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
Influence of morning maternal care on the behavioural responses of 8-week-old Beagle puppies to new environmental and social stimuli
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour, dog, licking, maternal care, nursing, puppy
2016
Long-term alterations in neural and endocrine processes induced by motherhood in mammals
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: behavior, endocrine, neuroendocrine, parity, prolactin, reproductive experience
2016
Why do captive pied tamarins give birth during the day?
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: callitrichidae, circadian pattern, delivery behavior, parturition, saguinus bicolor
2016
Assessment of the reproductive physiology of the potto (Perodicticus potto) through fecal hormone metabolite analyses and trans-abdominal ultrasonography
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: elisa, lorisid, reproduction, ultrasonography, wildlife endocrinology
2015
Behaviour, wounds, weight loss and adrenal weight of rabbit does as affected by semi-group housing
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: aggression, locomotion, skin lesions, social behaviour, stress
2015
Coat and claws as new matrices for noninvasive long-term cortisol assessment in dogs from birth up to 30 days of age
Publication/Journal: Theriogenology
Keywords: 3rd trimester, biomarker, chronic stress, claw, coat, cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, dog, glucocorticoids, hair cortisol, marker, newborn, parturition, pregnancy, progesterone, reproductive biology, veterinary sciences
2015
Effects of prepartum housing environment on abnormal behaviour, the farrowing process, and interactions with circulating oxytocin in sows
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: farrowing duration, farrowing environment, oxytocin, sow, stereotype, stillbirth
2015
Faecal corticosterone responses of black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) to a transfer between housing facilities within a zoo
Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Keywords: black rhino, faecal corticosterone, transfer
2015
Invited review: Cessation of lactation: Effects on animal welfare
Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science
Keywords: agriculture, bovine mammary-gland, dairy & animal science, dairy cow, dairy cows, dairy goat, dry period management, dry-off, food science & technology, infection, internal teat-sealant, intramammary, intramammary infection, milk production, natural behavior, reproductive-performance, somatic-cell counts, subsequent lactation, udder health
2015