Problems attributable to long-term captivity have been identified and are responsible for the
difficulties in establishing successful reproduction in captive populations of wildlife …

Considerable information now is available about the basic reproductive biology of
elephants, especially females. However, as important as this knowledge is, it no longer is …

The province of Jujuy lies in the northwestern corner of Argentina, abutting Chile and Bolivia
in the west and northeast, and ranging from 500 to 6,000 m in elevation. As a result of its …

“At times sad and at times heartwarming... Helps us to understand not only elephants, but all
animals, including ourselves”(Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation). Drawing on …

In this chapter, we introduce the issues that prompted the production of this report. We then
introduce the concept of animal welfare and briefly summarise the main indicators used to …

Ultrasound has many industrial applications but it was first introduced as a medical
diagnostic aid in the 1940s with its first veterinary application, the detection of ovine …

Sexual selection mediated by multimodal signals is common among polygynous species,
including seasonally breeding mammals. Indirect benefit models provide plausible …

This study quantified social life events hypothesized to affect the welfare of zoo African and
Asian elephants, focusing on animals that were part of a large multi-disciplinary, multi …

Ultrasound techniques are becoming increasingly important in animal reproduction, offering
both a mean of diagnosis and a useful therapeutic tool. Accordingly, understanding the use …

Induced ovulation resulting in normal embryos is rare in marsupials. In this study natural and
induced ovulations were compared in mature Sminthopsis macroura (n= 122). Comparison …