Intrinsic factors, adrenal gland morphology, and disease burden in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in South Africa

Authors: Nina Gillis-Germitsch, Pamela-Rose Vybiral, Daryl Codron, Marcus Clauss, Antoinette Kotze, Emily P. Mitchell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adrenal gland, captive management, cheetah, disease, gastritis, stress

2017

The welfare of ducks during foie gras production

Authors: I. Rochlitz, D. M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, control of feeding behaviour, foie gras, force-feeding, liver steatosis, mulard duck

2017

Long-term alterations in neural and endocrine processes induced by motherhood in mammals

Authors: Robert S. Bridges

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavior, endocrine, neuroendocrine, parity, prolactin, reproductive experience

2016

Melatonin is a redundant entraining signal in the rat circadian system

Authors: Pavel Houdek, Marta Nováková, Lenka Polidarová, Martin Sládek, Alena Sumová

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: clock gene, duodenum, liver, melatonin, pinealectomy, suprachiasmatic nucleus

2016

Non-ovarian aromatization is required to activate female sexual motivation in testosterone-treated ovariectomized quail

Authors: Catherine de Bournonville, Jacques Balthazart, Gregory F. Ball, Charlotte A. Cornil

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: approach behavior, aromatase activity, female sexual behavior, japanese quail, partner preference, tamoxifen, vorozole

2016

Pain and Laboratory Animals: Publication Practices for Better Data Reproducibility and Better Animal Welfare

Authors: L. Carbone, J. Austin

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: activity, critical-care, experimental surgical-procedures, killer-cell, liver-transplantation, metastatic colonization, multidisciplinary sciences, neuropathic pain, posterior parietal, reporting guidelines, spinal-cord-injury, systematic reviews

2016

Reducing the effect of pre-slaughter fasting on the stress response of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Authors: R. Bermejo-Poza, J. De la Fuente, C. Pérez, S. Lauzurica, E. González de Chávarri, M. T. Diaz, M. Villarroel

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: fasting, fisheries, slaughter, stress, trout

2016

Relationship between plasma and tissue corticosterone in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus): implications for stress physiology and animal welfare

Authors: C. R. Ralph, P. H. Hemsworth, B. J. Leury, A. J. Tilbrook

Publication/Journal: Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Keywords: animal welfare, bioavailable corticosterone, corticosterone, stress physiology, tissue glucocorticoids

2015

The reporting of animal welfare details in liver research: A review of studies describing bile duct ligation in mice (2011–2013)

Authors: Judith Secklehner, Claire A. Richardson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Hepatology

Keywords: animal welfare, bile duct ligation, mice

2015