INVITED REVIEW: The usefulness of measuring glucocorticoids for assessing animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science
Keywords: 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-1, agriculture, amygdaloid complex, corticosteroid-binding globulin, corticosterone, cortisol, dairy & animal science, electrical-stimulation, free serum, isolation/restraint stress, luteinizing-hormone, pituitary-adrenal axis, plasma corticosteroids, stress responses, tissue cortisol activity, welfare assessment
2016
Acute and chronic stress-like levels of cortisol inhibit the oestradiol stimulus to induce sexual receptivity but have no effect on sexual attractivity or proceptivity in female sheep
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: attractivity, cortisol, estradiol, ewe, luteinizing-hormone, proceptivity, receptivity, sexual behaviour, stress
2011
Hormonal induction of spermiation, courting behavior and spawning in the southern bell frog, Litoria raniformis
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amphibian population decline, captive breeding, dopamine antagonist, gonadotropin (gth), human chorionic gonadotropin (hcg), luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (lhrh)
2010
Estrous state influences on investigative, aggressive, and tail flicking behavior in captive female Asian elephants
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: communication, elephas maximus, follicular, luteal, progesterone
2008
Stress-induced increase of testosterone: Contributions of social status and sympathetic reactivity
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: dominant and subordinated animals, luteinizing-hormone, norepinephrine, stress, testis, testosterone
2008
Ovarian and immunological responses to alternating exogenous gonadotropin regimens in the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) and tigrina (Leopardus tigrinus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: follicle-stimulating hormone, immunoglobulins, luteinizing-hormone, wild cats
2005
Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Luteinizing Hormone (LH) in the elephant (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: artificial insemination, female reproductive hormones, ovulation
2004
The “male effect” in sheep and goats: a review of the respective roles of the two olfactory systems
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: amygdala, experience, lh, main olfactory system, male effect, sheep, vomeronasal organ
2004
Estrogen and LH dynamics during the follicular phase of the estrous cycle in the Asian elephant
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: elephant, estrogen, follicular development, luteinizing-hormone, progestins, urinary hormones
2003
Lactation-associated infertility in Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) during the breeding season
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cortisol, estradiol-17β, gonadotropin, inhibin, lactation, progesterone, suckling
2003