Demographics of polycystic kidney disease and captive population viability in pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Joseph L. Tomkins, Robert Black, Beatrice Steck

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: inbreeding coefficient, life table, longevity, pedigree, population viability, survival analysis

2017

Intrinsic factors, adrenal gland morphology, and disease burden in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in South Africa

Authors: Nina Gillis-Germitsch, Pamela-Rose Vybiral, Daryl Codron, Marcus Clauss, Antoinette Kotze, Emily P. Mitchell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adrenal gland, captive management, cheetah, disease, gastritis, stress

2017

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

Relationship between plasma and tissue corticosterone in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus): implications for stress physiology and animal welfare

Authors: C. R. Ralph, P. H. Hemsworth, B. J. Leury, A. J. Tilbrook

Publication/Journal: Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Keywords: animal welfare, bioavailable corticosterone, corticosterone, stress physiology, tissue glucocorticoids

2015

Causes of mortality in anuran amphibians from an ex situ survival assurance colony in Panama

Authors: Allan P. Pessier, Eric J. Baitchman, Paul Crump, Brad Wilson, Edgardo Griffith, Heidi Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: atelopus spp., hypovitaminosis a, metabolic bone disease, parasites, pathology, polycystic kidney disease, skin disease

2014

Variation in the reproductive potential of Schistocephalus infected male sticklebacks is associated with 11-ketotestosterone titre

Authors: V. Macnab, A. P. Scott, I. Katsiadaki, I. Barber

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: endocrine disruption, gasterosteidae, gasterosteus aculeatus, hormones, ligula intestinalis, parasites, reproduction

2011

Estimation of protein requirement for maintenance in adult parrots (Amazona spp.) by determining inevitable N losses in excreta

Authors: C. Westfahl, P. Wolf, J. Kamphues

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Keywords: amazons, endogenous losses, maintenance, parrot, protein requirement

2008

Alterations in blood and urine parameters in two florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) from simulated conditions of release following rehabilitation

Authors: Charles A. Manire, Catherine J. Walsh, Howard L. Rhinehart, Debborah E. Colbert, David R. Noyes, Carl A. Luer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: creatinine, immune status, lymphocyte proliferation

2003

Transcutaneous Ultrasonography of the Avian Urogenital Tract

Authors: H. Hofbauer, M. Krautwald-Junghanns

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound

Keywords: anatomy, birds, pathological changes, transcutaneous ultrasonography, urogenital tract

1999

Vitamin D metabolites 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)2D and kidney function indices and the relationship to diet in Goeldi’s monkeys (Callimico goeldii)

Authors: Susan D. Crissey, Thomas P. Meehan, Craig Langman, Melinda A. Pruett-Jones

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, goeldi's monkeys, primates, renal function, vitamin d

1999