Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal
2023
Parturition and Neonatal Parameters of Three Species of Rhinoceros under Managed Care in the United States
Publication/Journal: Animals (Basel)
Keywords: calf presentation, dystocia, neonatal landmarks, parturition, pregnancy, retained placenta, rhinoceros, stillborn
2023
Preliminary Findings on How Different Management Systems and Social Interactions Influence Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
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)
Publication/Journal: Animals
Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros
2021
Rehabilitation method affects behavior, welfare, and adaptation potential for subsequent release of orphaned white rhinoceros
Publication/Journal: acta ethologica
Keywords: conservation, rehabilitation, white rhinoceros
2020
A SCORING SYSTEM TO IMPROVE DECISION MAKING AND OUTCOMES IN THE ADAPTATION OF RECENTLY CAPTURED WHITE RHINOCEROSES (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM) TO CAPTIVITY
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
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
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
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
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