Welfare and Clinical Assessment on Physical Captures Followed by Anesthesia in Apennine Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata)

Authors: Simone Angelucci, Antonio Antonucci, Fabrizia Di Tana, Marco Innocenti, Giovanna Di Domenico, Luca Madonna, Camilla Smoglica, Cristina Esmeralda Di Francesco, Jorge Ramón López-Olvera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acepromazine, blood gas analysis, capture, chemical immobilization, conservation, medetomidine-ketamine, physical capture, Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata, stress

2023

Enriching Zoo-Housed Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta): Assessing the Influence of Three Types of Environmental Enrichment on Behavior

Authors: Marta Caselli, Patrizia Messeri, Francesco Dessì-Fulgheri, Francesca Bandoli

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral management, enrichment, L. catta, zoo

2022

An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Maria Michela Spiriti, Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Silvia Colleoni, Cesare Galli, Frank Göritz, Robert Hermes, Susanne Holtze, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, Jan Stejskal, Samuel Mutisya, David Ndeereh, Stephen Ngulu, Richard Vigne, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros

2021

Capture Myopathy and Stress Cardiomyopathy in a Live-Stranded Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) in Rehabilitation

Authors: Nakita Câmara, Eva Sierra, Antonio Fernández, Manuel Arbela, Yara Bernaldo de Quirós, Marina Arregui, Francesco Consoli, Pedro Herráez

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal conservation, animal welfare, biochemistry, cetaceans, histopathology, immunohistochemistry

2020

Foraging plasticity favours adaptation to new habitats in fire salamanders

Authors: Raoul Manenti, Mathieu Denoël, Gentile Francesco Ficetola

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: amphibian, cave, fire salamander, hypogeous, local adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, predation, salamandra salamandra

2013

Use of Ultrasonography and Contrast Radiography for Snake Gender Determination

Authors: Giacomo Gnudi, Antonella Volta, Francesco Di Ianni, Mattia Bonazzi, Sabrina Manfredi, Giorgio Bertoni

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound

Keywords: hemipenis, radiology, snake, ultrasonography

2009