Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone
2023
Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management
2020
Monitoring glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations as a proxy of environmental stress across important life-history stages in captive african penguins
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: adrenalcortical, African penguins, captive, glucocorticoids, non-invasive
2020
Physiological measure of animal welfare in relation to semi-captive African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) interaction programs
Publication/Journal: African Zoology
Keywords: conservation, elephant, endocrinology, faecal, physiology, stress
2020
Behavioral and endocrine correlates of dominance in captive female Jackson’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: antelope, captive management, fecal corticoids, social rank, stress
2019
Challenges, pitfalls and surprises: development and validation of a monoclonal antibody for enzyme immunoassay of the steroid 1 alpha -hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch species
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: 1α-hydroxycorticosterone, glucocorticoid, hplc, mineralocorticoid, stingray, stress
2018
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
A comparison of fecal steroid metabolite concentrations between harem and bachelor stallions in a free-Ranging population of przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: epi-andosterone, estrogen, sociosexual hierarchy, testosterone
2017
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
Non-invasive assessment of adrenocortical function as a measure of stress in the endangered golden langur
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: acth challenge test, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, golden langur, non-invasive stress monitoring
2017