Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights
Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates
2020
Comparison of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in hand‐versus parent‐reared whooping cranes (Grus americana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: captive rearing, corticosterone, development, reintroduction, whooping cranes
2020
Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management
2020
Physical and Physiological Indicators of Welfare in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) Serving as Ambassador Animals
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: ambassador animal, domestication, glucocorticoids, welfare, zoo
2020
Total Eclipse of the Zoo: Animal Behavior during a Total Solar Eclipse
Reproductive Viability Analysis (RVA) as a new tool for ex situ population management
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ex situ, reproductive success, sustainability
2019
Rearing history and allostatic load in adult western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in human care
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: allostasis, apes, captivity, stress
2016
A standardized ethogram for the felidae: A tool for behavioral researchers
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behavior, cat, definition, ethogram, felidae, review
2015
Morbidity and Mortality of Invertebrates, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals at a Major Exotic Companion Animal Wholesaler
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: animal welfare, disease, exotic animal sales, mortality
2014
Environmental change alters personality in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: behavioural plasticity, boldness, coping style, hypoxia, oncorhynchus-mykiss, predation risk, rainbow-trout, temperature
2013