Feather damaging behaviour in parrots: A review with consideration of comparative aspects

Authors: Yvonne R. A. van Zeeland, Berry M. Spruit, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bernd Riedstra, Yvonne M. van Hierden, Bart Buitenhuis, S. Mechiel Korte, Johannes T. Lumeij

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal repetitive behaviour, behavioural disorder, feather pecking, feather picking, feather plucking, grooming, hair pulling, poultry, psittacines, trichotillomania

2009

Sonomorphology of the reproductive tract in male and pregnant and non-pregnant female Rothschild’s giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rotschildi)

Authors: Imke Lueders, Cheryl Niemuller, Jason Pootoolal, Peter Rich, Charlie Gray, Wolf Jürgen Streich, Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Theriogenology

Keywords: corpus luteum, giraffe, male accessory sex glands, ovaries, ultrasound

2009

Measurement of fecal steroids in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) using group-specific enzyme immunoassays for 20-oxo-pregnanes

Authors: Franz Schwarzenberger, Kristina Tomášová, Dana Holečková, Bernd Matern, Erich Möstl

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: noninvasive, perrisodactyla, pregnancy diagnosis, reproductive monitoring, rhinoceros conservation

1996

Salivary cortisol assessment for stress detection in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus): A pilot study

Authors: Holger H. Dathe, Bernd Kuckelkorn, Dieter Minnemann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: management, physiology, stress monitoring

1992

Genetic investigations and pedigree analysis in captive barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia pallas 1777)

Authors: Arnd Schreiber, Bernd Matern

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: caprines, hemoglobin polymorphism, population genetics

1989