Further Than Fur: Effects of Sex, Body Site, and Season on Hair Color and Hair Cortisol Concentration in Captive Addax nasomaculatus Antelopes

Authors: Juan Pablo Damián, María Eugenia Banguese, Santiago Bentancor, Analía Pérez, Sarina Sierra, Cesar Echaides, Ana Pérez-Sarasqueta, Ana Claudia Menezes, Paula Pessina, Matías Villagrán

Publication/Journal: Ruminants

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ruminant, stress, thermoregulation

2024

Blood biochemistry parameters of Broad snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris subjected to stress conditions, appliying micro-volume techniques

Authors: María Soledad Moleón, Gonzalo Santiago, Samuel Hilevski, Pablo Ariel Siroski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Keywords: albumin, broad-snouted-caiman, glucose, stress, total protein

2023

Differences in Mother-Infant Bond and Social Behavior of African Elephant Calves Living In Situ and Ex Situ

Authors: Franziska Hoerner, Jake Rendle-Worthington, Arne Lawrenz, Ann-Kathrin Oerke, Karsten Damerau, Santiago Borragán Santos, Therese Hard, Gela Preisfeld

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: development, distance keeping, human care, loxodonta africana, wild elephants, zoo elephants

2023

Bridging compassion and justice in conservation ethics

Authors: Francisco J Santiago-Ávila, William S Lynn

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: animal ethics, compassionate conservation, conservation ethics, hermeneutics, mixed-community, multispecies justice

2020

Fear and stress measurements in pure and hybrid red-legged partridges

Authors: José Luis Campo, Sara García Dávila, María García Gil, Olga Torres, Julián Santiago Moreno

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: heterophil to lymphocyte ratio, hybrid partridge, pure red-legged partridge, relative fluctuating asymmetry, tonic immobility duration

2015

Physiological responses and blood gas exchange following long-distance transport of piglets weaned at different ages over unpaved or paved roads

Authors: R. Martínez-Rodríguez, P. Roldan-Santiago, H. Orozco-Gregorio, M. Trujillo-Ortega, P. Mora-Medina, M. González-Lozano, M. Sánchez-Hernández, H. Bonilla-Jaime, R. García-Herrera, E. Hernández-Trujillo, D. Mota-Rojas

Publication/Journal: Livestock Science

Keywords: long-distance, physiological-responses, road, transport, weaned piglets, welfare

2015

The free-exploratory paradigm as a model of trait anxiety in rats: Test–retest reliability

Authors: Flavia Teixeira-Silva, Fabrício Dias Antunes, Priscila Rafaela Santos Silva, Tiago Costa Goes, Elielson Correia Dantas, Marta Ferreira Santiago, Roberta Machado de Andrade

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal model, free-exploratory paradigm, test–retest, trait anxiety

2009

Corticosterone metabolites in blue tit and pied flycatcher droppings: Effects of brood size, ectoparasites and temperature

Authors: Elisa Lobato, Santiago Merino, Juan Moreno, Judith Morales, Gustavo Tomás, Josué Martínez- de la Puente, José Luis Osorno, Alexandra Kuchar, Erich Möstl

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: brood size, corticosterone, cyanistes caeruleus, droppings, ectoparasites, ficedula hypoleuca, parus caeruleus, weather conditions

2008

Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming

Authors: J. Alan Pounds, Martín R. Bustamante, Luis A. Coloma, Jamie A. Consuegra, Michael P. L. Fogden, Pru N. Foster, Enrique La Marca, Karen L. Masters, Andrés Merino-Viteri, Robert Puschendorf, Santiago R. Ron, G. Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Christopher J. Still, Bruce E. Young

Publication/Journal: Nature

Keywords: atelopus, bufo periglenes, chytrid fungus, climate change, extinction, global warming, golden toad, monteverde harlequin frog

2006

Assessment of testicular endocrine function in captive African elephants by measurement of urinary and fecal androgens

Authors: Andre Ganswindt, Michael Heistermann, Santiago Borragan, J. Keith Hodges

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: epiandrosterone, feces, loxodonta africana, noninvasive methodologies, testosterone, urine

2002

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