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
Use of Blood Lactate in Assessment of Manual Capture Techniques of Zoo-Housed Crocodilians
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)
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
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: androgens, feces, mice, non-invasive, testosterone
2020
Non-invasive measurement of glucocorticoids: Advances and problems
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
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
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
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?
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
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