Empirical zoo: opportunities and challenges to a scientific zoo biology

Terry L. Maple

doi:10.1002/zoo.20214

Forthcoming in zoo biology

Zoo Biology ◽

10.1002/zoo.1430130515 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 525-525

Keyword(s):

Zoo Biology

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Forthcoming in Zoo Biology

Zoo Biology ◽

10.1002/zoo.21332 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 35 (5) ◽

pp. 463-463

Keyword(s):

Zoo Biology

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The practice of management: The ascent of women as scholars and leaders in the field of zoo biology.

The Psychologist-Manager Journal ◽

10.1037/mgr0000114 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 97-114

Author(s):

Terry L. Maple

Keyword(s):

Zoo Biology

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The Comparative Psychology of Duane Rumbaugh and His Influence on Zoo Biology.

Primate perspectives on behavior and cognition. ◽

10.1037/11484-001 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 7-16

Author(s):

Terry L. Maple ◽

Christopher W. Kuhar

Keyword(s):

Comparative Psychology ◽

Zoo Biology

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My Place, My Duty: Zoo Biology as Field Philosophy in the Work of Heini Hediger

Field Philosophy and Other Experiments ◽

10.4324/9781003130161-9 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 96-116

Author(s):

Matthew Chrulew

Keyword(s):

Zoo Biology

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My Place, My Duty: Zoo Biology as Field Philosophy in the Work of Heini Hediger

Parallax ◽

10.1080/13534645.2018.1546725 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 480-500 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Matthew Chrulew

Keyword(s):

Zoo Biology

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276. The technical and biological validation of an LH assay for use with the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosis) and Black-flanked Rock Wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis)

Reproduction Fertility and Development ◽

10.1071/srb08abs276 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 20 (9) ◽

pp. 76

Author(s):

P. Matson ◽

C. Mayberry ◽

N. Willers ◽

M. A. Blackberry ◽

G. B. Martin

Keyword(s):

Plasma Concentrations ◽

Standard Curve ◽

Biological Validation ◽

Grey Kangaroo ◽

Coefficients Of Variation ◽

Western Grey Kangaroo ◽

Technical Validation ◽

Zoo Biology ◽

Smithsonian Institute ◽

And Control

Methods for the measurement of marsupial LH invariably rely upon the similarity of the LH molecule between different species and usually use anti-ovine or anti-bovine LH antibody and an ovine or bovine labelled LH preparation. Initial attempts to measure plasma LH in the Western Grey Kangaroo with assays using antibodies to 4 different isoforms of ovine LH raised in 7 different rabbits were unsuccessful. An enzymeimmunoassay (EIA) developed for the Asian elephant (Zoo Biology 23:45–63) was then applied to the Western Grey Kangaroo and the Black-flanked Rock Wallaby. This EIA has an anti-bovine-LH monoclonal antibody (518B7 provided by Dr Jan Roser, University of California, Davis, USA), biotinylated ovine LH label and bovine LH standard (NIADDK-oLH-26 and NIH-bLH-B10, both provided by Dr Janine Brown and Nicole Abbondanza, Smithsonian Institute, Front Royal, Virginia USA). Technical validation showed that serial dilution down to 1:8 of plasma from 7 individuals of each species showed parallelism to the assay standard curve, and control samples (1.24–5.30 ng/mL) had between-assay coefficients of variation <9%. Biological validation was achieved by challenging animals with intramuscular GnRH (Fertagyl®, 2.5 µg/kg) and measuring LH before and 25 min after the injection. Significant increases in plasma concentrations of LH (mean ± sem; all P > 0.0005) were seen after GnRH for both the Western Grey Kangaroo (from 5.0 ± 0.8 ng/mL to 9.4 ± 1.2 ng/mL; n = 19) and the Black-flanked Rock Wallaby (from 6.0 ± 0.7 ng/mL to 10.6 ± 0.6 ng/mL; n = 28). In conclusion, this assay can be successfully used to measure LH in these two species.

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