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
Inter-individual Distance in Different Captive Packs of Iberian Wolf (Canis lupus signatus): Management Applications
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: canids, dyad, proximity, social preference, two-dimensional scaling analysis
2020
Annual fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in pregnant and pseudopregnant polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in North American zoos
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: cortisol, eia, polar bear, pregnancy test, seasonality, stress
2018
Characterization of estrous cycles and pregnancy in Somali wild asses (Equus africanus somaliensis) through fecal hormone analyses
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: equid, estrogens, gestation, progestagens
2018
Diagnosis of pregnancy in Southern Lechwes (Kobus Leche) using a bovine assay for pregnancy-associated glycoprotein
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: diagnosis, elisa, kobus leche, pag, pregnancy, pregnancy-associated glycoproteins, southern lechwe
2018
In‐house monitoring of steroid hormone metabolites in urine informs breeding management of a giant anteater (Myrmechophaga tridactyla)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: estrogen, non-invasive, pregnancy, progesterone, xenarthra
2018
Maternal effects on offspring stress physiology in wild chimpanzees
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: chimpanzees, gestational programming, maternal effects, offspring stress
2018
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) sleep study – long-term quantitative research at Dublin Zoo
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: asian elephant, husbandry, sleep, zoo
2017
Differential relationships between chronic hormone profiles in pregnancy and maternal investment in rhesus monkey mothers with hair loss in the neonatal period
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: alopecia, hair loss, infant growth, maternal investment, pregnancy
2017
Impact of maternal stress and nutrition on behavioural and physiological outcomes in young lambs
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, gestation, offspring response, practical application, sheep, stress
2017