Age and sex-specific mortality of wild and captive populations of a monogamous pair-bonded primate (Aotus azarae)
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: biparental care, keyfitz' entropy, life expectancy, monogamy, pair bond, senescence
2016
Dietary management, husbandry, and body weights of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) during successful pregnancies at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: calving, exercise, fertility, gestation, nutrition, obesity
2016
The effect of temporary confinement of hyperprolific sows in Sow Welfare and Piglet protection pens on sow behaviour and salivary cortisol concentrations
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: housing, lactation, loose sows, sow behaviour, temporary confinement
2016
The Impact of Group Size on Welfare Indicators of Ewes during Pregnancy
Publication/Journal: Plos One
Keywords: ewes, group-size, pregnancy, welfare indicators
2016
Maternal exposure to environmental enrichment before and during gestation influences behaviour of rat offspring in a sex-specific manner
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: anxiety, early programming, maternal behaviour, play behaviour, social hierarchy, spatial learning
2016
Mothers and offspring: The rabbit as a model system in the study of mammalian maternal behavior and sibling interactions
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: circadian, estradiol, light–dark cycle, nest building, oxytocin, pregnancy, progesterone, prolactin, siblings, suckling
2016
Positive and negative gestational handling influences placental traits and mother-offspring behavior in dairy goats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behavior, goats, handling, placenta, prenatal stress
2016
Prenatal stress alters the developmental pattern of behavioral indices of sexual maturation and copulation in male rats
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: genital grooming, penile erection, prenatal stress, preputial separation, rats, sexual maturation
2016
Why are there lasting effects from exposure to stress during development? An analysis of current models of early stress
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: adolescence, allostasis, early life stress, mismatch, predictive adaptive response, reactive scope
2016
Application of the Welfare Quality® animal welfare assessment system in Finnish pig production, part II: Associations between animal-based and environmental measures of welfare
Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare
Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based welfare measures, environmental welfare measures, pig, principal component analysis, welfare quality®
2015