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Title: Research into the possible reasons for a lack of ovarian cycling in an 18 year old female white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum)(work in progress)
Author(s): Taylor, M.
Year published: 1998
Journal: EEP Research Group Newsletter
Volume: 5
Pages: 5-6
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Translocation - Methods
White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum transferred to Matusadona, Zimbabwe, all died. In any future such exercises, much more attention should be paid to monitoring the progress of translocated animals than was the case in the Matusadona exercise, especially when being moved into tsetse fly infested areas. Previo...
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Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Diseases
White Rhino
Ceratotherium simum translocated within Zimbabwe, animals died. Circumstantial evidence led to the strong possibilityof trypanosomiasis infection for the following reasons (C.M. Foggin, pers.comm.). (i) Matusadona National Park is in a tsetse fly (Glossina spp.) infested region. All white rhi...
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Captive - Europe
Reproduction
White Rhino
Paignton Zoo. An 18 year old female in Paignton Zoo was unable to undergo regular patterns of oestrous cycling. She used to cycle, but through urinary steroid analysis, she was known to have stopped. Possible reasons were (1) development of a physical problem; (2) nutritional deficiency; (3) c...
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World
Reproduction
Black Rhino
Project proposal. To recreate an environment in zoos which resembles the wild, black rhinos should be kept separated until shortly before the female's peak estrous, at which time the male is introduced. At zoos with sufficient funds, this is possible through monitoring the hormone levels in the ...
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