Effective conservation and species management require an understanding of the causes of
poor population growth. Conservation physiology uses biomarkers to identify factors that …

Live-capture and translocation are methods to deal with nuisance eastern gray squirrels in
North America, but it is unknown how these methods affect squirrel physiology or survival. In …

Equine Herpesviruses (EHV) are common and often latent pathogens of equids which can
cause fatalities when transmitted to non-equids. Stress and elevated glucocorticoids have …

We studied the Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager), an endangered equid
subspecies. The objective was to characterize endocrine patterns and ovarian follicular …

In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the study and assessment of animal
welfare in captive settings, such as zoological gardens and aquaria. Canada lynx (Lynx …

The collective cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) population in zoological institutions has never
been self-sustaining because of challenges in natural reproduction. A retrospective analysis …

Steroid hormones, especially glucocorticoids (GCs), are widely used to assess physiological
responses to stressors. As steroid hormones are heavily metabolised prior to excretion, it is …

The ex situ Indian rhino population experienced a decrease in genetic diversity indicating
that the breeding program could possibly benefit from novel reproductive management …

Over the last century, wild tiger (Panthera tigris) numbers have declined from over 100 000
individuals to fewer than 4 000, with animals now confined to less than 5% of their historic …

Glucocorticoids, such as corticosterone (CORT), commonly serve as a measure of stress
levels in vertebrate populations. These hormones have been implicated in regulation of …