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Exploring the Effect of Age on the Reproductive and Stress Physiology of Octopus bimaculoides Using Dermal Hormones

Authors: Stephanie Chancellor, Bret Grasse, Taylor Sakmar, David Scheel, Joel S. Brown, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: California two-spot octopus, cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, senescence, testosterone

2023

Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Linda M. Penfold, Franz Schwarzenberger, Graeme B. Martin, César A. Rosales-Nieto, Monique C. J. Paris

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone

2023

Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: Samrat Mondol, Rebecca K Booth, Samuel K %J Conservation Physiology Wasser

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers

2020

Influence of vitamin E and carcass feeding supplementation on fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in male black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes)

Authors: Rachel M Santymire, Shana R Lavin, Heather Branvold-Faber, Julie Kreeger, Judy Che-Castaldo, Michelle Rafacz, Paul Marinari

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: androgen, black-footed ferret, carcass feeding, fecal glucocorticoid, vitamin e

2020

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

Investigation of the efficacy of the GnRH agonist deslorelin in mitigating intraspecific aggression in captive male Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Authors: Jessica J. Harley, Aisling Power, John D. Stack

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: agonistic behavior androgens, bachelor groups, testosterone

2019

Fathers’ cortisol and testosterone in the days around infants’ births predict later paternal involvement

Authors: Patty X. Kuo, Julia M. Braungart-Rieker, Jennifer E. Burke Lefever, Mallika S. Sarma, Molly O'Neill, Lee T. Gettler

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: endocrine reactivity, fatherhood, hormones, newborns, paternal care, psychobiology

2018

Injections to pregnant mice produce prenatal stress that affects aggressive behavior in their adult male offspring

Authors: Monika Ogrizek, Neža Grgurevič, Tomaž Snoj, Gregor Majdič

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggressive behavior, calbindin, immunohistochemistry, mouse, prenatal stress, sexual behavior, testosterone, vassopressin

2018

Lizards perceived abiotic and biotic stressors independently when competing for shade in terrestrial mesocosms

Authors: Travis W. Rusch, Michael W. Sears, Michael J. Angilletta

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, corticosterone, movement, resources, testosterone, thermal stress, thermoregulation

2018

Territorial aggression in urban and rural Song Sparrows is correlated with corticosterone, but not testosterone

Authors: Scott Davies, Michelle L. Beck, Kendra B. Sewall

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: androgen, challenge hypothesis, glucocorticoid, territorial aggression, urbanization

2018

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