Does zoo visitor presence and noise impact the behaviour and enclosure use of zoo-housed Siamese crocodiles? A case study

Authors: Kevin Gray, James Edward Brereton, Alexandros Theodorou

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: crocodilian, Electivity Index, enclosure design, post-occupancy evaluation, visitor presence

2024

Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Laura Stalter, Megan Terry, Alex Riley, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis

2024

Investigating the relationship between abiotic factors and the behaviour of an All-Male Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Group

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Laura Stalter, Megan Terry, Andrew C. Alba, Joseph Soltis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: Abiotic influences, animal behaviour, animal welfare, Crocodilian behaviour, reptile welfare

2024

Blood biochemistry parameters of Broad snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris subjected to stress conditions, appliying micro-volume techniques

Authors: María Soledad Moleón, Gonzalo Santiago, Samuel Hilevski, Pablo Ariel Siroski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Keywords: albumin, broad-snouted-caiman, glucose, stress, total protein

2023

Out of Sight, Out of Mind or Just Something in the Way? Visual Barriers Do Not Reduce Intraspecific Agonism in an All-Male Group of Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Marcus Mazorra, Lindsay Wick, Scott Krug, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andy Daneault, Andrew C Alba

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, evidence-based management, reptile behavior, reptile welfare, visual barriers, zoo exhibit design

2022

Social structure and habitat design affect the impact of a novel feeding enrichment for alligators

Authors: Marisa Spain, Cayle Pearson, Adam E Rosenblatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alligator, animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2022

Evaluating the Effect of Visitor Presence on Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Behavior

Authors: Alex Riley, Megan Terry, Hani Freeman, Andrew C Alba, Joseph Soltis, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, crocodilian, visitor effect, zoo

2021

Crocodilian perivitelline membrane-bound sperm detection

Authors: Lauren Augustine

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: advanced reproductive technologies, crocodile, fertility, membrane-bound sperm

2017

Ultraviolet Radiation on Innate Immunity and Growth of Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris): Implications for Facilities Design

Authors: Pablo Ariel Siroski, Gisela Laura Poletta, Lucia Fernandez, Hugo Héctor Ortega, Mark Edwin Merchant

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: complement system, crocodilian husbandry, immunity, raising, uv radiations

2012

Atrioventricular valvular insufficiency and congestive heart failure in a carpet python

Authors: M. Rishniw, B.P. Carmel

Publication/Journal: Australian Veterinary Journal

Keywords: atrioventricular valve insufficiency, colour doppler echocardiography, congestive heart failure, pathophysiology, snake

1999