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Changes in the dominance hierarchy of captive female Japanese macaques as a consequence of merging two previously established groups

Authors: Emily J. Anderson, Robert B. Weladji, Patrick Paré

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dominance ranks, group formation, macaca fuscatamacaca fuscata, primates, welfare

Year: 2016

Variation in food availability mediate the impact of density on cannibalism, growth, and survival in larval yellow spotted mountain newts (Neurergus microspilotus): Implications for captive breeding programs

Authors: Somaye Vaissi, Mozafar Sharifi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, endangered species, intraspecific predation, mortality, ontogeny

Year: 2016

Increasing the dietary supply of carotenoids through forage supplementation: Effect on nitrogen and mineral retention in captive Golden pheasants (Chrysolophus pictus)

Authors: Singray Saleb Kullu, Asit Das, Mohini Saini, Anil Kumar Garg, Ravindra Kumar Yogi, Shyamal Kumar Soren, Anil Kumar Sharma

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: calcium and zinc utilization, chinese pheasants, crude protein, forage supplementation, zoo

Year: 2016

A new marker based on the avian spindlin gene that is able to sex most birds, including species problematic to sex with CHD markers

Authors: Deborah A. Dawson, Natalie dos Remedios, Gavin J. Horsburgh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, bird, data validation, sex typing, spindlin gene, w and z chromosomes

Year: 2016

A global survey of banteng (Bos javanicus) housing and husbandry

Authors: Lewis J. Rowden, Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: banteng, bos javanicus, evidence-based husbandry, survey, zoo animal welfare

Year: 2016

A retrospective analysis of mortality in captive pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis) from 1912 to 2014

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Suzana Tkalčić, Beatrice Steck, Kristin Warren, Graeme B. Martin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: encephalomyocarditis virus (emcv), leptospirosis, obesity, pathology, polycystic kidney disease (pkd), stillbirth

Year: 2016

Technique for venipuncture of the transverse facial vein in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

Authors: Justin R. Schlanser, George W. Bohart, Deborah W. Paperd, Cynthia Wagner, Mark Marquardt, Tara M. Harrison

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black rhinoceros, diceros-bicornis, transverse facial vein, venipuncture

Year: 2016

Dietary management, husbandry, and body weights of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) during successful pregnancies at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Authors: Kathleen Sullivan, Katherine Kerr, Rachel Wanty, Bryan Amaral, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Eduardo Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: calving, exercise, fertility, gestation, nutrition, obesity

Year: 2016

Using technology to monitor and improve zoo animal welfare

Authors: J. C. Whitham, L. J. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, automated monitoring, behaviour, physiology, positive welfare, technology

Year: 2016

Factors influencing the attitude of equestrians towards sport horse welfare

Authors: C. Ikinger, A. Spiller, M. Kayser

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes towards animals, equestrians, horse, partial least squares equation modelling, sport horse welfare

Year: 2016