Assessment of Feeding Behavior of the Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) and Nutritional Values of Natural Prey
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, diet, insectivorous, live feed, mymercophagidae, zenartha
2022
Enrichment devices for green turtles (Chelonia mydas) reared in captivity programs
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: enrichment device, environmental enrichment, green turtles, wounding
2021
Hematology and Plasma Biochemistry Value Differences Between Acclimated and Recently Captive Female Southern Stingrays, Dasyatis americana
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: captive, environmental change, hematology, plasma chemistry, stingrays, wild
2020
Minimally invasive evaluation of the anaesthetic efficacy of MS‐222 for ornamental discus fish using skin mucus biomarkers
Publication/Journal: Aquaculture Research
Keywords: cortisol, glucose, lactate, respiratory frequency, Symphysodon aequifasciata
2020
Behavioral and physiological measures in dairy goats with and without small ruminant lentivirus infection
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: behavior, dairy goat, health, heart rate, SRLV, welfare
2019
Preliminary data showing potential for salivary C-reactive protein as an indicator of welfare in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: glucocorticoids, inflammation, social stress, wounding, zoo
2018
Feather-pecking and injurious pecking in organic laying hens in 107 flocks from eight European countries
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, clinical scoring, free range, layers, management, poultry
2017
Feeding Asian pangolins: An assessment of current diets fed in institutions worldwide
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ants, chitin, insectivore, myrmecophagy, nutritional geometry
2017
Adolescent voluntary exercise attenuated hippocampal innate immunity responses and depressive-like behaviors following maternal separation stress in male rats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: depressive-like behaviors, hippocampus, mandatory exercise, maternal separation, toll-like receptors, voluntary exercise
2016
Antagonism of V1b receptors promotes maternal motivation to retrieve pups in the MPOA and impairs pup-directed behavior during maternal defense in the mpBNST of lactating rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: arginine-vasopressin, maternal aggression, maternal care, maternal defense test, pup retrieval test, ssr149415, v1a receptor, v1b receptor
2016