Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress
2023
Animals’ Relationships with Caregivers and Conspecifics are Associated with Zoo Visitors’ Perceptions of Animals’ Emotions and Welfare States
Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös
Keywords:
2023
Improving Animal Wellbeing Using Behavior-Based Methodologies: A Discussion on Enrichment and Bears under Human Care
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Keywords: animal welfare, bear enrichment, bears, behavior-based enrichment, behavior-based husbandry, enrichment, goal-based enrichment, living strategies
2023
Developing a Reliable Welfare Assessment Tool for Captive Hibernatory Bear Species
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, bear, keeper ratings, ursidae, welfare assessment, zoo animal welfare
2021
When a habitat becomes a home: Housing and husbandry of spotted hyenas Crocuta crocuta at Disney’s Animal Kingdom®
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: acclimation, behaviour, enrichment, management, training
2021
Testing use of a potential cognitive enrichment device by an Indo‐Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, cognitive challenge, dolphin, problem solving
2020
Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, hindgut fermenters, methane, passage kinetics
2019
Aggressiveness in group-housed rabbit does: Influence of group size and pen characteristics
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: bayesian inference, behaviour, collective housing, reproducing rabbit does
2017
Influence of climate on the survivorship of neonatal red pandas in captivity
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ailurus, infant survival, studbook analysis, temperature, zoo
2016
Social isolation disrupts innate immune responses in both male and female prairie voles and enhances agonistic behavior in female prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aggression, ch50, corticosterone, hemolytic complement, microtus ochrogaster, psychosocial stress
2015