Exploring the Effect of Age on the Reproductive and Stress Physiology of Octopus bimaculoides Using Dermal Hormones
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: California two-spot octopus, cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, senescence, testosterone
2023
Environmental enrichment techniques and tryptophan supplementation used to improve the quality of life and animal welfare of Nile tilapia
Publication/Journal: Aquaculture Reports
Keywords: aggressive behavior, animal behavior, oreochromis niloticus, preference, stereotypes
2020
Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)
Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology
Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers
2020
Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)
Publication/Journal: PloS one
Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e
2020
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
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
Integrating trans-abdominal ultrasonography with fecal steroid metabolite monitoring to accurately diagnose pregnancy and predict the timing of parturition in the red panda (Ailurus fulgens styani)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: carnivore reproduction, delayed implantation, embryonic diapause, non-invasive monitoring, pseudopregnancy, wildlife
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
Dietary management, husbandry, and body weights of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) during successful pregnancies at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: calving, exercise, fertility, gestation, nutrition, obesity
2016
EFFECTS OF “SWIM WITH THE TURTLES” TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ON GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) HEALTH IN BARBADOS, WEST INDIES
Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Keywords: animal welfare, barbados, biochemistry, birds, blood values, caretta caretta, chelonia mydas, green sea, growth-rates, health, hematology, immunoglobulins, marine turtles, plasma, population, reptiles, southern bahamas, turtle, veterinary sciences
2016