URINARY CORTICOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN FREE-RANGING AND MANAGED CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Keywords: amphibians, cane toad, urinary corticosterone, welfare
2021
Longitudinal fecal hormone monitoring of adrenocortical function in zoo housed fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) during institutional transfers and breeding introductions
Publication/Journal: PloS One
Keywords: animal welfare, breeding introductions, captivity, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolite, fishing cat, transfers, zoo
2020
15 – Quality-of-Life Assessment and End-of-Life Planning for Geriatric Zoo Animals
Publication/Journal: Fowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 9
Keywords:
2019
Evaluation of management in North American zoos to enhance breeding success of the fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) ex situ population
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ex situ husbandry, felids, reproductive behavior
2019
Central oxytocin receptors mediate mating-induced partner preferences and enhance correlated activation across forebrain nuclei in male prairie voles
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: functional connectivity, immediate-early gene, monogamy, pair-bonding, social attachment, social decision-making network
2016
Neural mechanisms of mother–infant bonding and pair bonding: Similarities, differences, and broader implications
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: amygdala, dopamine, medial preoptic area, monogamy, nucleus accumbens, oxytocin, social attachment, vasopressin, ventral pallidum
2016
Behavioral effects of an immunocontraceptive vaccine on eastern fox squirrels
Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Management
Keywords: california, eastern fox squirrel, ecology, efficacy, fertility-control, gnrh vaccine, gonacon, gonacon(tm), gray squirrels, guidelines, immunocontraception, invasive, mirror image stimulation, open field trial, personality, population control, populations, sciurus niger, species, white-tailed deer, wild, wildlife contraception, zoology
2015
High oxygen consumption rates and scale loss indicate elevated aggressive behaviour at low rearing density, while elevated brain serotonergic activity suggests chronic stress at high rearing densities in farmed rainbow trout
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: brain serotonergic activity, cortisol, metabolic rate, physical injury, rearing density
2013
Utilising spatial distribution in two-tank systems to investigate the level of aversiveness to crowding in farmed rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aquaculture, aversiveness, behaviour, stocking density, stress
2013
Behavioural responses to hypoxia provide a non-invasive method for distinguishing between stress coping styles in fish
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aquaculture, behaviour, hypoxia, personalities, salmonids, stress response
2011