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Recent Research on E L E P H a N T S and Rhinos IU 1151-2002 Scientific -, ,,,.,,.,,.S~HOWIUNN Progress Reports Haralcl M. Schwamnler Thomas J. Foose Michael Fouraker Deborah Olson Recent Research on Elephants and Rhinos Abstracts of the International Elephant and Rhino Research Symposium, Vienna, June 7-11, 2001 ISRN 3-934849-79-2 Content Oral Session Elephants BOARDMAN Suzanne Elephants and Rhinos: Diseases. Data and Data-deficiencies DASTlG Brigit Births and Reproduction Rate in a Herd 13 of Captive Asia11 Elephants in the Pinnawel:~Orphanage (Sri L;lnk;l) EASA Pulinkunnel Distribution, Status and Conservation 14 of Elephants in Kerala, Southern Western Ghats. FRITSCH Guido New Aspects of Sexual hlaruration in Male Elephants Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahrr~e GANSLOSSER Uclu Social Relationships. Lifc, History, Bchaviournl 16 Recent research on elephants and rhinos : abstracts of the Ecology and Management: Some Introductory International Elephant and Rhino Research Symposium Vienna. Remarks on their Relationship in Megaherbivores June 7 - 11. 2001 / Huald M. Schwammer .... - Miinster: Schuling 2001 GARAI Marion Social Behaviour of the Elephants 16 (Scientific progress reports) at Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage. Sri Lanka ISBN 3-934849-79-2 HART Benjamin Cognition and Tool Use in Elepliants 17 I I HART Lynette Exploring Seismic Communication Mechanisms 1S in Elephants and Other Large Vertebrates HEINE Nicole Social roles, family units and the format~on 18 of clans in Asian Elephants ISBN 3-9348493-79-2 of thc Uda Walawe National Park (Sri Lanka) Munster 200 1 FlILDEBRANDT Tllonles Results of Artificial Inseinin:~tionProgra~nmcs 19 in Asian arid African Elephants Kept Under Different Management Syslcnis MINKE Angelika A Severe Case of Pox Disease in Two Asian 20 h Elephants (Elephcrs ~ni.rim~is)of a Small Travelling Circus Overwintering Near Erfurt KURT Fred Stereotypies in Captive Asian Elephants - 20 A Svmntom of' Social Insolat ion 4 Recent Research on Elephants on Rhinos Scientific Progress Reports - Vienna, June 2001 5 KURT Fred Must11 in Wild-Living and Captive Asian Elephants 2 1 SCbIMITI' Dennis Surgical Approacll to Arti1ici;ll Insemination 3 1 in Sri Lanka in Elephants SWAlN Debabrata On Values of Conservir~gElephants in India 3 1 LEEDS Dale Partnerships: A Tool for Elephant Management 7 1 in the 21" Century SWANEPOEL Hendrik African Elephant-Asissted-Therapyfor 32 Handicapped Children LEf.INIiARDT Johr~ Elephant Artificial Insernillation (AI) 22 in Protected Contact TERKEL Amelia Overview of the African Elephant EEP 32 MAHAS.4VANGKUL Sitridet Domestic Elephant Status and M;tnagernent 23 THONGTHIP Nikorn Fiberglass Casting in thc Asian Elephant 33 in Th;iila~ld TIEDEMANN Ralph Population Dynamics in Wild-Living and 33 MAR Khyne U An Overview on Mortality of Calves Born from 23 Captive Asian Elephants: Derl~ographic the Working Elephants of Myanmar and Genetic Aspects MILLER Michele Salmonella Cultures and PCR Results ill a Group 24 TSATSURE Nalalia Captive Breeding of Asian Elephants of Captive African Elephants (Loxondonru africat~ci) in Kaliningrad Zoo MONTALI Richard Management Aspects of Herpesvirus 25 WEIHS Wolfgang Body Growth and Food intake in a Herd 34 lnfections and Tuberculosis in Elephants of Captive Asian Elephants in the Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage (Sri Lanka) OERKE Ann-Kathrin Reproductive Chnractcristics of the European 26 Elephant Population: Long-term Cycle and MWITEHOUSE Anna Genetic Diversity and Paternity of the Elephant 35 Pregnancy Data Based on Non-invasive Methodology Population in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa PIELER Eva Tool Behaviour in Asian Elephants 26 WILSON Megan Behavior and Serun~Conisol Conccnuatio~lsof 36 KASMUSSEN Bets Musth in Tecnase Malc Asian Elephants, 2 7 three African Elephants Elephcjs mmimrcs: The What & the Why of their Chemical Signals WINGATE Lisa Is Musth a Reproductive Event? An Examination 36 of Arguments for an Against this View RATANAKORN Parntep Elephant Health Problems and Management 28 ill Th:~il:ind, Lao and C:~tnbodia RElMERS Mich:~ela Daily ;ictivitics and Holnc Ranges in Asian 28 Elephants of the Uda Walawc Nationalpark (Sri Lanka) RIDDLE Hcidi Are Female African Elephant Messaging through 29 Oral Session Rhinos Volatilc Chemicals? Studies from European, USA, and African Groups ATKINSON Mark Long-term Medical and Surgical Managerne~~t 37 RIETSCHEL Wolfram Sedation of Thai Working Elephants 30 of Chronic Pododermatitis with Xylazinc and Atipaniezole as a Revcrsal in a Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros SCHMIDT Susanne Sleep in a Herd of Captive Asian Elephants in the 30 BLUMER Evan Overview of IRF/ AZA lihit~oTAG Conservation 38 Pinnawela Elephant 0rph:tnage (Sri Lanka) Br Research 7 6 Recent Research on Elephants on Rhinos Scientific