Research Focus

Physiological mechanisms of stress responses in domestic animals and the animal managements for reducing their stress

Selected Recent Publications

Masato Aoyama, Takumi Motegi, Shoei Sugita. Effects of apomorphine administration on the behavior in goats. Animal Behaviour and Managements. 52: 180-186. 2016.

Kotomi Sanuka, Masato Aoyama, Shoei Sugita. Effects of the experience of road transportation on the responses to transportation in goats. Animal Behaviour and Managements. 52:123-133, 2016. (in Japanese).

Tetsuo Watanabe, Munehiko Noguchi, Kenichi Numanoi, Toshiya Haseyama, Masato Aoyama. Examination of Managing Methods to Relieve Tail Biting in Piglets -Effects of Chain/Rope, Sodium Chloride, and Diet Form-. Japanese Journal of Swine Science 52: 123-134, 2015. (in Japanese)

Muhammad Nazrul Islam, Masato Aoyama, Shoei Sugita. Seasonal cycle of leydig cells in the Japanese jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos). Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. 1: 65-73, 2015.

Kober AKM. Humayun, Masato Aoyama, Shoei Sugita. Morphological and Histological Studies on the Adrenal Gland of the Chicken (Gallus domesticus). Journal of Poultry Science. 49:39-45, 2012.