A SCORING SYSTEM TO IMPROVE DECISION MAKING AND OUTCOMES IN THE ADAPTATION OF RECENTLY CAPTURED WHITE RHINOCEROSES (CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM) TO CAPTIVITY

Authors: M. Miller, M. Kruger, M. Kruger, F. Olea-Popelka, P. Buss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: animal welfare, appetite, boma, diceros-bicornis, maladaptation, veterinary sciences, white rhinoceros

2016

Technique for venipuncture of the transverse facial vein in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

Authors: Justin R. Schlanser, George W. Bohart, Deborah W. Paperd, Cynthia Wagner, Mark Marquardt, Tara M. Harrison

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black rhinoceros, diceros-bicornis, transverse facial vein, venipuncture

2016

Mineral concentrations in serum/plasma and liver tissue of captive and free-ranging Rhinoceros species

Authors: Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Shirley Atkinson, A. Morrie Craig, Karen C. Walker, W. Jürgen Streich, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ceratotherium simum, dicerorhinus sumatrensis, diceros-bicornis, mineral nutrition, rhinoceros, rhinoceros unicornis

2005

Interactions between red-billed oxpeckers and black rhinos in captivity

Authors: Alan G. McElligott, Ivan Maggini, Lorenz Hunziker, Barbara König

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: buphagus erythrorhynchus, diceros-bicornis, mutualism, ungulate

2004

Comparative analysis of gonadal and adrenal activity in the black and white rhinoceros in North America by noninvasive endocrine monitoring

Authors: Janine L. Brown, Astrid C. Bellem, Michael Fouraker, David E. Wildt, Terri L. Roth

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adrenal activity, androgens, ceratotherium simum, corticoids, diceros-bicornis, estrogens, fecal steroids, ovarian activity, pregnancy, progestogens, testicular activity

2001