From: IN%"NULL@fibl.ch" "helen.hirt@fibl.ch" 17-JUL-2001 19:41:44.30 To: IN%"applied-ethology-error@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Hallo Liebe Leute Ich bin bis 7. August nicht per e-mail zu erreichen. In dringenden Fällen bitte an: FiBL Sektretariat: +41 80)62 865 72 72, admin@fibl.ch oder Beat Bapst: beat.bapst@fibl.ch Helen Hirt Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) Ackerstrass, Postfach CH-5070 Frick Switzerland From: IN%"katmiller@ucdavis.edu" "Katherine Miller" 18-JUL-2001 20:49:05.59 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: nyanzol dye Does anyone know where to get black Nyanzol dye for marking animals? I can't seem to track down the company that makes it... if they're still in business. Any leads would be greatly appreciated! Katherine Miller From: IN%"rsilva@cnpsa.embrapa.br" "Roberto Aguilar M. S. Silva" 20-JUL-2001 11:41:03.91 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Second International Virtual Conference on Pork Quality Dear All, Our Institution is organizing the Second International Virtual Conference on Pork Quality http://www.conferencia.uncnet.br/pork What is a Virtual Conference ? How is going to work ? Virtual conference... What do you mean? A virtual conference is exactly the same as a real conference, the ones you are used to see. It has a program, talks, speakers, organizers, and everything else a real conference has, but with an extra factor: the coffee break can be made in the comfort of your house or at the office. The greatest advantage of this international virtual event is the comfort it allows the participants, who won't have to cancel appointments, schedule trips to other countries, book hotels, among other things. In order to access the virtual conference you can be anywhere: at home, at the office, at the university, in your car, that is, any place in the world which has a computer connected to the Internet. Another advantage we haven't mentioned yet is that you even be on holidays. Your evening can be used to access and participate in the conference, while using the daytime to rest. You don't need to reschedule your holidays. OK, but how can I participate? In order to participate in the 2nd International Conference on Pork Quality you will need to subscribe. It is free. Please access the inscription form in the website. OK. So far, so good. How can I read the articles? Let's do it step by step. You already are at the Conference site. Now, you can look at the program, find out which date will the title of the talk that interested you be on line, read the articles and send your comments within the programmed dates. To receive comments, questions and answers, you have to sign in sing in here . The articles are in PDF format. To visualize or to print them, you can use Acrobat or GSview/Ghostscript, which are available for free at the Internet. This is easy, but which language should I use for comments? The official language is English. Give more details on the program. The talks will be available according to a pre-established program on every Tuesday and Friday. They remain available for reading and comments during the scheduled period. After that, it will be stored in FILE INDEX, along with its respective comments and Q&A. After the scheduled period is over, you can read the talk, but you will not be able to send comments. Sincerely, Roberto Aguilar M. Santos Silva Roberto Aguilar M. Santos Silva EMBRAPA/CNPSA (Swine and Poultry National Research Center) Address: Br 153, Km 110, Vila Tamandua, CEP: 89700-000, Concordia, SC, Brazil Fax: 00-55-49-442-8559 / Phone:00-55-49-442-8555 E-mail (Lab.): rsilva@cnpsa.embrapa.br E-mail (Home): rsilva@netcon.com.br http://www.embrapa.br/ http://www.cnpsa.embrapa.br/ Phone (Lab): +55-49-442-8555, ext. 213 Phone (Home): +55-49-442-1505 From: IN%"dana.bezdickova@aap.nl" "Dana Bezdickova - Stichting AAP" 23-JUL-2001 08:14:43.69 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: teasing monkeys Dear all, I would like to ask your advice in the following. First a brief introduction: I work for Stichting AAP, a Dutch shelter for exotic animals, especially primates and small mammals. We are a sort of half-way-house: abandoned, maltreated or confiscated animals come to our sanctuary, mostly individually; they are then engaged in a resocialisation process, in which we try to ' teach' them how to behave in a social group. Once stable social groups have been formed, we try to find a good place for the whole group at a Zoo, wildlife park etc. Last year we were very happy to find a nice place for our group of 12 long-tailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis. After a short period of 'habituation' they were put in an combined enclosure with a group of orang-utans in a Dutch Zoo. The idea behind this (unique) combination was that they share the same habitat in nature as well. The enclosure was large enough and well furnished with ropes and other enrichment items, which should make the 'symbiosis' of both species possible. After some time a problem arised: some of the macaques (especially the females and the alpha-male) teased the orang-utans. As a result of this teasing the orang-utans started to avoid the shared part of the enclosure. As you will understand this was - of course - unacceptable for the Zoo management. The keepers have now split the macaque group in two parts, one being the alpha-male with all the females (the worst teasers) and the second part being the males (whose behavior toward the apes is still 'acceptable' ). If no solution to this problem is found soon, the group of the teasers will have to return to our