Mammal Physiology and Nutrition

Gocinski, B.L., Knott, K.K.*, Roberts, B.M., Brown, J.L., Kouba, A.J. (2018). Changes in urinary androgen concentration indicate that male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanolueca) respond to impending female estrus during and outside of typical spring breeding season. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 30: 399-408. https://doi.org/10.1071/RD16345

Roberts, B.M., Brown, J.L., Snyder, R., Durrant, B., Kersey, D., Kouba, A.J. (2018). Use of urinary 13, 14, dihydro-15-keto-prostaglandin F2α concentrations to diagnose pregnancy and predict parturition in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). PLoS One, 13 (5): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195599

Wilson, A., Sparks, D., Knott, K.K., Kouba, A.J., Willard, S.T., Brown, A. (2018). Behavioral, semiochemical, and androgen responses by male giant pandas to the olfactory sexual receptivity cues of females. Theriogenology. 114: 330-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.04.011

Knott, K., Mastromonaco, G., Owen, M., Kouba, A.J. (2017). Urinary profiles of progestin and androgen metabolites in female polar bears during parturient and non-parturient cycles. Conservation Physiology. 5(1): cox023; https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cox023

Knott, K.K., Christian, A.L., Vance, C.K., Falcone, F., Bauer, L.L., Fahey, G.C., Willard, S.T., Kouba, A.J. (2017). Making foraging choices in a narrow dietary niche: Annual changes in carbohydrates explain seasonal plant part selection by giant panda. PLoS One; Vol 12, issue 6. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177582

Williams, C.L., Dill-McFarland, K.A., Sparks, D.L., Kouba, A.J., Willard, S.T., Suen, G., Brown, A.E. (2017). Dietary changes during weaning shape the gut microbiota of red pandas (Ailurus fulgens). Conservation Physiology 6(1): https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cox075

Boyle S.A., Roberts B., Pope B.M., Blake M.R., Leavelle S.E., Marshall J.J., Smith A., Hadicke A., Falcone F., Knott K., Koub, A.J. (2015). Assessment of flooring renovations on African elephant behavior and cortisol. PlosOne, 10 (11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141009

Christian A., Knott K., Vance CK., Falcone J.F., Fahey G., Kouba AJ. (2015). Nutrient and mineral composition during shoot growth in seven species of bamboo consumed by giant panda. Journal Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 99: 1172-1183. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpn.12287

Knott K., Roberts B., Maley M., Vance CK., DeBeauchaump J., Majors J., Riger P., Decaluwe H., Kouba AJ. (2013). Fecal estrogen, progestagen, and glucocorticoid metabolites of subadult and adult giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) during the estrous cycle and pregnancy. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 11:83. https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7827-11-83

André Ganswindt, Janine L. Brown, Elizabeth W. Freeman, Andrew J. Kouba, Linda M. Penfold, Rachel M. Santymire, Mandi M. Vick, Nadja Wielebnowski, Erin L. Willis and Matthew R. Milnes (2012). International Society for Wildlife Endocrinology (ISWE): the past, present and future of endocrine measures of reproduction and stress. Biology Letters, 8: 695-697. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2011.1181

Williams, C.L., Willard, S.T., Kouba, A.J., Sparks, D., Holmes, W., Falcone, J., Williams, C.H., Brown, A. ( (2012). Dietary shifts affect the gastrointestinal microflora of the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, 97: 577-585 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0396.2012.01299.x

Leandro Silveira, Mariana Malzoni Furtado, Fernando César Weber Rosas, Luis Claudio Lopes Correia da Silva, Márcia Munick Mendes Cabral, Natália Mundim Tôrres, Rahel Sollmann, Andrew Kouba, Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo. (2011). Tagging giant otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) (Carnivora, mustelidae) for radio-telemetry studies. Aquatic Mammals 2011, 37(2), https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.37.2.2011

Swaisgood, R. R., Wei, F., McShea, W. J., Wildt, D. E., Kouba, A. J., Zhang, Z. (2011). Can science save the giant panda? Unifying science and policy in an adaptive management paradigm. Integrative Zoology, 6(3): 290-296. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-4877.2011.00250.x

Willis, E., Kersey, D., Durrant, B., Kouba, A.J, (2011). The acute phase protein ceruloplasmin as a non-invasive marker of psuedopregnancy, pregnancy, and pregnancy loss in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). PLoS One, 6:7. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021159

Wang, Y., Dong, W-Y., Shang, X-D., Kouba. A.J. (2010). Overview on biomass of the bamboo of the fargesia as the main food of Giant Panda. Inner Mongolia Forestry Investigation and Design, 33 (1): 93-97.

Hansen, R., Carr, M.C., Apanavicius, C.J., Jiang P., Bissell H.A., Gocinski, B.L., Maury F., Himmelreich, M., Beard, S., Ouellette, J.R., Kouba, A.J. (2009). Seasonal shifts in giant panda feeding behavior: Relationships to bamboo plant part consumption. Zoo Biology, 28: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20280

Swaisgood, R. R., Wei, F., Wildt, D. E., Kouba, A. J., Zhang, Z. (2009). Giant panda conservation science: How far we have come. Biological Letters, 6: 143-145. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2009.0786

Roth, T.L., Vance, C.K. (2007). Corticosteriod-induced suppression of in vitro lymphocyte proliferation in 4 captive rhinoceros species. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 38(4):518-25. https://doi.org/10.1638/2007-0034R.1

Vance, C.K., Kennedy-Stoskopf, S., Obringer, A.R., Roth, T.L. (2004). Comparative studies of mitogen- and antigen-induced lymphocyte proliferation in four captive rhinoceros species. Journal Zoo Wildlife Medicine. 35(4):435-46. https://doi.org/10.1638/04-014

Kouba, A.J., Atkinson, M.W., Gandolf, A.R., Roth, T.L. (2001). Species-specific sperm-egg interaction affects the utility of a heterologous bovine in vitro fertilization system for evaluating antelope sperm. Biology of Reproduction. 65: 1246-1251. https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod65.4.1246