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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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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

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

Offspring sex, current and previous reproduction affect feeding behaviour in wild eastern grey kangaroos

Authors: Uriel Gélin, Michelle E. Wilson, Graeme M. Coulson, Marco Festa-Bianchet

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: age, eastern grey kangaroo, foraging behaviour, foraging effort, inter-annual variation, lactation, macropus-giganteus, mammal, offspring sex, reproduction

2013

Describing Ovarian Cycles, Pregnancy Characteristics, and the Use of Contraception in Female White-Faced Marmosets, Callithrix geoffroyi

Authors: Aaryn C. Mustoe, Heather A. Jensen, Jeffrey A. French

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: contraception, pregnancy, pregnanediol-3-glucuronide (pdg), primates, reproduction, white-faced marmoset

2012

Triphasic oral contraceptive treatment alters the behavior and neurobiology of female cynomolgus monkeys

Authors: J. A. Henderson, C. A. Shively

Publication/Journal: Psychoneuroendocrinology

Keywords: aggression, cortisol, heart rate, oral contraceptive, primate, serotonin

2004

Use of levonorgestrel as an effective means of contraception in the white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia)

Authors: Anne Savage, Dara S. Zirofsky, Susan E. Shideler, Tessa E. Smith, Bill L. Lasley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cebids, contraceptives, levonorgestrel (lng), new world primates

2002

Dose determination and efficacy of remotely delivered norgestomet implants on contraception of white-tailed deer

Authors: Anthony J. DeNicola, Darrel J. Kesler, Robert K. Swihart

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: biobullet, fertility-control, odocoileus virginianus, pregnancy, progestin

1997

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