Smithsonian Research Bibliography

Kersey, David C., Wildt, David E., Brown, Janine L., Snyder, Rebecca J., Huang, Yan and Monfort, Steven L. 2011. Rising fecal glucocorticoid concentrations track reproductive activity in the female giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). General and comparative endocrinology, 173(2): 364-370.

Willis, Erin L., Kersey, David C., Durrant, Barbara S. and Kouba, Andrew J. 2011. The Acute Phase Protein Ceruloplasmin as a Non-Invasive Marker of Pseudopregnancy, Pregnancy, and Pregnancy Loss in the Giant Panda. PLoS ONE, 6(7): 1-11. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021159

Brown, Janine L., Kersey, David C. and Walker, Susan L. 2010. Assessment of luteinizing hormone and prolactin immunoactivity in Asian and African elephant urine using assays validated for serum. General and comparative endocrinology, 169(2): 138-143.

Brown, Janine L., Kersey, David C., Freeman, Elizabeth and Wagener, T. 2010. Assessment of diurnal urinary cortisol excretion in Asian and African elephants using different endocrine methods. Zoo biology, 29: 274-283.

Kersey, David C., Wildt, David E., Brown, Janine L., Huang, Yan, Snyder, Rebecca J. and Monfort, Steven L. 2010. Parallel and seasonal changes in gonadal and adrenal hormones in male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Journal of Mammalogy, 91(6): 1496-1507.

Kersey, David C., Wildt, David E., Brown, Janine L., Snyder, R. J., Huang, Y. and Monfort, Steven L. 2010. Unique Biphasic Progestagen Profile in Parturient and Nonparturient Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) as Determined by Faecal Hormone Monitoring. Reproduction, 140: 183-193.

Kersey, David C., Wildt, David E., Brown, Janine L., Snyder, Rebecca J., Huang, Yan and Monfort, Steven L. 2010. Endocrine milieu of perioestrus in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), as determined by non-invasive hormone measures. Reproduction, Fertility, and Development, 22: 901-912.

Steinman, K. J., Monfort, Steven L., McGeehan, L., Kersey, David C., Gual-Sil, F., Snyder, R. J., Wang, P., Nakao, T. and Czekala, N. 2006. Endocrinology of the giant panda and application of hormone technology to species management. In: Wildt, David E., Zhang, A., Zhang, H., Janssen, D. L. and Ellis, S., Giant Pandas: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.198-230.