Reducing stress and stereotypic behaviors in captive female pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmeaus)
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)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: activity budget, environment, japanese macaques, naturalistic enclosure, vegetation, zoo welfare
2021
What necropsy reports can tell us about menopausal and age-related changes in Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: cardiovascular disease, menopause, ovary, reproductive termination, uterus
2017
Optimal husbandry of hatchling Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) during a captive head-start program
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)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, glucocorticoids, macaca fuscata, seasonality, stress
2014
The influence of local enhancement on choice performances in African Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) and jackdaws (Corvus monedula)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: african grey parrots, delay, jackdaws, local enhancement, two-choice task
2012
Neurological and stress related effects of shifting obese rats from a palatable diet to chow and lean rats from chow to a palatable diet
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)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: eucalyptus, feeding behavior, phascolarctos, secondary plant metabolites
2011
An evaluation of the physiological affects of anticipation, activity arousal and recovery in sprinting Greyhounds
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity arousal, greyhounds
2011
Lessons in Primate Heat Tolerance: A Commentary Based on the “Human Zoo” Experience
Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Keywords: heat tolerance, primate
2011