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Behaviour Classification on Giraffes ( Giraffa camelopardalis ) Using Machine Learning Algorithms on Triaxial Acceleration Data of Two Commonly Used GPS Devices and Its Possible Application for Their Management and Conservation by Brandes, Stefanie, Sicks, Florian, Berger, Anne

“…Averting today's loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services can be achieved through conservation efforts, especially of keystone species. Giraffes ( ) play an…”
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Ecology impacts the decrease of Spirochaetes and Prevotella in the fecal gut microbiota of urban humans by Thingholm, Louise B, Bang, Corinna, Rühlemann, Malte C, Starke, Annika, Sicks, Florian, Kaspari, Verena, Jandowsky, Anabell, Frölich, Kai, Ismer, Gabriele, Bernhard, Andreas, Bombis, Claudia, Struve, Barbara, Rausch, Philipp, Franke, Andre

“…Compared to the huge microbial diversity in most mammals, human gut microbiomes have lost diversity while becoming specialized for animal-based diets -…”
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Environmental stressors may cause equine herpesvirus reactivation in captive Grévy's zebras ( Equus grevyi ) by Seeber, Peter A, Quintard, Benoît, Sicks, Florian, Dehnhard, Martin, Greenwood, Alex D, Franz, Mathias

“…Equine Herpesviruses (EHV) are common and often latent pathogens of equids which can cause fatalities when transmitted to non-equids. Stress and elevated…”
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Novel Divergent Polar Bear-Associated Mastadenovirus Recovered from a Deceased Juvenile Polar Bear by Dayaram, Anisha, Tsangaras, Kyriakos, Pavulraj, Selvaraj, Azab, Walid, Groenke, Nicole, Wibbelt, Gudrun, Sicks, Florian, Osterrieder, Nikolaus, Greenwood, Alex D

“…Polar bears in captivity can be exposed to opportunistic pathogens not present in their natural environments. A 4-month-old polar bear ( ) living in an…”
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Extended and Continuous Decline in Effective Population Size Results in Low Genomic Diversity in the World's Rarest Hyena Species, the Brown Hyena by Westbury, Michael V, Hartmann, Stefanie, Barlow, Axel, Wiesel, Ingrid, Leo, Viyanna, Welch, Rebecca, Parker, Daniel M, Sicks, Florian, Ludwig, Arne, Dalén, Love, Hofreiter, Michael

“…Hyenas (family Hyaenidae), as the sister group to cats (family Felidae), represent a deeply diverging branch within the cat-like carnivores (Feliformia). With…”
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Macrovibrissae and microvibrissae inversion and lateralization in elephants by Yildiz, Hazal, Heise, Olivia, Gerhardt, Ben, Fritsch, Guido, Becker, Rolf, Ochs, Andreas, Sicks, Florian, Buss, Peter, Klerk‐Lorist, Lin‐Mari, Hildebrandt, Thomas, Brecht, Michael

“…Elephants are known for strongly lateralized trunk behaviors, but the mechanisms driving elephant lateralization are poorly understood. Here, we investigate…”
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Noninvasive Detection of Equid Herpesviruses in Fecal Samples by Seeber, Peter A, Dayaram, Anisha, Sicks, Florian, Osterrieder, Nikolaus, Franz, Mathias, Greenwood, Alex D

“…Equid herpesviruses (EHVs) are pathogens of equid and nonequid hosts that can cause disease and fatalities in captivity and in the wild. EHVs establish latent…”
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Nocturnal "humming" vocalizations: adding a piece to the puzzle of giraffe vocal communication by Baotic, Anton, Sicks, Florian, Stoeger, Angela S

“…Recent research reveals that giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis sp.) exhibit a socially structured, fission-fusion system. In other species possessing this kind…”
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Immunocontraception of male and female giraffes using the GnRH vaccine Improvac by Schwarzenberger, Franz, Krawinkel, Pia, Jeserschek, Sophia‐Maria, Schauerte, Nicole, Geiger, Christina, Balfanz, Folko, Knauf‐Witzens, Tobias, Sicks, Florian, Martinez Nevado, Eva, Anfray, Gwendoline, Hein, Anna, Kaandorp‐Huber, Christine, Marcordes, Sandra, Venshøj, Betina

“…The aim of this study was to develop protocols for contraception in both sexes of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) by using the GnRH vaccine Improvac®. We…”
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Non-invasive assessment of adrenocortical activity as a measure of stress in giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) by Bashaw, Meredith J, Sicks, Florian, Palme, Rupert, Schwarzenberger, Franz, Tordiffe, Adrian S W, Ganswindt, Andre

“…Numbers of giraffes are declining rapidly in their native habitat. As giraffe research and conservation efforts increase, the demand for more complete measures…”
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