Behavioral and physiological measures in dairy goats with and without small ruminant lentivirus infection

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Daria Reczyńska, Ewa Jastrzębska, Katarzyna Barłowska, Emilia Bagnicka

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, dairy goat, health, heart rate, SRLV, welfare

2019

Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants

Authors: Lea Carisch, Dennis W. H. Müller, Jean-Michel Hatt, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, E. Eberhard Rensch, Marcus Clauss, Philipp Zerbe

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

Authors: F. A. P. Alvarenga, I. Borges, L. Palkovič, J. Rodina, V. H. Oddy, R. C. Dobos

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

Authors: Rémy Delagarde, Philippe Lamberton

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

Authors: Cristina Gattiker, Ian Espie, Antoinette Kotze, Emily P. Lane, Daryl Codron, Marcus Clauss

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

Authors: Matthew A. Brooks, Robyn M. Harvey, Nichole F. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Monty S. Kerley

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

Authors: O. Pays, E. Sirot, H. Fritz

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: greater kudu, predation, tragelaphus strepsiceros, vigilance

2012

A system for predicting energy and protein requirements of wild ruminants

Authors: Timothy J. Hackmann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: energy, protein, requirement, ruminant

2011

Comparative investigations on digestion in grazing (Ceratotherium simum) and browsing (Diceros bicornis) rhinoceroses

Authors: P. Steuer, M. Clauss, K. H. Südekum, J. M. Hatt, S. Silinski, S. Klomburg, W. Zimmermann, J. Fickel, W. J. Streich, J. Hummel

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

Authors: S. M. Rhind, N. P. Evans, M. Bellingham, R. M. Sharpe, C. Cotinot, B. Mandon-Pepin, B. Loup, K. D. Sinclair, R. G. Lea, P. Pocar, B. Fischer, E. van der Zalm, K. Hart, J. S. Schmidt, M. R. Amezaga, P. A. Fowler

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: endocrine disrupting compounds, pollutants, reproduction, ruminants

2010