Evaluation of Sound Enrichment in the Behavior of Sapajus xanthosternos (Wied-Neuwied, 1826)(Primates: Cebidae) in Captivity

Authors: Alana Marques dos Santos, Márcio Borba da Silva, Isabela Sousa Prado, Edma Santos de Antonio, Ana Tereza Teixeira Silva Dourado, Barbara Silva Alves, Patricia Belini Nishiyama, Laize Tomazi, Ricardo Evangelista Fraga

Publication/Journal: Primate Conservation

Keywords: classical music, non-human primates, sensory enrichment

2022

Immunoglobulin A and Physiologic Correlates of Well-Being in Asian Elephants

Authors: Anneke Moresco, Natalia Prado, Maura Davis, Amy L Schreier, Taylor S Readyhough, Sharon Joseph, Charlie Gray, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bull, cortisol, elephas maximus, glucocorticoids, musth, oxytocin, secretory IgA, social, stress, welfare

2022

Supporting Zoo Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Welfare and Herd Dynamics with a More Complex and Expanded Habitat

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, David Shepherdson, Karen Lewis, Natalia Prado, Janine L Brown, Bob Lee, Nadja Wielebnowski

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: adrenal activity, behavior, elephant, feeding predictability, glucocorticoids, gps, habitat evaluation, locomotion, sociality, welfare

2021

Development of an environmental enrichment programme: case study of white Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris bengalensis) and jaguar (Panthera onca) at Moscow Zoo

Authors: Aleksei Aleksandrovich Podturkin, Natalia Papaeva

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bengal tiger, data collection, enrichment programme, evaluation, jaguar

2020

Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Kyle Miller, Alan Peters, Ashley D Franklin, Cathleen M Steinbeiser, Janine L Brown, Natalia A Prado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management

2020

Prolonged ovarian acyclicity is associated with a higher likelihood of developing hyperprolactinemia in zoo female African elephants

Authors: Natalia A. Prado, Stephen W. Paris, Janine L. Brown

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: endangered, hypogonadism, infertility, pituitary disorder, progesterone, prolactin, zoo

2019

Assessment of the differences in masticatory behavior between male and female adolescents

Authors: Kelly Guedes de Oliveira Scudine, Aline Pedroni-Pereira, Darlle Santos Araujo, Daniela Galvão de Almeida Prado, Ana Claudia Rossi, Paula Midori Castelo

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: adolescent, mastication, sex differences

2016

Evaluation of Demographics and Social Life Events of Asian (Elephas maximus) and African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in North American Zoos

Authors: N. A. Prado-Oviedo, M. K. Bonaparte-Saller, E. J. Malloy, C. L. Meehan, J. A. Mench, K. Carlstead, J. L. Brown

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: demographics, elephants, zoos

2016

Influence of the rearing system on yolk corticosterone concentration in captive Greater Rheas (Rhea americana)

Authors: Natalia S. Della Costa, Raul H. Marin, Juan M. Busso, Cristian Hansen, Joaquín L. Navarro, Mónica B. Martella

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eggs, maternal stress, ratites

2016

The behavioral satiety sequence in pigeons (Columba livia). Description and development of a method for quantitative analysis

Authors: William Anderson Spudeit, Natalia Saretta Sulzbach, Myla de A. Bittencourt, Anita Maurício Camillo Duarte, Hua Liang, Cilene Lino-de-Oliveira, José Marino-Neto

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavioral satiety sequence, drinking, feeding, postprandial behavior, sleep

2013

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