Fecal glucocorticoid analysis as a health monitoring tool for endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: african penguin, breeding, corticosterone, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, molt, noninvasive
2022
Attitudes of veterinarians and veterinary students to recommendations on how to improve dog and cat welfare in veterinary practice
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: animal welfare, cats, companion animals, dogs, low-stress handling, veterinary practice
2019
Behavioral and physiological reactions in dogs to a veterinary examination: Owner-dog interactions improve canine well-being
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behavior, dogs, human-dog interactions, physiology, veterinary exam, well-being
2017
LESSONS FROM A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF A 5-YR PERIOD OF PRESHIPMENT TESTING AT SAN DIEGO ZOO: A RISK-BASED APPROACH TO PRESHIPMENT TESTING MAY BENEFIT ANIMAL WELFARE
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Keywords: analysis, pathology program, preshipment testing, preventive medicine, risk, transmissible disease, veterinary sciences, zoos
2016
Ultrasonography of reproductive structures and hormonal correlates of follicular development in female American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, in southwest Louisiana
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: alligators reproduction ovarian follicles eggs vitellogenesis gonadal steroids ultrasonography
2009
Development of guidelines for assessing obesity in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: body composition, body weight, gender differences, morphometrics, overweight
2007
Reproductive steroid hormones and ovarian activity in felids of the Leopardus genus
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: estrogens, estrous cycle, fecal steroids, non-invasive monitoring, ovarian activity, progestogens, reproduction
2001
Social attachment in giraffe: response to social separation
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavioral management, behavioral measurements of stress, psychological well-being, social separation, stereotypies
2000
Successful ovulation induction and laparoscopic intrauterine artificial insemination in the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: assisted reproduction, felids, hormones, laparoscopy, pregnancy, sperm
1996
Gender determination by body weight and linear measurements in American and Chilean flamingos, previously surgically sexed: Within-sex comparison to greater flamingo measurements
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: laparoscopic examination, sex determination, sexual size comparison
1991