sanctuary. Of course, we would regret this a lot, since in this Zoo they have a much larger enclosure (our facilities are mostly specilized to supervise the introductions and the resocialisation process). I am hoping that some of you could provide us with advice how to solve this problem. We have thought of some kind of positive training or punishment method that could change the behaviour of the monkeys. But one could also think of specific enrichment methods to keep the monkeys too busy to tease. I hope you can shed your light on this and help us find a solution, and that these monkeys can stay in this unique Zoo enclosure together with their natural neighbours. All ideas will be mostly welcome! Thank you. Kind regards, Dana Bezdickova ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dana Bezdickova (Head of Intake & Outplacement) Stichting AAP (Foundation APE) Shelter for exotic animals P.O.Box 50.313 NL-1305 AH Almere The Netherlands Tel. +31-36-538 40 84 Fax. +31-36-538 42 40 website: www.aap.nl e-mail: dana.bezdickova@aap.nl From: IN%"DrBob@stablerbehaviour.com.au" "Robert Stabler" 23-JUL-2001 18:39:57.13 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Re macaques & orang-utans Dear Dana and all, Group behaviour is fascinating in its complex interrelationships within species and between species. I am no expert in macaque or orang-utan behaviour but will try to offer assistance by working from 'behavioural first principles'. As always asking questions leads to more questions! Are the macaques threatened by the orang-utans size? Is there one or two teasing 'ring-leaders' that may be able to be partially separated to allow the rest of the troupe to coexist more happily? Are there a number of strategically placed hideaways / comfort zones for each species? Possibilities include smaller hideaways for the macaques physically slightly below the orang-utans hideaway to reduce perceived social authority. Has the primary feeding area been placed in the shared area of the enclosure? If the animals do not eat here it may indicate an underlying anxiety-based behavioural difficulty. Was the macaques introduction to the shared area performed in view of the public (extra stressor) or in private? Did introducing a smaller species to a bigger species enclosure push the macaques over their stress threshold? Possibly predisposing them to teasing behaviour as a displacement behaviour? Did the macaques mark territory in a more excessive way than expected? DId the macaques have access to the shared area prior to orang-utans? Does the withdrawal of the orang-utans indicate a preference to avoid teasing / harassment or just conflict avoidance? What phase of the reproductive cycle were the macaque (or orang-utan) females in when they were introduced? Possibly a perceived threat to their social position? Are the environmental enrichment objects in the shared area too exciting for the macaques? Possibly leading to exuberant play that is not well tolerated by the slower bigger species? Just a few thoughts thrown together quickly. Hope they are helpful. Good luck. Dr Robert J Stabler BVSc, MACVSc (animal behaviour) Stabler Behaviour PO Box 518 Cardiff NSW 2285 Australia Ph: 02 49543415 Mobile: 0409988931 Email: DrBob@stablerbehaviour.com.au www.stablerbehaviour.com.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear all, I would like to ask your advice in the following. First a brief introduction: I work for Stichting AAP, a Dutch shelter for exotic animals, especially primates and small mammals. We are a sort of half-way-house: abandoned, maltreated or confiscated animals come to our sanctuary, mostly individually; they are then engaged in a resocialisation process, in which we try to ' teach' them how to behave in a social group. Once stable social groups have been formed, we try to find a good place for the whole group at a Zoo, wildlife park etc. Last year we were very happy to find a nice place for our group of 12 long-tailed macaques, Macaca fascicularis. After a short period of 'habituation' they were put in an combined enclosure with a group of orang-utans in a Dutch Zoo. The idea behind this (unique) combination was that they share the same habitat in nature as well. The enclosure was large enough and well furnished with ropes and other enrichment items, which should make the 'symbiosis' of both species possible. After some time a problem arised: some of the macaques (especially the females and the alpha-male) teased the orang-utans. As a result of this teasing the orang-utans started to avoid the shared part of the enclosure. As you will understand this was - of course - unacceptable for the Zoo management. The keepers have now split the macaque group in two parts, one being the alpha-male with all the females (the worst teasers) and the second part being the males (whose behavior toward the apes is still 'acceptable' ). If no solution to this problem is found soon, the group of the teasers will have to return to our sanctuary. Of course, we would regret this a lot, since in this Zoo they have a much larger enclosure (our facilities are mostly specilized to supervise the introductions and the resocialisation process). I am hoping that some of you could provide us with advice how to solve this problem. We have thought of some kind of positive training or punishment method that could change the behaviour of the monkeys. But one could also think of specific enrichment methods to keep the monkeys too busy to tease. I hope you can shed your light on this and help us find a solution, and that these monkeys can stay in this unique Zoo enclosure together with their natural