Assessing zoo giraffe survivorship: Methodological aspects, historical improvement and a rapid demographic shift

Authors: Lara Scherer, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Max Hahn-Klimroth, Dennis Müller, Marco Roller, Mads Bertelsen, Jörg Jebram, Paul Dierkes, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: giraffa camelopardalis, husbandry, mortality, progress, survival

2024

Influence of early rearing environment on water-borne cortisol and expression of stress-related genes in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Authors: Amina Zuberi, Muhammad Ahmad, Imrana Amir, Muhammad Kamran, Manzoor Ahmad

Publication/Journal: Molecular Biology Reports

Keywords: carp, corticotrophin-releasing hormone, cortisol, enrichment, fish, post-release survival, stress

2020

Influence of climate on the survivorship of neonatal red pandas in captivity

Authors: Frank P. G. Princée, Angela R. Glatston

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ailurus, infant survival, studbook analysis, temperature, zoo

2016

Home Range, Body Condition, and Survival of Rehabilitated Raccoons (Procyon lotor) During Their First Winter

Authors: Molly McWilliams, James A. Wilson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: raccoon, rehabilitation

2014

The combined behavioural tendencies of predator and prey mediate the outcome of their interaction

Authors: Nicholas DiRienzo, Jonathan N. Pruitt, Ann V. Hedrick

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal personality, behavioural syndrome, black widow spider, field cricket, gryllus integer, intraspecific variation, latrodectus hesperus, predator–prey interactions, trade-off

2013

Providing elevated ‘getaway bunks’ to nursing mink dams improves their health and welfare

Authors: Lauren Dawson, Misha Buob, Derek Haley, Steve Miller, Judy Stryker, Margaret Quinton, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bunks, mastitis, mink, nursing, nursing sickness, welfare

2013

Survival Patterns and Mortality in the North American Population of Silvered Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus cristatus)

Authors: Nichole Shelmidine, Denise McAloose, Colleen McCann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colobine, infant survivorship, mortality rate

2013

The Value of Enrichment to Reintroduction Success

Authors: Richard P. Reading, Brian Miller, David Shepherdson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal behavior, survivorship, translocation, welfare

2013

Staying Cool, Keeping Strong: Incubation Temperature Affects Performance in a Freshwater Turtle

Authors: M.A. Micheli-Campbell, H. A. Campbell, R. L. Cramp, D. T. Booth, C. E. Franklin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: climate change, conservation physiology, elusor macrurus, hatchling, righting response, swimming performance

2011

What do population-level welfare indices suggest about the well-being of zoo elephants?

Authors: Georgia J. Mason, Jake S. Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acyclicity, captivity, longevity, stereotypic behavior, stress

2010