Further Than Fur: Effects of Sex, Body Site, and Season on Hair Color and Hair Cortisol Concentration in Captive Addax nasomaculatus Antelopes

Authors: Juan Pablo Damián, María Eugenia Banguese, Santiago Bentancor, Analía Pérez, Sarina Sierra, Cesar Echaides, Ana Pérez-Sarasqueta, Ana Claudia Menezes, Paula Pessina, Matías Villagrán

Publication/Journal: Ruminants

Keywords: animal welfare, ex situ conservation, ruminant, stress, thermoregulation

2024

Specialised for the Swamp, Catered for in Captivity? A Cross-Institutional Evaluation of Captive Husbandry for Two Species of Lechwe

Authors: Paul E Rose, Lewis J Rowden

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: antelope, evidence-based practice, kobus leche, Kobus megaceros, zoo husbandry

2020

Saving the mountain bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci): Assessment of the genetic status of captive bongos as a source for genetic reinforcement of wild populations

Authors: Paul Donoghue, Karl Gruber, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Andrew Kitchener, Emily Donoghue, Yoshan Moodley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bongo, genetic augmentation, microsatellites, one plan approach, tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci

2017

Evaluating Conservation Breeding Success for an Extinct-in-the-Wild Antelope

Authors: H. A. Little, T. C. Gilbert, M. L. Athorn, A. R. Marshall

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: antelope, breeding program, conservation, extinct in the wild

2016

Genomic resources and genetic diversity of captive lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis)

Authors: Friederike Bock, Susanne Gallus, Axel Janke, Frank Hailer, Beatrice L. Steck, Vikas Kumar, Maria A. Nilsson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: control region, intron, lesser kudu, spiral-horned antelope, tragelaphus imberbis

2014

Habitat and Resource Partitioning Between Abundant and Relatively Rare Grazing Ungulates

Authors: V.A. Macandza, N. Owen-Smith, J.W. Cain, V. Hayssen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: competition, diet selection, equus quagga, grazers, hippotragus niger, niche breadth, rarity, resource partitioning, syncerus caffer

2012

A Suite of Microsatellite Markers Optimized for Amplification of DNA From Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) Blood Preserved on FTA Cards

Authors: B. C. Heim, J. A. Ivy, E. K. Latch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: artiodactyla, DNA storage, filter paper, fossil rim wildlife center, genetic management

2012

Genetic structure analysis of a highly inbred captive population of the African antelope Addax nasomaculatus. Conservation and management implications

Authors: E. Armstrong, C. Leizagoyen, A. M. Martínez, S. González, J. V. Delgado, A. Postiglioni

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: conservation genetics, microsatellites, pedigree analysis, wild bovids

2011

Impact of Zoo Visitors on the Fecal Cortisol Levels and Behavior of an Endangered Species: Indian Blackbuck (Antelope cervicapra L.)

Authors: Thangavel Rajagopal, Govindaraju Archunan, Mahadevan Sekar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: endangered species, fecal cortisol, zoo visitor effect

2011