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Effects of immunocontraception on behavior in fallow deer (Dama dama)

Authors: Sarah E. Darhower, Christine R. Maher

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: pzp-immunocontraception, social interaction, wildlife contraception

Year: 2008

An evaluation of CHD-Specific primer sets for sex typing of birds from feathers

Authors: Alan H. K. Ong, Subramaniam Vellayan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: molecular bird sexing, naoh boiling method, zw intron regions

Year: 2008

Differences in fecal particle size between free-ranging and captive individuals of two browser species

Authors: Jürgen Hummel, Julia Fritz, Ellen Kienzle, E. Patricia Medici, Stefanie Lang, Waltraut Zimmermann, W. Jürgen Streich, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browser, captive diet, grazer, mastication, ruminant, teeth

Year: 2008

Use of positive reinforcement conditioning to monitor pregnancy in an unanesthetized snow leopard (Uncia uncia) via transabdominal ultrasound

Authors: Jacqueline M. Broder, Annabell J. MacFadden, Lindsay M. Cosens, Diana S. Rosenstein, Tara M. Harrison

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: desensitization, fetal development, operant conditioning, pregnancy detection, primiparous

Year: 2008

Zoo Biology: a voice for science in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums

Authors: Don Lindburg

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aza, science

Year: 2007

Effect of housing and environmental enrichment on adrenocortical activity, behavior and reproductive cyclicity in the female tigrina (Leopardus tigrinus) and margay (Leopardus wiedii)

Authors: Nei Moreira, J. L. Brown, W. Moraes, W. F. Swanson, E. L. A. Monteiro-Filho

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, corticoids, estrogens, fecal steroids, noninvasive monitoring, ovarian activity, progestagens, reproduction, stress

Year: 2007

Evidence of effects of human disturbance on alert response in Père David’s deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

Authors: Chunwang Li, Zhigang Jiang, Songhua Tang, Yan Zeng

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alert distance, elaphurus davidianus, ex situ conservation, head orientation, human stimuli

Year: 2007

Conservation partnerships between Zoos and Aquariums, federal and state agencies, and nongovernmental organizations

Authors: Kathleen N. Smith, James H. Shaw, Tammie Bettinger, Beth Caniglia, Tracy Carter

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: commitment, evaluating, personalities, process, structure

Year: 2007

Social and spatial relationships in captive southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)

Authors: Lara C. Metrione, Linda M. Penfold, George H. Waring

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: companionship, dominance, reproduction, social behavior, vocalizations

Year: 2007

Digesta passage rates in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Authors: Iskande L. V. Larkin, Vivienne F. Fowler, Roger L. Reep

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquatic herbivore, fecal marker, marine mammal, mean retention time, sirenia

Year: 2007