Hematology and Plasma Biochemistry Value Differences Between Acclimated and Recently Captive Female Southern Stingrays, Dasyatis americana

Authors: Krystan Grant, Terry Campbell

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

Authors: Ming‐Yan Ouyang, Bin Wen, Huan‐Chao Ma, Chen Chen, Jian‐Zhong Gao, Yuan Zhang, Zai‐Zhong Chen

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

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Daria Reczyńska, Ewa Jastrzębska, Katarzyna Barłowska, Emilia Bagnicka

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)

Authors: Grace Fuller, Stephanie Allard

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

Authors: M. Bestman, C. Verwer, C. Brenninkmeyer, A. Willett, L. K. Hinrichsen, F. Smajlhodzic, J. L. T. Heerkens, S. Gunnarsson, V. Ferrante

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

Authors: Francis Cabana, Amy Plowman, Thai Van Nguyen, Shih-Chien Chin, Sung-Lin Wu, Hsuan-Yi Lo, Hirofumi Watabe, Fujio Yamamoto

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

Authors: Mahsa Sadeghi, Maghsoud Peeri, Mir-Jamal Hosseini

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

Authors: Doris S. Bayerl, Veronika Kaczmarek, Benjamin Jurek, Erwin H. van den Burg, Inga D. Neumann, Barbara M. Gaßner, Stefanie M. Klampfl, Oliver J. Bosch

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: arginine-vasopressin, maternal aggression, maternal care, maternal defense test, pup retrieval test, ssr149415, v1a receptor, v1b receptor

2016

Early life stress accelerates behavioral and neural maturation of the hippocampus in male mice

Authors: Bath K.G, Manzano-Nieves G, Goodwill H

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: early life stress, mice

2016

Effect of feeding graded levels of crude protein on nutrient utilization and feather growth in Lady Amherst’s pheasants

Authors: Saurabh K. Bajpai, Asit Das, Singray S. Kullu, Mohini Saini, Roshan M. Sarode, Anil K. Sharma

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: body mass change, chrysolophus amherstiae, dietary protein, nitrogen utilization, rectrice growth

2016

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