Acute ACTH-induced elevations of circulating cortisol do not affect hair cortisol concentrations in calves
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth, adrenocorticotropic hormone challenge, age, animal welfare, blood cortisol, body region, bovine, corticosterone, cows, dairy cattle, endocrinology & metabolism, external, factors, future-directions, hair cortisol, stress, validation
2017
Environmentally enriching American mink (Neovison vison) increases lymphoid organ weight and skeletal symmetry, and reveals differences between two sub-types of stereotypic behaviour
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, animal welfare, carnivores, corticosteroids, enrichment, fluctuating asymmetry, immune system, stereotypic behaviour
2016
Perseveration in a guessing task by laying hens selected for high or low levels of feather pecking does not support classification of feather pecking as a stereotypy
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: feather pecking, genetic selection, guessing task, laying hens, recurrent perseveration, stereotyped behaviour
2015
Fellatio in captive brown bears: Evidence of long-term effects of suckling deprivation?
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captivity, fellatio, oral stimulation, sexual behavior, ursus-arctos
2014
Urolithiasis in a captive group of Tammar wallabies (Macropus eugenii)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: australian mammals, macropods, marsupials, renal, urinary disease
2014
Effects of stressors on the behavior and physiology of domestic cats
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: cats, feline interstitial cystitis (fic), sickness behavior, stress, welfare
2013
Hand rearing affects emotional responses but not basic cognitive performance in European starlings
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural disinhibition, early life stress, european starling, impulsivity, maternal deprivation, perseveration, sturnus vulgaris
2013
Individual differences in stereotypic behaviour predict individual differences in the nature and degree of enrichment use in caged American mink
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: american mink, environmental enrichment, establishment, individual variation, motivation, stereotypic behaviour
2012
Recurrent Long-Lasting Tethering Reduces BDNF Protein Levels in the Dorsal Hippocampus and Frontal Cortex in Pigs
Sexual motivation and anxiety-like behaviors of male rats after exposure to a trauma followed by situational reminders
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: anxiety, novelty-suppressed feeding, posttraumatic stress disorder, sexual behavior, stress
2011