Effects of physiological changes and social life events on adrenal glucocorticoid activity in female zoo-housed Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: animal sociality, cortisol, elephants, estrous cycle, euthanasia, phase determination, pregnancy, urine
2020
Individual and environmental risk factors associated with fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-housed Asian and African elephants
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: behavior, choice, hormones, indicators, maximus, noninvasive assessment, Salivary cortisol secretion, serum, stress responses, welfare
2019
Prolonged ovarian acyclicity is associated with a higher likelihood of developing hyperprolactinemia in zoo female African elephants
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: endangered, hypogonadism, infertility, pituitary disorder, progesterone, prolactin, zoo
2019
Hormonal correlates of development and natal dispersal in wild female owl monkeys (Aotus azarae) of Argentina
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: dispersal, ovulatory cycling, owl monkey, reproductive suppression, sexual maturity, social monogamy
2017
Metabolic health assessment of zoo elephants: Management factors predicting leptin levels and the glucose-to-insulin ratio and their associations with health parameters
2017
Ovariectomy influences the circadian rhythm of locomotor activity and the photic phase shifts in the volcano mouse
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: circadian locomotor activity, neotomodon alstoni, ovary, photic phase shifting
2017
Hormonal profiles of captive Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: estrogen, fertility, progesterone, rainfall, reproduction, temperature, testosterone
2016
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
Non-ovarian aromatization is required to activate female sexual motivation in testosterone-treated ovariectomized quail
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: approach behavior, aromatase activity, female sexual behavior, japanese quail, partner preference, tamoxifen, vorozole
2016
Assessment of the reproductive physiology of the potto (Perodicticus potto) through fecal hormone metabolite analyses and trans-abdominal ultrasonography
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: elisa, lorisid, reproduction, ultrasonography, wildlife endocrinology
2015