Effects of nocturnal outdoor enclosure access on space use and sleep-related behaviour in captive giraffes

Authors: Miho Saito, Masayuki Matsunaga, Hiroki Fukuizumi, Masayuki Nakamichi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, housing management, lying down, modified SPI, recumbent posture

2024

Factors affecting captive female giraffe stress response: Male presence, small enclosure, and low temperature

Authors: Miho Saito, Masayuki Matsunaga, Hiroki Fukuizumi, Masayuki Nakamichi, Kodzue Kinoshita

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: agonistic interaction, conflict management, noninvasive hormone monitoring, social housing condition, social rank

2023

Oxytocin modulates responses to inequity in dogs

Authors: Teresa Romero, Akitsugu Konno, Miho Nagasawa, Toshikazu Hasegawa

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: affiliation, decision latency, domestic dogs, inequity aversion, oxytocin

2019

A comparison of personality in the common and Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus and Saimiri boliviensis)

Authors: Vanessa A. D. Wilson, Miho Inoue-Murayama, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: agreeableness, animal ethology, animal personality, assertiveness, likert scales, monkeys, neuroticism, openness to experience, phylogenesis, primates (nonhuman)

2018

Contrasting results from molecular and pedigree-based population diversity measures in captive zebra highlight challenges facing genetic management of zoo populations

Authors: Hideyuki Ito, Rob Ogden, Tanya Langenhorst, Miho Inoue-Murayama

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, genetic diversity, molecular genetic analysis, pedigree analysis

2017

Organizational effects of estrogen on male-type vulnerability to early weaning

Authors: Takefumi Kikusui, Yuko Shimokawa, Natsumi Kanbara, Miho Nagasawa, Kazutaka Mogi

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: early weaning, estrogen, gonadal hormones, perinatal sexual organization, vulnerability to stress

2013

Personality Assessment and Its Association With Genetic Factors in Captive Asian and African Elephants

Authors: Saki Yasui, Akitsugu Konno, Masayuki Tanaka, Gen'ichi Idani, Arne Ludwig, Dietmar Lieckfeldt, Miho Inoue-Murayama

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral traits, polymorphism, questionnaire

2013

Urinary oxytocin as a noninvasive biomarker of positive emotion in dogs

Authors: Shohei Mitsui, Mariko Yamamoto, Miho Nagasawa, Kazutaka Mogi, Takefumi Kikusui, Nobuyo Ohtani, Mitsuaki Ohta

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: dog, positive emotion, radioimmunoassay, urinary oxytocin (ot)

2011