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

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

Use of Blood Lactate in Assessment of Manual Capture Techniques of Zoo-Housed Crocodilians

Authors: Holly Grace Molinaro, Gen S Anderson, Lauren Gruny, Emily S Sperou, Darryl J Heard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, physiology, reptile, restraint, welfare, wellbeing

2022

Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Kyle Miller, Alan Peters, Ashley D Franklin, Cathleen M Steinbeiser, Janine L Brown, Natalia A Prado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management

2020

Play Behavior in Crocodilians

Authors: V. Dinets

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: alligator, behavior, caiman, crocodile, object, play, sociality

2015

The first case of intersexuality in an African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

Authors: Sandra Langer, Kerstin Ternes, Dimitri Widmer, Frank Mutschmann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: african dwarf crocodile, intersexuality

2014

Nesting Phenology and Clutch Characteristics of Captive Siamese Crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) in Cambodia

Authors: Steven G. Platt, Vuthy Monyrath, Heng Sovannara, Long Kheng, Thomas R. Rainwater

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: conservation, crocodile farms, crocodylus siamensis, double-clutching, endangered species, incubation, twinning

2012

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

Ultrasonography of reproductive structures and hormonal correlates of follicular development in female American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, in southwest Louisiana

Authors: Valentine A. Lance, David C. Rostal, Ruth M. Elsey, Phillip L. Trosclair

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: alligators reproduction ovarian follicles eggs vitellogenesis gonadal steroids ultrasonography

2009