Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)

Authors: Brett Williams, Jennifer Campbell, Corinne Kendall, Jade Tuttle, Emily C. Lynch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal

2023

Preliminary Findings on How Different Management Systems and Social Interactions Influence Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)

Authors: Leticia Martínez, Gema Silván, Sara Cáceres, Jose Manuel Caperos, Jesús Fernández-Morán, Miguel Casares, Belén Crespo, Paloma Jimena de Andrés, Juan Carlos Illera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: glucocorticoids, management, reproduction, stress, white rhinoceros

2022

An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Maria Michela Spiriti, Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Silvia Colleoni, Cesare Galli, Frank Göritz, Robert Hermes, Susanne Holtze, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, Jan Stejskal, Samuel Mutisya, David Ndeereh, Stephen Ngulu, Richard Vigne, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros

2021

A SCORING SYSTEM TO IMPROVE DECISION MAKING AND OUTCOMES IN THE ADAPTATION OF RECENTLY CAPTURED WHITE RHINOCEROSES (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM) TO CAPTIVITY

Authors: M. Miller, M. Kruger, M. Kruger, F. Olea-Popelka, P. Buss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: animal welfare, appetite, boma, diceros-bicornis, maladaptation, veterinary sciences, white rhinoceros

2016

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

Comparative investigations on digestion in grazing (Ceratotherium simum) and browsing (Diceros bicornis) rhinoceroses

Authors: P. Steuer, M. Clauss, K. H. Südekum, J. M. Hatt, S. Silinski, S. Klomburg, W. Zimmermann, J. Fickel, W. J. Streich, J. Hummel

Publication/Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Keywords: black rhino, fecal particle size, fiber digestion, mean retention time, white rhino

2010

The vocal repertoire in Northern white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum cottoni as recorded in the last surviving herd

Authors: Richard Policht, Kristina Tomášová, Dana Holečková, Daniel Frynta

Publication/Journal: Bioacoustics

Keywords: acoustic, rhinoceros, signals, social behavior, social behaviour, vocal repertoire

2008

Serum testosterone in captive male rhinoceros: Effects of season, age, stress, and sociosexual environment

Authors: Bruce W. Christensen

Publication/Journal: Reproductive Physiology: College of Veterinary Medicine

Keywords: breeding, captive, cortisol, eia, elisa, endangered, enzyme immunoassay, free-ranging, management, reproductive physiology, rhinoceros, testosterone, thesis

2007

Social and spatial relationships in captive southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)

Authors: Lara C. Metrione, Linda M. Penfold, George H. Waring

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: companionship, dominance, reproduction, social behavior, vocalizations

2007

A review of the reproductive physiology of rhinoceros species in captivity

Authors: T.L. Roth

Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook

Keywords: embryo loss, ovarian function, pregnancy, pregnancy loss, reproductive cycle, reproductive endocrinology, reproductive pathology, rhinoceros, semen collection, sperm, ultrasonography

2006

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