infant mortality

Impacts of natural history and exhibit factors on carnivore welfare

Authors

LJ Miller, JA Ivy, GA Vicino, IG Schork

2019

Publication/Journal

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords

animal welfare, behavioral diversity, infant mortality, offspring production, pacing, reproductive success

Demographics of captive De Brazza's guenons

Authors

1989

Publication/Journal

Zoo Biology

Keywords

cercopithecus neglectus, infant mortality, life table, fertility rate

Maternal Effects on Offspring Mortality in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors

2013

Publication/Journal

American Journal of Primatology

Keywords

quantitative genetics, infant mortality, juveniles, reproductive ecology, cayo santiago

Providing ‘get-away bunks’ and other enrichments to primiparous adult female mink improves their reproductive productivity

Authors

M Buob, R Meagher, L Dawson, R Palme, D Haley, G Mason

2013

Publication/Journal

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords

mink, infant mortality, welfare, bunks, enrichments, nursing sickness, cortisol

Effects of environmental enrichment and stereotypic behavior on maternal behavior and infant viability in a model carnivore, the American mink (Neovison vison)

Authors

M Díez-León, G Mason

2016

Publication/Journal

Zoo Biology

Keywords

infant mortality, animal welfare, captive breeding, mustelids

Retrospective study of mortality in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in the European breeding population between 2000 and 2014

Authors

O Metz, J Williams, RK Nielsen, N Masters

2017

Publication/Journal

Zoo Biology

Keywords

asiatic lion, panthera leo persica, mortality review, infant mortality, congenital defects