Meeting Abstract 91.6  Friday, Jan. 7  Galloping cheetahs: the challenges of high speed locomotion HUDSON, P.E.*; CORR, S.A.; WILSON, A.M.; Royal Veterinary College, London; University of Nottingham; Royal Veterinary College, London phudson@rvc.ac.uk Running at high speed presents quadrupeds with several challenges, not only with straight line speed but also when accelerating, decelerating and manoeuvring. There is much […]

Meeting Abstract 91.4  Friday, Jan. 7  Energetic cost of transitioning between trot and gallop and back in horses NAUWELAERTS, S.*; AERTS, P.; CLAYTON, H.M.; University of Antwerp/Michigan State University sandran@ua.ac.be In their classic 1981 study, Hoyt and Taylor suggest that gait transitions in horses occur to reduce the metabolic cost of locomotion at a given speed. This […]

Meeting Abstract 91.5  Friday, Jan. 7  Activity of extrinsic forelimb and hindlimb muscles in dogs while walking, trotting and galloping DEBAN, S.M.*; SCHILLING, N.; CARRIER, D.R.; Univ. of South Florida, Tampa; Friedrich-Schiller Univ., Jena, Germany; Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City sdeban@usf.edu To examine how locomotor muscle function changes with different gaits, the electromyographic activity of 23 […]

Meeting Abstract 90.3  Friday, Jan. 7  Unpredictable Food Availability as an Ethologically Relevant Chronic Stressor in European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) BAUER, C.B.*; GLASSMAN, L.G.; ROMERO, L.M.; Tufts University; Tufts University; Tufts University carolyn.bauer@tufts.edu Both the fight-or-flight and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses have been well studied in chronically stressed European starlings. In this study we attempted to characterize […]

Meeting Abstract 90.2  Friday, Jan. 7  The long-term developmental and physiological effects of larval environmental stressors are condition-dependent in wood frogs WARNE, R.W.*; CRESPI, E.J.; Vassar College Biology; Vassar College Biology rw.warne@gmail.com Exposure to stressors during early development can impact physiological function, behavior, and fitness in adult life stages in vertebrates. However, the specific mechanisms that link […]

Meeting Abstract 90.5  Friday, Jan. 7  Stress begets stress: elevated yolk corticosterone impacts oxidative stress in chicks HAUSSMANN, M.F.*; BOWDEN, R.M.; Bucknell Univ.; Illinois State Univ. mfh008@bucknell.edu Early embryonic exposure to maternal glucocorticoids (GCs) can broadly impact physiology and behavior across phylogenetically diverse taxa. The transfer of maternal GCs to offspring may be an inevitable cost associated […]

Meeting Abstract 90.4  Friday, Jan. 7  Lasting impacts of handling on adrenocortical responsiveness of free-living adult and nestling eastern bluebirds LYNN, Sharon E.*; PHILLIPS, Megan M.; PRINCE, Leslie E.; KERN, Michael D. ; College of Wooster; Univ. California, Davis; College of Wooster; College of Wooster slynn@wooster.edu Field studies often require capture of animals for marking, measuring, and […]

Meeting Abstract 90.1  Friday, Jan. 7  How to tell when your fecal assay is crap: considerations for development and validation of fecal steroid assays HARRIS, B.N.*; SALTZMAN, W.; DE JONG, T.R.; PEREA-RODRIGUEZ, J.P.; CHAUKE, M.; MILNES, M.R.; Univ. of Calif., Riverside, CA; Univ. of Calif., Riverside, CA; Univ. of Calif., Riverside, CA; Univ. of Calif., Riverside, CA; […]

Meeting Abstract 89.5  Friday, Jan. 7  When love is blind: Vision constrained by molting during mating in the female blue crab BALDWIN FERGUS, J.L.*; JOHNSEN, S.; Duke University; Duke University jlb54@duke.edu In the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, mating is timed to the females’ pubertal molt. Mate attraction, courtship, and selection occur in the days prior to the […]

Meeting Abstract 89.4  Friday, Jan. 7  Squid reflectins and photonic self-assembly: a transcriptomic approach SWEENEY, A.M.*; HOLT, A.L.; HOWELL, A.; SHANER, N.C.; MORSE, D.E.; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute; Univ. of California, Santa Barbara sweeney@lifesci.ucsb.edu Reflectins are a family of proteins that […]