The impact of housing environment color on zebrafish anxiety-like behavioral and physiological (cortisol) responses

Authors: Murilo S de Abreu, Ana CVV Giacomini, Rafael Genario, Bruna E dos Santos, Leticia Marcon, Konstantin A Demin, Allan V Kalueff

Publication/Journal: General Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: anxiety, behavior, color, cortisol, zebrafish

2020

Successful care and propagation of the endangered amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) in captivity

Authors: Nora Allan, Risa Pesapane, Janet Foley, Deana Clifford

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, captive management, conservation, husbandry

2018

The effects of mining machinery noise of different frequencies on the behaviour, faecal corticosterone and tissue morphology of wild mice (Mus musculus)

Authors: Karen F. Mancera, Allan Lisle, Rachel Allavena, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, circling, high frequency, low frequency, mining, stress

2017

The smell of “anxiety”: Behavioral modulation by experimental anosmia in zebrafish

Authors: Murilo S. Abreu, Ana C. V. V. Giacomini, Allan V. Kalueff, Leonardo J. G. Barcellos

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: fluoxetine, food odor, novel tank, olfactory sense, stress

2016

Stocking density affects welfare indicators of growing pigs of different group sizes after regrouping

Authors: Lingling Fu, Huizhi Li, Tingting Liang, Bo Zhou, Qingpo Chu, Allan P. Schinckel, Xiaojing Yang, Ruqian Zhao, Pinghua Li, Ruihua Huang

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, pigs, stocking density, welfare

2016

Causes of mortality in anuran amphibians from an ex situ survival assurance colony in Panama

Authors: Allan P. Pessier, Eric J. Baitchman, Paul Crump, Brad Wilson, Edgardo Griffith, Heidi Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: atelopus spp., hypovitaminosis a, metabolic bone disease, parasites, pathology, polycystic kidney disease, skin disease

2014

Leaping forward in amphibian health and nutrition

Authors: Francisco Olea-Popelka, Gina M. Ferrie, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Kristine Schad, M. Andrew Stamper, Ron Gagliardo, Elizabeth Koutsos, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian health, aquariums, ex situ populations, husbandry, nutrition, pathology, research, vitamin a, water, zoos

2014

Nutrition and health in amphibian husbandry

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Vance C. Alford, Jim Atkinson, Eric Baitchman, Diane Barber, William S. Blaner, Graham Crawshaw, Andy Daneault, Ellen Dierenfeld, Mark Finke, Greg Fleming, Ron Gagliardo, Eric A. Hoffman, William Karasov, Kirk Klasing, Elizabeth Koutsos, Julia Lankton, Shana R. Lavin, Andrew Lentini, Shannon Livingston, Brad Lock, Tom Mason, Alejandra McComb, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Tom Probst, Carlos Rodriguez, Kristine Schad, Kent Semmen, Jamie Sincage, M. Andrew Stamper, Jason Steinmetz, Kathleen Sullivan, Scott Terrell, Nina Wertan, Catharine J. Wheaton, Brad Wilson, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium, disease, ex situ, husbandry, life stage, nutrition, pathology, population, research, vitamin, water, zoo

2014

Pathologic changes associated with suspected hypovitaminosis A in amphibians under managed care

Authors: Carlos E. Rodríguez, Allan P. Pessier

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, hypovitaminosis a, squamous metaplasia, tissue sampling

2014

Eliminative Behavior of Captive Numbats, Myrmecobius fasciatus (Mammalia; Marsupialia): Pattern and Identification of Fecal Deposits

Authors: Lindsay A. Hogan, Allan T. Lisle, Stephen D. Johnston

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: fecal marker, latrines, marsupial, scats, scent marking

2013

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