Patricia M. Dennis

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo — United States

Veterinary · Health Sciences

27h-index2.3kcitations84works1.22yr avg
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Research Topics

Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies(19), Primate Behavior and Ecology(17), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(16), Human-Animal Interaction Studies(10), Turtle Biology and Conservation(7)

Publications84 total

Oral Ketamine as a Treatment for Hyper‐Responsiveness and Anxiety in a Female Allen's Swamp Monkey (<i>Allenopithecus nigroviridis</i>)
Veterinary Medicine and Science·2025Open Access
Exploring the Effects of Giraffe Skin Disease Limb Lesions on Locomotion
Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha Variant in White-Tailed Deer, Ohio, USA
Emerging infectious diseases·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Using 3D Photogrammetry to Quantify Usable Space in Zoo‐Housed Primate Habitats
American Journal of Primatology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Using an Oral Sugar Test to Biologically Validate the Use of a Commercial Enzyme Immunoassay to Measure Salivary Insulin in Western Lowland Gorillas (<i>Gorilla gorilla gorilla</i>)
Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology·2025
Unveiling drivers of fecundity in an urban white-tailed deer population over 20 years of active management
Urban Ecosystems·2024· 2 cited
Lack of SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA Detection among a Convenience Sampling of Ohio Wildlife, Companion, and Agricultural Animals, 2020–2021
Animals·2023· 7 citedOpen Access
SARS-CoV-2 Serological Investigation of White-Tailed Deer in Northeastern Ohio
Viruses·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Effects of honey locust seed pods on the behavior and nutrient intake of zoo‐housed François langurs and prehensile‐tailed porcupines
Zoo Biology·2023· 5 citedOpen Access
Evaluating the effects of giraffe skin disease and wire snare wounds on the gaits of free-ranging Nubian giraffe
Scientific Reports·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Ohio’s wildlife, companion, and agricultural animals
2022Open Access
Urinary oxytocin and cortisol concentrations vary by group type in male western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in North American zoos
Primates·2022· 1 cited
Do zoo animals use off‐exhibit areas to avoid noise? A case study exploring the influence of sound on the behavior, physiology, and space use of two pied tamarins (<i>Saguinus bicolor</i>)
American Journal of Primatology·2022· 11 cited
Colonization of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Urban and Suburban Environments with Cephalosporinase- and Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
Giraffe skin disease: Clinicopathologic characterization of cutaneous filariasis in the critically endangered Nubian giraffe (<i>Giraffa camelopardalis camelopardalis</i>)
Veterinary Pathology·2022· 6 cited
SARS-CoV-2 infection in free-ranging white-tailed deer
Nature·2021· 419 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of regurgitation and reingestion and occurrence of coprophagy in the North American AZA Gorilla (<i>Gorilla gorilla gorilla</i>) population
Zoo Biology·2021· 1 cited
SARS-CoV-2 infection in free-ranging white-tailed deer ( <i>Odocoileus virginianus</i> )
2021· 22 citedOpen Access
Temporal Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance of Fecal Escherichia coli from Deer
EcoHealth·2021· 10 citedOpen Access
Mortality trends for five species of macropods from a single institution from 1995 to 2016
Zoo Biology·2021· 4 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Kristen E. Lukas(11), Terry Robison(9), Mandi W. Schook(7), Remington J. Moll(6), Jonathon D. Cepek(6), Patrick D. Lorch(6), Robert A. Montgomery(6), Christopher W. Kuhar(5), Mary Ann Raghanti(5), Gregory A. Ballash(5), C.W. Kuhar(4), Grace Fuller(4), Thomas E. Wittum(4), E Less(4), Vanessa L. Hale(3), Christopher Madden(3), R. Avery Bennett(3), Mark A. Willis(3), Hayley Weston Murphy(3), William Devlin(3)