Positive Reinforcement Conditioning as a Tool for Frequent Minimally Invasive Blood and Vaginal Swab Sampling in African Lions (Panthera Leo)

Authors: Isabel Callealta, Imke Lueders, Ilse Luther-Binoir, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: african lion, behavioral training, blood collection, operant conditioning, vaginal swab collection

2019

Social influences on the estrous cycle of the captive sun bear (Helarctos Malayanus)

Authors: Cheryl Frederick, Kathleen Hunt, Randall Kyes, Darin Collins, Barbara Durrant, James Ha, Samuel K. Wasser

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression, behavior, estrus, fecal hormones, male influence, reproductive suppression

2013

Anatomicohistological Characteristics of the Tubular Genital Organs of the Female Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix poeppigii)

Authors: Pedro Mayor, Mark Bowler, Carlos LÓPez-Plana

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: female, lagothrix poeppigii, poeppig's woolly monkey, reproduction, tubular genital organs

2012

Early stress leads to effects on estrous cycle and differential responses to stress

Authors: Vanessa Mourlon, Laurent Naudon, Bruno Giros, Michèle Crumeyrolle-Arias, Valérie Daugé

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, estrous cycle, hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal axis, maternal deprivation, rat, stress

2011

The use of leukocyte profiles to measure stress in vertebrates: a review for ecologists

Authors: A. K. Davis, D. L. Maney, J. C. Maerz

Publication/Journal: Functional Ecology

Keywords: glucocorticoids, heterophils, leukocytes, lymphocytes, neutrophils, stress, vertebrates

2008

The husbandry, welfare and health of captive African civets (Vivera civetica) in western Ethiopa

Authors: T. Tolosa, F. Regassa

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captive, civets, ethiopia, health, husbandry

2007

Ovarian cycle of the captive formosan gem-faced civets (Paguma larvata taivana)

Authors: Shyh-Shyan Liu, Hang-Poung Fung, Bing-Tsan Liu, Feng-Pang Cheng

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: estradiol, estrous cycle, formosan gem-faced civet, progesterone

2007

Reproductive cycles and contraception of black lemurs (Eulemur macaco macaco) with depot medroxyprogesterone acetate during the breeding season

Authors: Cheryl S. Asa, Ingrid J. Porton, Randall Junge

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: contraception, lemur, medroxyprogesterone, pregnancy, primate, prosimian, vaginal cytology

2007

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

Changes in ear-pinna temperature as a useful measure of stress in sheep (Ovis aries)

Authors: T.E. Lowe, C.J. Cook, J.R. Ingram, P.J. Harris

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, defence reaction, ear-pinna, sheep, stress, temperature logger

2005