Effects of parity and litter size on cortisol measures in commercially housed sows and their offspring
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: birth weight, hair cortisol, pigs, salivary cortisol, stress
2019
Preparing for Life After Birth: Introducing the Concepts of Intrauterine and Extrauterine Sensory Entrainment in Mammalian Young
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: fetal sensory systems, in utero sensory environment, learning, memory, neuroplasticity, sensory development after birth, sensory maturity at birth, trans-natal sensory continuity
2019
Injections to pregnant mice produce prenatal stress that affects aggressive behavior in their adult male offspring
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggressive behavior, calbindin, immunohistochemistry, mouse, prenatal stress, sexual behavior, testosterone, vassopressin
2018
Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour
2017
Positive and negative gestational handling influences placental traits and mother-offspring behavior in dairy goats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behavior, goats, handling, placenta, prenatal stress
2016
Prenatal stress alters the developmental pattern of behavioral indices of sexual maturation and copulation in male rats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: genital grooming, penile erection, prenatal stress, preputial separation, rats, sexual maturation
2016
Evidence for litter differences in play behaviour in pre-weaned pigs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: growth development, individual differences, litter differences, pig, post-natal, pre-natal, sex effects, spontaneous play behaviour
2015
Interaction of prenatal stress and morphine alters prolactin and seizure in rat pups
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: forced-swim stress, prolactin, ptz, tonic–clonic seizure
2015
Space allowance during gestation and early maternal separation: Effects on the fear response and social motivation of lambs
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: fearfulness, maternal separation, pre-natal stress, sheep, social motivation, space allowance, welfare
2015
How should the welfare of fetal and neurologically immature postnatal animals be protected?
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, fetal protection, fetal suffering, neurological immaturity, postnatal harms, regulations
2014