Measurement of Fecal Testosterone Metabolites in Mice: Replacement of Invasive Techniques

Authors: Kerstin E. Auer, Marius Kußmaul, Erich Möstl, Katharina Hohlbaum, Thomas Rülicke, Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: androgens, feces, mice, non-invasive, testosterone

2020

Is the rotarod test an objective alternative to the gait score for evaluating walking ability in chickens?

Authors: J. Malchow, A. Dudde, J. Berk, E. T. Krause, O. Sanders, B. Puppe, L. Schrader

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler, domestic fowl, gait score, motor co-ordination, walking ability

2019

Equine behavioral enrichment toys as tools for non-invasive recovery of viral and host DNA

Authors: Peter A. Seeber, Sanatana E. Soilemetzidou, Marion L. East, Chris Walzer, Alex D. Greenwood

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: environmental DNA, equine herpesvirus, genotyping, non-invasive sampling, zebra

2017

The impact of bedding volumes on laboratory mice

Authors: Jennifer Freymann, Ping-Ping Tsai, Helge Stelzer, Hansjoachim Hackbarth

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bedding volume, body temperature, corticosterone, food intake, mice, preference test

2017

Development of physical activity levels in laying hens in three-dimensional aviaries

Authors: Madison Kozak, Bret Tobalske, Dwight Springthorpe, Bill Szkotnicki, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: accelerometer, aviary, development, laying hens, locomotion, physical activity

2016

Effects of stereotypic behaviour and chronic mild stress on judgement bias in laboratory mice

Authors: Janja Novak, Klement Stojanovski, Luca Melotti, Thomas Reichlin, Rupert Palme, Hanno Würbel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective state, bar-mouthing, emotion, mouse, stereotypy, welfare

2016

Restricted vs. unrestricted wheel running in mice: Effects on brain, behavior and endocannabinoids

Authors: Sarah V. Biedermann, Matthias K. Auer, Laura Bindila, Gabriele Ende, Beat Lutz, Wolfgang Weber-Fahr, Peter Gass, Johannes Fuss

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anandamide, c57bl/6 mice, endocannabinoids, exercise, hippocampus, mr spectroscopy, mr volumetry, neurogenesis, physical activity, stereotypy

2016

The strain of an accompanying conspecific affects the efficacy of social buffering in male rats

Authors: Kayo Nakamura, Akiko Ishii, Yasushi Kiyokawa, Yukari Takeuchi, Yuji Mori

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: brown norway, conspecific buffering, fear conditioning, fischer 344, strain differences

2016

Unpredictability in food supply during early life influences growth and boldness in European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax

Authors: Ferrari Sébastien, Didier Leguay, Alain Vergnet, Marie-Odile Vidal, Béatrice Chatain, Marie-Laure Bégout

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, dicentrarchus labrax, environmental effect, exploration, food deprivation divergent strains, personality

2016

Use of space by domestic chicks housed in complex aviaries

Authors: Madison Kozak, Bret Tobalske, Candace Martins, Stephen Bowley, Hanno Wuerbel, Alexandra Harlander-Matauschek

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aviary, chicks, gallus gallus domesticus, incline, laying hen, locomotion

2016