Gut microbiota of skywalker hoolock gibbons (Hoolock tianxing) from different habitats and in captivity: Implications for gibbon health

Authors: Li‐Ying Lan, Qi‐Xuan Hong, Shao‐Ming Gao, Qi Li, Yu‐Yan You, Wu Chen, Peng‐Fei Fan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captivity, gibbon, microbiota

2023

Use of Blood Lactate in Assessment of Manual Capture Techniques of Zoo-Housed Crocodilians

Authors: Holly Grace Molinaro, Gen S Anderson, Lauren Gruny, Emily S Sperou, Darryl J Heard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, physiology, reptile, restraint, welfare, wellbeing

2022

Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: Don R Bergfelt, Sydney Davis, Anne Conan, Michelle Martinez, Rocio Canales, Roberto Sanchez-Okrucky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism

2020

Measurement of Fecal Testosterone Metabolites in Mice: Replacement of Invasive Techniques

Authors: Kerstin E. Auer, Marius Kußmaul, Erich Möstl, Katharina Hohlbaum, Thomas Rülicke, Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: androgens, feces, mice, non-invasive, testosterone

2020

Non-invasive measurement of glucocorticoids: Advances and problems

Authors: Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: faecal cortisol/corticosterone metabolites, glucocorticoids, immunoassays, non-invasive, physiological/biological validation

2019

Acute ACTH-induced elevations of circulating cortisol do not affect hair cortisol concentrations in calves

Authors: O. Tallo-Parra, M. Lopez-Bejar, A. Carbajal, L. Monclus, X. Manteca, M. Devant

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: acth, adrenocorticotropic hormone challenge, age, animal welfare, blood cortisol, body region, bovine, corticosterone, cows, dairy cattle, endocrinology & metabolism, external, factors, future-directions, hair cortisol, stress, validation

2017

Monitoring the health and welfare of free-living deer in deer parks

Authors: P. Green

Publication/Journal: In Practice

Keywords: cervus-elaphus, metabolism, trace, veterinary sciences

2017

Non-invasive assessment of adrenocortical function as a measure of stress in the endangered golden langur

Authors: Jatin Sarmah, Chaya R. Hazarika, Elizabeth V. Berkeley, Stefanie B. Ganswindt, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acth challenge test, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, golden langur, non-invasive stress monitoring

2017

Use of Primates in Research: What Do We Know About Captive Strepsirrhine Primates?

Authors: Gloria Fernández Lázaro, Sarah Zehr, Enrique Alonso García

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: ethics, lemur, nonhuman primates, research use, strepsirrhine

2017

Investigating temporary acyclicity in a captive group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Relationship between management, adrenal activity and social factors

Authors: K. L. Edwards, J. Trotter, M. Jones, J. L. Brown, H. W. Steinmetz, S. L. Walker

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, birth synchrony, central mechanisms, chemical communication, dominance status, endocrinology & metabolism, enzyme immunoassay, estrous synchrony, glucocorticoids, loxodonta-africana elephants, management, oestrous synchrony, ovarian activity, reproduction, reproductive cyclicity, temporary acyclicity, zoo elephants

2016

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