Other Exotic Animal

Harley, J. J., Tracey, R., Stanley, C. R. et al. 2024. Management of intraspecific aggression in two bull giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. Rothschildi). Zoo Biology 43(4), 383–390.

Maintaining nonbreeding individuals in zoological collections may sometimes necessitate housing bachelor groups. In turn, intact cohabiting males may express increased intraspecific agonistic behaviors, and management intervention may be indicated. Where castration is deemed inappropriate (e.g...

Cole, J. E., Dadone, L., Rao, S. et al. 2024. Venous blood gas and lactate values in adult giraffe trained for voluntary jugular phlebotomy. Zoo Biology 43(4), 371–375.

Blood gas analyses have previously been performed for giraffe under anesthesia and with physical restraint in a chute; however, reference values for giraffe that are trained to participate in venipuncture without chemical or physical restraint...

Vine, A. J., Hammond, A., Abernethy Palmer, G. et al. 2024. Whole versus chopped food: The bintu-right way to do it? Discover Animals 1(1), 18.

It remains common practice for zoos to chop animal diets into small pieces, even though there is limited evidence to support this practice. It is important that the purported benefits of chopping food are investigated...