Circulating and Excreted Corticosteroids and Metabolites, Hematological, and Serum Chemistry Parameters in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Before and After a Stress Response
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science
Keywords: corticosteorids, endocrinology, feces, killer whale (Orcinus orca), stress
2020
Implementing portable touchscreen-setups to enhance cognitive research and enrich zoo-housed animals
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: animal-computer-interaction, birds, comparative cognition, enrichment, primates, social group, touchscreen technology, welfare
2019
Does temperament affect learning in calves?
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: calves, double demand operant conditioning, learning, principal component analysis, temperament
2015
A visual system for scoring body condition of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: body weight, health-care, shoulder height, skin fold thickness
2015
Absorption and Ocular Deposition of Dietary Lutein in Marine Mammals
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: carotenoid, cetacean, lutein, ocular, pinniped
2013
Highly Accurate Antibody Assays for Early and Rapid Detection of Tuberculosis in African and Asian Elephants
Publication/Journal: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
Keywords: elephants, mycobacterium tuberculosis, trunk wash culture, tuberculosis, zoonotic disease
2009
Inferential reasoning and modality dependent discrimination learning in olive baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: auditory discrimination, inferential reasoning, olive baboon, papio h. anibus, visual discrimination
2009
Skewed birth sex ratio and premature mortality in elephants
Publication/Journal: Animal Reproduction Science
Keywords: conservation, elephas maximus, endangered species, loxodonta africana, reproduction
2009
Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Luteinizing Hormone (LH) in the elephant (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: artificial insemination, female reproductive hormones, ovulation
2004
Successful artificial insemination of an Asian elephant at the National Zoological Park
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: assisted reproduction, hormones, lh, pregnancy, ultrasound
2004