Publications

comparison of direct and modified direct complement-fixation and agar-gel precipitin methods in detecting chlamydial antibody in wild birds.	detection of chlamydial antibody in serums of wild birds was compared for the following methods: direct complement-fixation (dcf), modified dcf (mdcf), and agar-gel precipitin (agp). the birds species used were great-tailed grackles (cassidix mexicanus), common grackles (quiscalus quiscula), brown-headed cowbirds (molothrus ater), bronzed cowbirds (tangavius aeneus), and mourning doves (zenaida macroura). the birds were either inoculated with an isolate of chlamydia psittaci obtained originally ...	1978	100098
examining the disconnect between prolactin and parental care in avian brood parasites.	prolactin is often referred to as the "parental hormone" but there are examples in which prolactin and parental behavior are disconnected. one intriguing example is in avian obligate brood parasites; species exhibiting high circulating prolactin but no parental care. to understand this disconnect, we examined transcriptional and behavioral responses to prolactin in brown-headed (molothrus ater) and bronzed (m aeneus) brood parasitic cowbirds. we first examine prolactin-dependent regulation of tr ...	2020	32198809