Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as an indicator of adrenocortical activity in Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and recommendations for future studies

Authors: Malin Larm, Anne Lene Hovland, Rupert Palme, Anne-Mathilde Thierry, Andrea L Miller, Arild Landa, Anders Angerbjörn, Nina E Eide

Publication/Journal: Polar Biology

Keywords: arctic fox, fecal glucocorticoid

2021

How does feeding regime affect behaviour and activity in captive African lions (Panthera leo)?

Authors: Nina Höttges, Madeleine Hjelm, Therese Hård, Matthias %J Journal of Zoo Laska, Aquarium Research

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: feeding regime, felids, hunger, husbadry, satiation

2019

The backtest in pigs revisited—Inter-situational behaviour and animal classification

Authors: Manuela Zebunke, Gerd Nürnberg, Nina Melzer, Birger Puppe

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: backtest, behaviour tests, classification, coping, personality, pigs

2017

Intrinsic factors, adrenal gland morphology, and disease burden in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in South Africa

Authors: Nina Gillis-Germitsch, Pamela-Rose Vybiral, Daryl Codron, Marcus Clauss, Antoinette Kotze, Emily P. Mitchell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adrenal gland, captive management, cheetah, disease, gastritis, stress

2017

Initial founders of captive populations are genetically representative of natural populations in critically endangered dusky gopher frogs, Lithobates sevosus

Authors: Kristin M. Hinkson, Natochia L. Henry, Nina M. Hensley, Stephen C. Richter

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive population management, ex situ, genetic variation, relatedness

2016

Effects of restraint with or without blinds at the feed barrier on feeding and agonistic behaviour in horned and hornless goats

Authors: Edna Hillmann, Sandra Hilfiker, Nina Maria Keil

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behaviour, dominance rank, feed barrier, feeding duration, goat, horns

2014

Nutrition and health in amphibian husbandry

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Vance C. Alford, Jim Atkinson, Eric Baitchman, Diane Barber, William S. Blaner, Graham Crawshaw, Andy Daneault, Ellen Dierenfeld, Mark Finke, Greg Fleming, Ron Gagliardo, Eric A. Hoffman, William Karasov, Kirk Klasing, Elizabeth Koutsos, Julia Lankton, Shana R. Lavin, Andrew Lentini, Shannon Livingston, Brad Lock, Tom Mason, Alejandra McComb, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Tom Probst, Carlos Rodriguez, Kristine Schad, Kent Semmen, Jamie Sincage, M. Andrew Stamper, Jason Steinmetz, Kathleen Sullivan, Scott Terrell, Nina Wertan, Catharine J. Wheaton, Brad Wilson, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium, disease, ex situ, husbandry, life stage, nutrition, pathology, population, research, vitamin, water, zoo

2014

Behavioural and physiological reactions of goats confronted with an unfamiliar group either when alone or with two peers

Authors: Antonia Patt, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Edna Hillmann, Rupert Palme, Nina M. Keil

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic interactions, goat, grouping, introduction, social behaviour, social support, stress

2013

Factors influencing the welfare of goats in small established groups during the separation and reintegration of individuals

Authors: Antonia Patt, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Edna Hillmann, Rupert Palme, Nina M. Keil

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic interactions, goat, grouping, isolation, loose-housing, social behaviour, stress

2013

Sexual segregation in rockhopper penguins during incubation

Authors: Katrin Ludynia, Nina Dehnhard, Maud Poisbleau, Laurent Demongin, Juan F. Masello, Christian C. Voigt, Petra Quillfeldt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ecological niche model, energetic requirement, eudyptes chrysocome, falkland islands/islas malvinas, gps logger, maxent, sex-specific behaviour, southern rockhopper penguin, spatial segregation, stable isotope analysis

2013

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