Agonistic interactions and social behaviors in the Saharan Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas neglecta): Using social network analysis to evaluate relationships and social structure in captive male groups

Authors: Blanca Cortés, Ana Fidalgo, Sergio Díaz, Teresa Abáigar

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, Gazella dorcas, male interactions, social behavior

2024

Using Farm Animal Welfare Protocols as a Base to Assess the Welfare of Wild Animals in Captivity-Case Study: Dorcas Gazelles (Gazella dorcas)

Authors: Marina Salas, Xavier Manteca, Teresa Abaigar, Maria Delclaux, Conrad Ensenat, Eva Martinez-Nevado, Miguel Angel Quevedo, Hugo Fernandez-Bellon

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, captivity, dorcas gazelle, enclosure, protocol, welfare, zoo

2018

Aggressive behavior and hair cortisol levels in captive Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas) as animal-based welfare indicators

Authors: Marina Salas, Déborah Temple, Teresa Abáigar, Mariano Cuadrado, Maria Delclaux, Conrad Enseñat, Vanessa Almagro, Eva Martínez-Nevado, Miguel Ángel Quevedo, Annaïs Carbajal, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Maria Sabés-Alsina, Marta Amat, Manel Lopez-Bejar, Hugo Fernández-Bellon, Xavier Manteca

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, glucocorticoid, social behavior, zoo

2016

Rival Presence Leads to Reversible Changes in Male Mate Choice of a Desert Dwelling Ungulate

Authors: T. Wronski, D. Bierbach, L. M. Czupalla, H. Lerp, M. Ziege, P. L. Cunningham, M. Plath

Publication/Journal: Behavioral Ecology

Keywords: audience effect, communication networks, gazella marica, male mate choice, sexual selection

2012

Serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-i and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 and -3 in eight hoofstock species

Authors: Kristen E. Govoni, Danielle Goodman, Rebecca M. Maclure, Linda M. Penfold, Steven A. Zinn

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: insulin-like growth factor binding proteins, insulin-like growth factor-i, ruminants, somatotropic axis, threatened hoofstock species

2011

Variation of the phase of the 24-h activity period in different large herbivore species under European and African conditions

Authors: Klaus Scheibe, Tracy Robinson, Annemarie Scheibe, Anne Berger

Publication/Journal: Biological Rhythm Research

Keywords: circadian rhythm, climate, cosinor, masking, ungulates

2009

A 12-month survey of the gastro-intestinal helminths of antelopes, gazelles and giraffids kept at two zoos in Belgium

Authors: E. Goossens, P. Dorny, J. Boomker, F. Vercammen, J. Vercruysse

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Parasitology

Keywords: antelope, camelostrongylus mentulatus, gastro-intestinal nematodes, gazelles, trichostrongylus retortaeformis, zoo-ruminants

2005

Case studies in antelope aggression control using a GnRH agonist

Authors: L. M. Penfold, R. Ball, I. Burden, W. Jöchle, S. B. Citino, S. L. Monfort, N. Wielebnowski

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: gnrh receptor down-regulation, ruminant, spermatozoa, testosterone

2002

Aggression control in a bachelor herd of fringe-eared oryx (Oryx gazella callotis), with melengestrol acetate: Behavioral and endocrine observations

Authors: M. L. Patton, A. M. White, R. R. Swaisgood, R. L. Sproul, G. A. Fetter, J. Kennedy, M. S. Edwards, R. G. Rieches, V. A. Lance

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression control, antelope, melengestrol acetate

2001

Multi-male captive groups of endangered dama gazelle: Social rank, aggression, and enclosure effects

Authors: Jorge Cassinello, Irma Pieters

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: stress, ungulates, zoos

2000

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