David C. Kersey

Kaiser Permanente — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Reproductive Physiology in Livestock(8), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(6), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies(5), Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species(4), Reproductive System and Pregnancy(4)

Publications20 total

Melatonin suppresses the seasonal estrus in female giant pandas
General and Comparative Endocrinology·2025
Utilization of Urinary Neopterin Levels for Pregnancy Diagnosis in Mated Giant Pandas
Animals·2025Open Access
Comprehensive Breeding Techniques for the Giant Panda
Advances in experimental medicine and biology·2019· 39 cited
Use of urinary 13,14, dihydro-15-keto-prostaglandin F2α (PGFM) concentrations to diagnose pregnancy and predict parturition in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanolecua)
PLoS ONE·2018· 47 citedOpen Access
Use of fecal glucocorticoid and salivary cortisol concentrations as a measure of well-being of New York City carriage horses
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·2017· 14 cited
The birth of a giant panda: Tracking the biological factors that successfully contribute to conception through to postnatal development
Theriogenology·2015· 13 cited
Reproductive activity in the peninsular pronghorn determined from excreted gonadal steroid metabolites
Zoo Biology·2015· 6 cited
The use of noninvasive and minimally invasive methods in endocrinology for threatened mammalian species conservation
General and Comparative Endocrinology·2014· 148 citedOpen Access
The Acute Phase Protein Ceruloplasmin as a Non-Invasive Marker of Pseudopregnancy, Pregnancy, and Pregnancy Loss in the Giant Panda
PLoS ONE·2011· 76 citedOpen Access
Rising fecal glucocorticoid concentrations track reproductive activity in the female giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
General and Comparative Endocrinology·2011· 60 cited
Parallel and seasonal changes in gonadal and adrenal hormones in male giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Journal of Mammalogy·2010· 43 cited
Vocal cues to male androgen levels in giant pandas
Biology Letters·2010· 85 citedOpen Access
Assessment of luteinizing hormone and prolactin immunoactivity in Asian and African elephant urine using assays validated for serum
General and Comparative Endocrinology·2010· 16 cited
Endocrine milieu of perioestrus in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), as determined by non-invasive hormone measures
Reproduction Fertility and Development·2010· 34 cited
Unique biphasic progestagen profile in parturient and non-parturient giant pandas ( <i>Ailuropoda melanoleuca</i> ) as determined by faecal hormone monitoring
Reproduction·2010· 71 citedOpen Access
Assessment of diurnal urinary cortisol excretion in Asian and African elephants using different endocrine methods
Zoo Biology·2010· 47 cited
Adrenal Hormone Concentrations in the Female Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), as Measured by Fecal Glucocorticoids, Are Associated with Reproductive Activity.
Biology of Reproduction·2009· 2 cited
Reproductive and Adrenal Endocrinology of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
2009· 4 citedOpen Access
Capacity of the Giant Panda to Give Birth after a Single Intrauterine Insemination Using Precise Ovulation Detection.
Biology of Reproduction·2008· 8 cited
Endocrinology of the giant panda and application of hormone technology to species management
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2006· 65 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Janine L. Brown(8), Rebecca J. Snyder(8), David E. Wildt(6), Steven L. Monfort(6), Yan Huang(5), Copper Aitken‐Palmer(3), Ronald R. Swaisgood(2), Erin L. Willis(2), Barbara Durrant(2), Andrew J. Kouba(2), Yuliang Liu(2), Zongjin Ye(2), Xianbiao Hu(2), Martin Dehnhard(1), Benjamin D. Charlton(1), Jennifer L. Keating(1), Rengui Li(1), Karen J. Steinman(1), Laura McGeehan(1), Fernando Gual‐Sil(1)