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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Behavioral characterization of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): defining progressive stages of male sexual behavior in in-situ and ex-situ populations

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Rajnish PG Vandercone, Wendy K Kiso, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: elephant, musth, reproduction, sri lanka, temporal gland secretions, zoo

2022

Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Kathleen E Hunt, MG Sachintha M Samaraweera, Rajnish PG Vandercone, Wendy K Kiso, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild

Keywords: androgens, conservation, glucocorticoids, temporal gland secretion, thyroid hormones, urine dribbling

2022

Effect of Visitor Number on the Behavior and Cortisol Metabolites Concentrations of Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor) in Captivity

Authors: Gholib Gholib, Sri Panggabean, Sri Wahyuni, Fadli A Ghani, Abdullah Hamzah, Erdiansyah Rahmi

Publication/Journal: 2nd International Conference on Veterinary, Animal, and Environmental Sciences (ICVAES 2020)

Keywords: animal behavior, cortisol metabolites, number of visitors, sambar deer

2021

Nocturnal behavior of orphaned Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) calves in Sri Lanka

Authors: Helena Stokes, Vijitha Perera, Nilmini Jayasena, Ayona Silva-Fletcher

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, elephas maximus, nocturnal behavior, rehabilitation, resting behavior

2017

Intra- and interspecific aggression do not modulate androgen levels in dusky gregories, yet male aggression is reduced by an androgen blocker

Authors: Philippe Vullioud, Redouan Bshary, Albert Frank Huascar Ros

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: 11-ketotestosterone, aggression, flutamide, simulated resident–intruder test, teleost, testosterone, year-round territoriality

2013

Random walk analysis of ranging patterns of sympatric langurs in a complex resource landscape

Authors: Rajnish Vandercone, Kaushalya Premachandra, Gayan Pradeep Wijethunga, Chameera Dinadh, Kithsiri Ranawana, Sonya Bahar

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: lévy flights, ranging, semnopithecus, sri lanka, trachypithecus

2013

Dietary choices by four captive slender lorises (Loris tardigradus) when presented with various insect life stages

Authors: Jonathan B. Clayton, Kenneth E. Glander

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive diet, duke lemur center, prosimian

2011

Genetic variation in Sri Lankan leopards

Authors: S. Miththapala, J. Seidensticker, L. G. Phillips, K. L. Goodrowe, S. B. U. Fernando, L. Forman, S. J. O'Brien

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aprt, panthera pardus kotiya, pgd, polymorphism

1991

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