Comparison of Endocrine Response to Stress Between Captive-Raised and Wild-Caught Bighorn Sheep

Comparison of Endocrine Response to Stress Between Captive-Raised and Wild-Caught Bighorn Sheep

Stress hormones in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis), produced in response to environmental changes, road development, or high population density, may impact their immune systems to a threshold level that predisposes them to periodic, large-scale mortality. We compared the stress response to a novel environmental situation and repeated handling between bighorn sheep born...

Adaptation of a captive-raised gibbon to the wild.

Introduction The conservation world is approaching the consensus that rehabilitation is now a crucial part of the conservation process for many primates (Myers et al., 2000). Rehabilitation seeks to remove orphaned animals from the illegal wildlife trade and provide them with an environment, where they are (1) encouraged to become more self-sufficient and (2) provided with the opportunity to li...

Mortality in captive wild-caught horned puffin chicks (Fratercula corniculata).

Sixteen horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata) and six parakeet auklet (Cyclorrhynchus psittacula) chicks of various prefledging ages were caught in Alaska and transported to the North Carolina Zoological Park (USA) in August 1995. Six of the 16 puffin chicks died within a 5-day period beginning 2 days after their arrival into quarantine at the zoo. The birds that died were collected at a young...

REPRODUCTION IN CAPTIVE WILD-CAUGHT COYOTES (<i>CANIS LATRANS</i>)

a comparison of teachers and supervisors, with respect to teacher efficacy and reflection

supervisors play an undeniable role in training teachers, before starting their professional experience by preparing them, at the initial years of their teaching by checking their work within the proper framework, and later on during their teaching by assessing their progress. but surprisingly, exploring their attributes, professional demands, and qualifications has remained a neglected theme i...