A Quantitative Approach for Using Anticipatory Behavior as a Graded Welfare Assessment
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, sea lion, zoo animal
2022
Enrichment reduces stereotypical behaviors and improves foraging development in rehabilitating Eastern Pacific Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardii)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: applied welfare, behavioral management, conservation, foraging, pinniped, wildlife rehabilitation
2019
Optimal marine mammal welfare under human care: Current efforts and future directions
Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes
Keywords: cetacean, husbandry, marine mammal, pinniped, welfare
2018
Olfactory Enrichment in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus): An Effective Tool for Captive Welfare?
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, california sea lions, enrichment, olfaction, pinnipeds
2017
Serum estradiol and progesterone profiles during estrus, pseudopregnancy, and active gestation in Steller sea lions
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: e2, eumetopias jubatus, hormones, p4, pinniped, reproduction
2017
Behavior and body mass changes of a mother and calf Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) during the suckling period
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: behavior, composition, growth, milk, pinniped, reproduction
2015
Absorption and Ocular Deposition of Dietary Lutein in Marine Mammals
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: carotenoid, cetacean, lutein, ocular, pinniped
2013
Endocrine Changes in Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Pups Undergoing Rehabilitation
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cortisol, harbor seal, stress hormones, thyroxine
2013
Carnivorous mammals: nutrient digestibility and energy evaluation
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: canid, digestion, felid, hyenid, mustelid, nutrition, pinniped, ursid
2010
Urinary cortisol sampling: a non-invasive technique for examining cortisol concentrations in the Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: cortisol, ice urine, non-invasive, pinniped, pure urine, ria, stress, weddell seal
2006