Kibble diet is associated with higher faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-managed red wolves (Canis rufus)

Authors: Morgan Bragg, Carly R Muletz-Wolz, Nucharin Songsasen, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, Red wolf, zoo management

2024

Getting to the Meat of It: The Effects of a Captive Diet upon the Skull Morphology of the Lion and Tiger

Authors: David M. Cooper, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, David W. Macdonald, Bruce D. Patterson, Galina P. Salkina, Viktor G. Yudin, Andrew J. Dugmore, Andrew C. Kitchener

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, conservation, development, linear morphometrics, ontogeny, panthera, phenotypic plasticity, taxonomy, welfare, wild

2023

Providing baseline data for conservation–Heart rate monitoring in captive scimitar-horned oryx

Authors: Peter Leimgruber, Nucharin Songsasen, Jared A Stabach, Megan Horning, Dolores Reed, Tara Buk, Arielle Harwood, Lawrence Layman, Christopher Mathews, Morgan Vance

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Physiology

Keywords: heart rate monitoring, oryx

2023

Forest access restores foraging and ranging behavior in captive sifakas

Authors: Lydia K Greene, Jean‐Basile Andriambeloson, Marina B Blanco, Erin E Ehmke

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, foraging, lemur

2022

Animal welfare: a social networks perspective

Authors: T. K. Kleinhappel, E. A. John, T. W. Pike, A. Wilkinson, O. H. P. Burman

Publication/Journal: Science Progress

Keywords: behavior, complex networks, dominance, education, entire male pigs, feather, fin damage, laying hens, multidisciplinary sciences, optical-flow patterns, pecking, scientific disciplines, single-sex groups, transmission

2016

Genetic guidelines for captive breeding and reintroductions of the endangered Black-fronted Piping Guan, Aburria jacutinga (galliformes, cracidae), an Atlantic Forest endemic

Authors: Paulo R. R. Oliveira-Jr, Mariellen C. Costa, Luis F. Silveira, Mercival R. Francisco

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, conservation, endangered species, genetic variability, management

2016

Captive care and welfare considerations for beavers

Authors: Róisín Campbell-Palmer, Frank Rosell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, castor, conservation, husbandry, reintroduction, well-being

2015

The Puerto Rican parrot reintroduction program: Sustainable management of the aviary population

Authors: Joanne Earnhardt, Jafet Vélez-Valentín, Ricardo Valentin, Sarah Long, Colleen Lynch, Kate Schowe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amazona vitatta, captive population management, poplink, risk analysis, zoorisk

2014

Captive-Reared Burrowing Owls Show Higher Site-Affinity, Survival, and Reproductive Performance When Reintroduced Using a Soft-Release

Authors: A. M. Mitchell, T. I. Wellicome, D. Brodie, K. M. Cheng

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: athene cunicularia, avian reintroduction, captive-reared, enclosures, endangered species, hard-release, soft-release

2011

Predation Determines the Outcome of 10 Reintroduction Attempts in Arid South Australia

Authors: K.E. Moseby, J.L. Read, D.C. Paton, P. Copley, B.M. Hill, H.A. Crisp

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: arid zone, reintroduction, success criteria, threatened species, translocation

2011