Effects of social stress on the welfare of captive male Alpine musk deer: Stereotypic behavior, fecal cortisol, and musk secretion
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster), ex situ conservation, fecal cortisol, small ruminant welfare, stereotypic behavior
2023
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