husbandry, ingestive behavior, ria, rodent, stress hormones
2008
Sex differences in the effects of two stress paradigms on dopaminergic neurotransmission
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: chronic mild stress, depression, dopamine, female, forced swim test, gender, hippocampus, hypothalamus, male, prefrontal cortex, rat, striatum, sucrose intake
2008
A description of unique fluorescent yellow pigments in penguin feathers
Publication/Journal: Pigment Cell Research
Keywords: birds, hplc, plumage, pterin, reflecting platelets, sphenisciformes, yellow pigmentation
2007