Gut microbiota of skywalker hoolock gibbons (Hoolock tianxing) from different habitats and in captivity: Implications for gibbon health
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: captivity, gibbon, microbiota
2023
Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species
Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology
Keywords: immunology, stress, tortoise
2022
Extensive human presence and regular gentle handling improve growth, survival and immune competence in ostrich chicks
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, immunity, performance, struthio camelus
2020
Animal Welfare as Preventative Medicine
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, antimicrobial resistance, immunity, positive emotions, stress
2019
Adolescent voluntary exercise attenuated hippocampal innate immunity responses and depressive-like behaviors following maternal separation stress in male rats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: depressive-like behaviors, hippocampus, mandatory exercise, maternal separation, toll-like receptors, voluntary exercise
2016
Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour
2016
Immune responses to improving welfare
Social isolation disrupts innate immune responses in both male and female prairie voles and enhances agonistic behavior in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggression, ch50, corticosterone, hemolytic complement, microtus ochrogaster, psychosocial stress
2015
Corticosterone–immune interactions during captive stress in invading Australian cane toads (Rhinella marina)
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: amphibian, anthropogenic stressor, complement, hpa axis, innate immunity, invasive species, phagocytosis, rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala
2012
Ultraviolet Radiation on Innate Immunity and Growth of Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris): Implications for Facilities Design
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: complement system, crocodilian husbandry, immunity, raising, uv radiations
2012