Progress Reports - Vienna, June 2001 UOHKO Christine Practical Applications of Operant Cor~ditionirlg 38 SINHA Snty:~Priyn Management of Reintroduced Greater One-Horned 49 for Health, Research and Behavior Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Dudhwa in the Black Rhinoceros National Park & Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, India VAN STRIEN Nico Conservation Program for Sumatran and 50 BOSI Edwin Sumatran Rhinoceros Conservation Strategy 39 Javan Rhino in Indonesia. Malaysia and Vietnam in Sabah WALZEK Christiar~ Anesthesia Management in White Rhinos 50 CUNNINGHAM Jessica Counting Rhinos From Dung: A Method to 40 for Reproductive Evaluation, Semen Collection Estimate the Minimum Number of Animals and AI Present in a Protected Area Using Microsa~elliteDNA DIERENFELD Ellen Developent of a Pelleted Diet for Browsing 40 Rhino Species Based on Native Plant Composition HARLEY Eric Red Cell Metabolism in the Black Rhinoceros: 4 1 Poster Session Elephants Relevance to Haemolytic Disease BALL Ray Ultrasound Evaluation of the Pleura Space and 5 1 l-IERMES Robert Semen Collection. Sperm Assessment 42 Associated Connective Tissue in the Asian and Cryo-Preservation in African Rhinoceroses Elephant (Elephus muxirnus) KELLNER Katharina AFLP as a Method for Genetic BARINA Alfred Development of an Interactive Elephant Feeding 52 Wildlife Management in Rhinoceros System (EFS) KIEFER Britta Digestibility Trials in the Zoo Applied 43 Investigations on the Use of Chromium Oxide as 52 to Field Studies of Whitc Rhinoceros CLAUSS Marcus an Inert, External Marker in Captive Asian Elephants KRETZSCMMAR Petra Population Growth. Sex Ratio and Reproduction 44 (Elephas rnarinrus):Passage and Recovery Rates of a Natural Living Pop~~latior~of Whitc Rhinoceros CLAUSS Marcus Tannins in the Nutrition of Wild Animals 5 3 MILLER Eric An Overview of Diseases of Black Rhinoceroses 45 N-6 and n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the 54 in North America 1980 - 2000 CLAUSS Marcus Nutrition of Wild Animals O'RYAN Colleen Microsatellite Analysis of African Black 45 Rhinoceros (Diceros hicortlis) to Determine COMSTOCK Kenine A Genetic Method for Determining the Geographic 55 Genetic Diversity and Population Strilcture Origin of Poached African Elephant Ivory PAGLIA Donald Pathological Iron Overloads Acquired 46 GANSWINDT Andre Faecal Glucocorticoid and Androgen 56 in Captivity by Browsing (but not by Naturally Metabolite Excretion in Male African Elephants Grazing) Rhinoceroses (Lo~xodontuufricana) SCHAFFER Nan Successful Electroejaculation and Other Sernen 47 GARAl Marion Managing Elephants on Private Reserves Procurement Methods from four Species of in South Africa Rhinoceros (Ceroro~heriunr.sittrrrrrr, Dicer-os hiconri.~. Khitloceros urricnrtrrrs. I>icc.rorlritrnssrtrtrolri7trsis) GOEIIITZ Fmnk Iicsults of Hormonal Contraceptior~ in Free-Ranging African Elephants SCI-IWARZENHERGER Franz An IRF/ SOS Rhino Sponsoretl 1nregr;lted 48 Approach to Enhance thc ~e~roductive GSANDTNEI< tlern~i~nn Future Perspectives for Elephant-Keeping Perforllrnnce ol' White Rhinoceroes in the EEI' in Circuses 8 Recent Research on Elephants on Rhinos Scientific Progress Reports - Vienna, June 2001 HlNKE Angelika A Casc or Molar Anomalie 50 in an Asian Elephant (Elephus ~zauim~ts) Poster Session Rhinos LINHART Peter Methods of Elephant Translocations 5 9 ABERIlAM Alexandra Stimulation of Territorial and Mating Behavior 68 MEIER Daniel "Beira": Seventh Molar in Lower Jaw 60 by Fecal Samples. A Comparative Study on of an African Elephant IL)xorlot~rc~uf,-icrmu) Be1i;rvior of Captivc ancl Rec-living White Rhinoceros MIKOTA Susan Elephant Care International: 60 AGIL Muhammad A Program of Managed Breeding for the 69 An lndependent Project Devotcd to Sumatran Rhinoceros at the Sunlatran Rhino Elephant Healthcare and Conserv:~tion Sanctuary, Way Kambah Natiollal I'ark, Ilidoncsia MULLER Simone Molecular Genetic Identificatio~l BALL Ray Comparison of the Antiphospholipid Syndrome 70 of Elephant Products to Medical Syridromes of Captive Black Rhinos (Diceros bicor~zis) PIELER Eva Man - Elephant - Conflicts 61 in the Uda Walawe Nationalpark (Sri Lanka) BALL Ray Multiple Isoflurane Anesthesia in a Captivc 7 1 Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicorl~is) PUCHER Herwig Endocrine and Spermatological Evaluations 62 of Semi-Wild Ranging Male Asian Elephants BUDDE Christa Vocal Communication of the Black Rhino 71 (Elephus maximus) in Vietnam - Preliminary Results (Diceros bicomis ssp.) REIMERS Michaela Quantifying Locomotion in African Elephants 63 CLAUSS Marcus Feeding Tannins to Captive Black Khinoceros 72 (Loxodonta africarta) at the Vienna Zoo (Diceros bicornis):Results of a Pilot Study RETSCHEL Wolfram Relevant Ectoparasites in Camp Elephants 63 DI-IAKAL N:~rayan Rhino Translocation in Nepal 73 in Thailand CiANSLOSSER Udo Feeding Ecology
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