Assessing saddle‐billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) pair‐bonds and breeding behavior using behavior observed during multiple breeding seasons

Authors: Chelsea J Weibel, Rebecca Abreu, Kris K Becker, Melissa Solomon, Gina M Ferrie

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding behavior, nesting behavior, pair bond, proximity, saddle-billed stork

2021

Challenges, pitfalls and surprises: development and validation of a monoclonal antibody for enzyme immunoassay of the steroid 1 alpha -hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch species

Authors: Catharine J. Wheaton, Natalie D. Mylniczenko, John M. Rimoldi, Rama S. V. S. Gadepalli, R. Hart, Bobbi R. O'Hara, Andrew N. Evans

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: 1α-hydroxycorticosterone, glucocorticoid, hplc, mineralocorticoid, stingray, stress

2018

First report of a hatched, hand‐reared, and released African oystercatcher

Authors: Romy Klusener, Renata Hurtado, Nicola Stander, Nola J. Parsons

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hand rearing, oystercatcher, wild animal release

2018

Crocodilian perivitelline membrane-bound sperm detection

Authors: Lauren Augustine

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

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

2017

Exposing avian embryos to light affects post-hatch anti-predator fear responses

Authors: Gregory S. Archer, Joy A. Mench

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: avian, embryo, fear, incubation, lateralization, light

2017

Application of video recording technology to improve husbandry and reproduction in the carmine bee-eater (Merops n. nubicus)

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Christy Sky, Paul J. Schutz, Glorieli Quinones, Shawnlei Breeding, Chelle Plasse, Katherine A. Leighty, Tammie L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bird, breeding, chick, egg, nest box, video

2016

Chelonian perivitelline membrane-bound sperm detection: A new breeding management tool

Authors: Kaitlin Croyle, Paul Gibbons, Christine Light, Eric Goode, Barbara Durrant, Thomas Jensen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chelonian, conservation, fertility assessment, pvm, sperm, tortoise, turtle

2016

Husbandry and propagation of the Chinese big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo

Authors: Nichole Shelmidine, Brittany Murphy, Katelyn Massarone

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, hibernation, incubation

2016

Minutes matter: brief hatching asynchrony adversely affects late-hatched hihi nestlings, but not life beyond the nest

Authors: Kirsty J. MacLeod, Patricia Brekke, John G. Ewen, Rose Thorogood

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: brood hierarchies, carotenoids, hatching asynchrony, maternal effects, notiomystis cincta

2016

Reproduction, social behaviour and captive husbandry in the eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris)

Authors: Ric Anthony Dunlop, Philip Pain

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal husbandry, owl

2016