Survey of Geriatric Elephant Medical Care, Nutrition, Husbandry, and Welfare

Authors: Whitney Greene, Deena Brenner

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: elephants, geriatric

2020

Utilizing Camera Traps, Closed Circuit Cameras and Behavior Observation Software to Monitor Activity Budgets, Habitat Use, and Social Interactions of Zoo-Housed Asian Elephants (Elephus maximus)

Authors: Jilian M Fazio, Tony Barthel, Elizabeth W Freeman, Kay Garlick-Ott, Anne Scholle, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, camera traps, ex-situ management, ZooMonitor

2020

Case Studies of the Impacts of Cataract Surgery on Crested Penguin Welfare

Authors: Matthew R. Heintz, Grace A. Fuller, Sarah J. Woodhouse, Anna Murray, Stephanie M. Allard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, geriatric, macaroni penguin, phacoemulsifcation, rockhopper penguin

2019

A retrospective study of mortality in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in UK zoos

Authors: Joseph Heaver, Michael Waters

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: carcinoma, disease, European, felid, zoological

2019

The flehmen response and pseudosuckling in a captive, juvenile Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)

Authors: Heide D. Island, Julia Wengeler, Hannah Claussenius-Kalman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: flehmen, olfaction, pheromone, sea otter, stereotypy

2017

Chronic corticosterone treatment enhances extinction-induced depression in aged rats

Authors: Joseph P. Huston, Mara Komorowski, Maria A. de Souza Silva, Valéria Lamounier-Zepter, Susanne Nikolaus, Claudia Mattern, Christian P. Müller, Bianca Topic

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: acth, chronic stress, corticosterone, depression model, despair, extinction, goal tracking

2016

A retrospective analysis of mortality in captive pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) from 1912 to 2014

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Suzana Tkalčić, Beatrice Steck, Kristin Warren, Graeme B. Martin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: encephalomyocarditis virus (emcv), leptospirosis, obesity, pathology, polycystic kidney disease (pkd), stillbirth

2016

Welfare, Quality of Life, and Euthanasia of Aged Horses

Authors: C. M. McGowan, J. L. Ireland

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Clinics of North America-Equine Practice

Keywords: chronic pain, clinical characteristics, companion animals, elderly-patients, geriatric, geriatric horses, grief, health-care, human-horse bond, management practices, mortality, old age, owners perceptions, pet dogs, united-kingdom, veterinary sciences, welfare

2016

Hypertension Increases With Aging and Obesity in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: John J. Ely, Tony Zavaskis, Michael L. Lammey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: blood-pressure, body weight, geriatric, normal range, normotension, prehypertension

2013

Emotional behavior in middle-aged rats: Implications for geriatric psychopathologies

Authors: M. Moretti, A. G. de Souza, G. de Chaves, V. M. de Andrade, P. R. T. Romao, E. C. Gavioli, C. R. Boeck

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aged rats, anxiety, aversive memory, elevated plus-maze test, forced swimming test, locomotor-activity, mood

2011