Group structure and individual relationships of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Dalmas Kakule, Laura Stalter, Jackson K. Mbeke, Katie Fawcett

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords: animal sociality, centrality, collective animal behavior, eigenvectors, female contraception, gorillas, primates, social networks

2024

Biological and Management-Related Predictors of Reproductive Success in North American Ex Situ Asian Small-Clawed Otters (Aonyx cinereus)

Authors: Ashley D. Franklin, Monica M. McDonald, Mary Agnew, Sarah Duncan, David M. Powell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: breeding programs, deslorelin, habitat complexity, mate incompatibility, reproductive viability analysis (RVA), reversibility, Suprelorin, zoo

2023

Investigating Potential Effects of the Contraceptive Implanon on the Behavior of Free-Ranging Adult Female Barbary Macaques

Authors: Amanda M. Maijer, Stuart Semple

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: barbary macaques, contraception

2016

A review of population control methods in captive-housed primates

Authors: P. Y. Wallace, C. S. Asa, M. Agnew, S. M. Cheyne

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, contraception, euthanasia, population management, primates, surplus stock

2016

A survey of bonobo (Pan paniscus) oral contraceptive pill use in North American zoos

Authors: Mary K. Agnew, Cheryl S. Asa, Victoria L. Clyde, Dominique L. Keller, Audra Meinelt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: birth control pills, bonobo, contraception

2016

Weighing the options for limiting surplus animals

Authors: Cheryl Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, contraception, euthanasia, infertility, welfare

2016

Behavioral effects of an immunocontraceptive vaccine on eastern fox squirrels

Authors: S. K. Krause, D. H. Van Vuren, C. Laursen, D. A. Kelt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Management

Keywords: california, eastern fox squirrel, ecology, efficacy, fertility-control, gnrh vaccine, gonacon, gonacon(tm), gray squirrels, guidelines, immunocontraception, invasive, mirror image stimulation, open field trial, personality, population control, populations, sciurus niger, species, white-tailed deer, wild, wildlife contraception, zoology

2015

Factors Associated With Uterine Endometrial Hyperplasia and Pyometra in Wild Canids: Implications for Fertility

Authors: Cheryl S. Asa, Karen L. Bauman, Sarah Devery, Martín Zordan, Gerardo R. Camilo, Sally Boutelle, Anneke Moresco

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, contraception, foxes, infertility, uterine pathology, wolves

2014

“Use it or lose it”: Characterization, implications, and mitigation of female infertility in captive wildlife

Authors: Linda M. Penfold, David Powell, Kathy Traylor-Holzer, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding, contraception, infertility, population management, reproductive success, sustainability

2014