Early bi-parental separation or neonatal paternal deprivation in mandarin voles reduces adult offspring paternal behavior and alters serum corticosterone levels and neurochemistry
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: corticosterone, early life environment, mandarin vole (microtus mandarinus), medial preoptic area, nucleus accumbens, paternal behavior
2015
The effect of alloparental experience and care on anxiety-like, social and parental behaviour in adult mandarin voles
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: aggression, alloparental care, alloparental experience, anxiety-like behaviour, early development, locomotor-activity, mandarin vole, microtus mandarinus, parental behaviour, social behaviour
2013
Neonatal tactile stimulation alleviates the negative effects of neonatal isolation on novel object recognition, sociability and neuroendocrine levels in male adult mandarin voles (Microtus mandarinus)
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: corticosterone, mandarin voles, neonatal tactile stimulation, oxytocin, vasopressin
2013
Quantifying the vitamin D3 synthesizing potential of UVB lamps at specific distances over time
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: fluorescent lamps, mercury vapor lamps, metabolic bone disease, uvb
2010
Vitamin D content in Alaskan Arctic zooplankton, fishes, and marine mammals
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: arctic, fishes, marine mammals, vitamin d, zooplankton
2004
Nutritional status of free-ranging Mexican howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata mexicana) in Veracruz, Mexico: Serum chemistry; lipoprotein profile; vitamins D, A, and E; carotenoids; and minerals
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: alouatta, cadmium, carotenoids, cholesterol, howler monkeys, vitamins
2003
Vitamin D intakes by cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) and associated serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: callitrichids, vitamin d requirement, vitamin d status
1999
Determination of vitamins D, A, and E in sera and vitamin D in milk from captive and free-ranging polar bears (Ursus maritimus), and 7-dehydrocholesterol levels in skin from captive polar bears
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: 25-hydroxyvitamin d, polar bear, retinol, ursus maritimus, vitamin a, vitamin d, vitamin e, α-tocopherol
1998
Assessing vitamin D status of callitrichids: Baseline data from wild cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) in Colombia
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: bone, cholecalciferol, nutrition
1997
Preliminary observations on the relationship of calcium ingestion to vitamin D status in the green iguana (Iguana iguana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: food selection, minerals, reptiles, vitamin d deficiency
1997