Behavioral and physiological measures in dairy goats with and without small ruminant lentivirus infection
Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Keywords: behavior, dairy goat, health, heart rate, SRLV, welfare
2019
Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: climate, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, ruminant, seasonality
2017
Using a three-axis accelerometer to identify and classify sheep behaviour at pasture
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, decision-tree, grazing, ruminant, sensor
2016
Daily grazing time of dairy cows is recorded accurately using the Lifecorder Plus device
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: accelerometer, dairy cow, grazing time, methodology
2015
Diet and diet-related disorders in captive ruminants at the national zoological gardens of South Africa
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browser, digestive tract, grazer, ruminant, serous fat atrophy
2014
Effect of varying dietary starch and fiber levels and inoculum source (mule deer vs. dairy cow) on simulated rumen fermentation characteristics
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: bos taurus, ndf, odocoileus hemionus, ruminant, volatile fatty acid
2014
Collective Vigilance in the Greater Kudu: Towards a Better Understanding of Synchronization Patterns
Publication/Journal: Ethology
Keywords: greater kudu, predation, tragelaphus strepsiceros, vigilance
2012
A system for predicting energy and protein requirements of wild ruminants
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: energy, protein, requirement, ruminant
2011
Comparative investigations on digestion in grazing (Ceratotherium simum) and browsing (Diceros bicornis) rhinoceroses
Publication/Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Keywords: black rhino, fecal particle size, fiber digestion, mean retention time, white rhino
2010
Effects of environmental pollutants on the reproduction and welfare of ruminants
Publication/Journal: animal
Keywords: endocrine disrupting compounds, pollutants, reproduction, ruminants
2010