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)

Authors: Erin Curry, Lissa J. Browning, Paul Reinhart, Terri L. Roth

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

Authors: Renae Sattler, Lori Polasek

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: e2, eumetopias jubatus, hormones, p4, pinniped, reproduction

2017

The physiology of cooperative breeding in a rare social canid; sex, suppression and pseudopregnancy in female Ethiopian wolves

Authors: Freya van Kesteren, Monique Paris, David W. Macdonald, Robert Millar, Kifle Argaw, Paul J. Johnson, Wenche Farstad, Claudio Sillero-Zubiri

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: dominance rank, estradiol, ethiopian wolves, glucocorticoids, progesterone, reproductive suppression

2013

Characterization of basal seminal traits and reproductive endocrine profiles in North American river otters and Asian small-clawed otters

Authors: Helen L. Bateman, Jennifer B. Bond, Mark Campbell, Michael Barrie, Gary Riggs, Barb Snyder, William F. Swanson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: delayed implantation, enzyme immunoassay, fecal steroids, mustelid, noninvasive monitoring, seasonality

2009

New technologies for the study of carnivore reproduction

Authors: Barbara S. Durrant, Nicole Ravida, Thomas Spady, Alice Cheng

Publication/Journal: Theriogenology

Keywords: carnivore, infrared thermography, lh, ursid, vaginal cytology

2006

Monitoring stress in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): behavioral and hormonal responses to ambient noise

Authors: Megan A. Owen, Ronald R. Swaisgood, Nancy M. Czekala, Karen Steinman, Donald G. Lindburg

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: corticoids, noise, noninvasive methods, ursidae

2004

Changes in urinary concentrations of total estrogen and pregnanediol in a female giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) from 1991 to 2000

Authors: Etsuo Narushima, Takako Hayashi, Tatsuoko Hara, Nagahiro Nose, Teruyuki Komiya

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: estrogen, giant panda, pregnancy, pregnanediol, pseudopregnancy

2003

Prolactin, Psychological Stress and Environment in Humans- Adaptation and Maladaptation

Authors: L.G. Sobrinho

Publication/Journal: Pituitary

Keywords: emotion, obesity, prolactin, psychological, stress, weight gain

2003

Characterization of reproductive cycles and adrenal activity in the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) by fecal hormone analysis

Authors: K. M. Young, J. L. Brown, K. L. Goodrowe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: corticoids, estradiol, feces, pregnancy, progestins, pseudopregnancy, restraint

2001

Canid reproductive biology: An integration of proximate mechanisms and ultimate causes

Authors: C.S. Asa, C. Valdespino

Publication/Journal: Integrative and Comparative Biology

Keywords: canid, gray wolves, reproduction, reproductive system, wolves

1998