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Successful treatment of infertility in a female Sumatran orangutan Pongo abelii

Authors: Neil Maclachlan, Gordon Hunt, Sarah Fowkes, Melissa Frost, John Miller, Gari Purcell-Jones, Peter Sullivan, Alberto Barbon, Andrew Routh, Francisco J. López, Eluned C. Price

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hysterosalpingography (hsg), operant conditioning, pressurized fallopian tube perfusion, proximal tube obstruction (pto), ultrasound

Year: 2017

Demographics of polycystic kidney disease and captive population viability in pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Joseph L. Tomkins, Robert Black, Beatrice Steck

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: inbreeding coefficient, life table, longevity, pedigree, population viability, survival analysis

Year: 2017

A multi-zoo investigation of nutrient provision for captive red-crested turacos

Authors: Alexander J. Hulbert, Kerry A. Hunt, Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: husbandry, multi-zoo study, nutrition, turaco, zootrition

Year: 2017

Testing the effect of dietary carotenoids on larval survival, growth and development in the critically endangered southern corroboree frog

Authors: Phillip G. Byrne, Aimee J. Silla

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, antioxidant, captive breeding, conservation, diet, nutrition

Year: 2017

Individual differences in zoo-housed squirrel monkeys’ (Saimiri sciureus) reactions to visitors, research participation, and personality ratings

Authors: Zita Polgár, Lara Wood, Marie J. Haskell

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, personality, selection bias, squirrel monkeys, zoo visitors

Year: 2017

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) sleep study – long-term quantitative research at Dublin Zoo

Authors: Brendan Walsh

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: asian elephant, husbandry, sleep, zoo

Year: 2017

Long term vs. short term impact of founder relatedness on gene diversity and inbreeding within the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) of the red panda (Ailurus f. fulgens)

Authors: Florian Schäfer, Tobias Erik Reiners

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: breeding programs, eep, genetic diversity, genetic management, inbreeding, red panda

Year: 2017

Food preparation behaviour of babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)

Authors: Masaaki Ito, Alastair Macdonald, Kristin Leus, Dewa Gede Agung Atmaja, Wayan Balik

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: babirusa, food preparation behaviour, food washing behaviour

Year: 2017

Investigating temporary acyclicity in a captive group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Relationship between management, adrenal activity and social factors

Authors: K. L. Edwards, J. Trotter, M. Jones, J. L. Brown, H. W. Steinmetz, S. L. Walker

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, birth synchrony, central mechanisms, chemical communication, dominance status, endocrinology & metabolism, enzyme immunoassay, estrous synchrony, glucocorticoids, loxodonta-africana elephants, management, oestrous synchrony, ovarian activity, reproduction, reproductive cyclicity, temporary acyclicity, zoo elephants

Year: 2016

Social grooming network in captive chimpanzees: does the wild or captive origin of group members affect sociality?

Authors: M. Leve, C. Sueur, O. Petit, T. Matsuzawa, S. Hirata

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: *tool use, behavior, behavioral development, biomedical-research, differences, early rearing, grooming, group-size, management, mountains-national-park, pan troglodytes, patterns, primates, social network analysis, tanzania, well-being, zoology

Year: 2016