Reducing stress and stereotypic behaviors in captive female pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmeaus)

Authors: Josue Alejandro, Yumi Yamanashi, Kei Nemoto, Keiko Mouri, Ching-wen Huang, Fred B. Bercovitch, Michael A. Huffman

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: all-female groups, animal welfare, fecal glucocorticoids, social housing, stereotypic behaviors, Xanthonycticebus

2023

Costs and benefits of living in a vegetated, compared with non‐vegetated, enclosure in male Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Josue Alejandro, Michael A Huffman, Fred B Bercovitch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budget, environment, japanese macaques, naturalistic enclosure, vegetation, zoo welfare

2021

Optimal husbandry of hatchling Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) during a captive head-start program

Authors: Michael P. Wines, Valerie M. Johnson, Brad Lock, Fred Antonio, James C. Godwin, Elizabeth M. Rush, Craig Guyer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet diversity, husbandry, incubation temperature, optimal growth, repatriation

2015

Environmental, biological, and social factors influencing fecal adrenal steroid concentrations in female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Rafaela S. C. Takeshita, Fred B. Bercovitch, Michael A. Huffman, Keiko Mouri, Cécile Garcia, Lucie Rigaill, Keiko Shimizu

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, glucocorticoids, macaca fuscata, seasonality, stress

2014

Neurological and stress related effects of shifting obese rats from a palatable diet to chow and lean rats from chow to a palatable diet

Authors: Timothy South, Fred Westbrook, Margaret J. Morris

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, corticotropin releasing hormone, dopamine, hypothalamus, obesity, palatable feeding, stress

2012

Dietary specialization and Eucalyptus species preferences in Queensland koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Authors: Alexis L. Higgins, Fred B. Bercovitch, Jennifer R. Tobey, Chris Hamlin Andrus

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eucalyptus, feeding behavior, phascolarctos, secondary plant metabolites

2011

Estimating daily walking distance of captive African elephants using an accelerometer

Authors: E.S. Rothwell, F.B. Bercovitch, J.R.M. Andrews, M.J. Anderson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity level, gps, loxodonta africana

2011

An evaluation of the physiological affects of anticipation, activity arousal and recovery in sprinting Greyhounds

Authors: Robert L. Gillette, T. Craig Angle, Jennifer S. Sanders, Fred J. DeGraves

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity arousal, greyhounds

2011

Developmental milestones among African elephant calves on their first day of life

Authors: Fred B. Bercovitch, Jeff Andrews

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: elephant, first occurrences, growth, nursing

2010