neighbours. All ideas will be mostly welcome! Thank you. Kind regards, Dana Bezdickova ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dana Bezdickova (Head of Intake & Outplacement) Stichting AAP (Foundation APE) Shelter for exotic animals P.O.Box 50.313 NL-1305 AH Almere The Netherlands Tel. +31-36-538 40 84 Fax. +31-36-538 42 40 website: www.aap.nl e-mail: dana.bezdickova@aap.nl From: IN%"mhawkins@zoo.nsw.gov.au" "Hawkins, Margaret" 25-JUL-2001 00:21:43.76 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "'Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca'" CC: Subj: Introduction and information about 5IEEC Just introducing myself as a new subscriber to the applied ethology listserve My name is Margaret Hawkins and I have worked for the last ten years as the Behavioural Biologist at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. The program I run at the zoo is involved with collecting behavioural data on animals in the zoo collection. We respond to staff requests and monitor situations such as animal introductions as well doing on-going projects on several species using both direct and video recording. My own main research interests are platypus and the ape species. In recent years I have become very involved in environmental enrichment - designing and making devices and evaluating their success and generally acting as an enrichment facilitator with keeping staff. This year Taronga is to host the 5th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment from November, 4th to 9th. The theme of the conference is "Making Enrichment a 21st Century Priority" We have received a wide range of abstracts from all over the world and the program is looking really good and addresses many facets of enrichment over a wide range of species, zoo, domestic and laboratory. I would like to keep you informed about the conference and hope that some will be interested to come. For more information please contact me by email or look at the conference page on the zoo's website: www.zoo.nsw.gov.au. The webpage will be updated in August to include details of the program. Margaret Hawkins 5IEE Conference Coordinator Behavioural Biologist Taronga Zoo Sydney, Australia From: IN%"JNM@dmu.ac.uk" "Jeremy Marchant" 25-JUL-2001 03:38:44.83 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" "'Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca'" CC: Subj: E-mail address for Gareth Pearce Hi, Does anyone have a current email for Gareth Pearce since he left Massey? Thanks, Jeremy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Dr. Jeremy N. Marchant, Senior Research Fellow, Animal Behaviour, Cognition and Welfare Group, De Montfort University, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Caythorpe, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3EP. United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1400 275682 http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ln/Agriculture/staffcvs/Dr.JeremyN.Marchant.htm http://www.dmu.ac.uk/ln/Agriculture/pigs/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- From: IN%"JJCooper@dmu.ac.uk" "Jonathan Cooper" 25-JUL-2001 10:19:10.16 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: IN%"ISAEnet-l@usask.ca" Subj: FW: Postdoc, Molecular Ecology -----Original Message----- From: Gary Greenberg [mailto:gary.greenberg@WICHITA.EDU]=20 Sent: 19 July 2001 15:29 To: ISCP-L@LISTSERV.TCU.EDU Subject: Fw: Postdoc, Molecular Ecology =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Alan McElligott=20 To: ETHOLOGY@SEGATE.SUNET.SE =20 Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 2:05 AM Subject: Postdoc, Molecular Ecology POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN MOLECULAR ECOLOGY=20 The Mammal Research Group at the Department of Zoology, University = College Dublin, National University of Ireland wishes to fill a postdoctoral position in the application of molecular genetics to the behavioural = ecology of mammals.=20 The 2-year fellowship is funded under the Basic Research Grants Scheme = by Enterprise Ireland and The European Community-European Regional = Development Fund. The annual salary is IR=A327,000 per annum (EUR34,280).=20 The successful applicant will join a team which has been studying the behavioural ecology an enclosed population (n=3D c. 600) of fallow deer = (Dama dama) since 1987 (see publications below). The postdoctoral fellow will = be primarily responsible for the application of microsatellite markers to determination of kinship relationships and pedigrees within the study population. It is proposed (i) to examine the relationship between copulatory success and fitness of males, (ii) to reveal whether the paternity of the offspring of polyandrous females is determined by = sperm selection or sperm competition, (iii) to test if highly successful = fathers produce highly successful sons and (iv) to measure the kinship = relationships between females and the males with which they mate.=20 Applicants should have a PhD and experience in the application of microsatellite analysis to paternity/kinship determination and pedigree analysis. This position is now open and the successful applicant will = be expected to join the team in September 2001. Interested applicants = should send by e-mail a curriculum vitae together with e-mail addresses of = three referees to Tom Hayden (tom.hayden@ucd.ie).=20 Dr. Tom Hayden=20 Mammal Research Group=20 Department of Zoology=20 University College Dublin=20 National University of Ireland=20 Belfield=20 Dublin 4=20 Ireland=20 Email: tom.hayden@ucd.ie=20 Telephone: + 353-1-716 2363=20 Fax: + 353-1-716 1152=20 Moore, N. P., Kelly, P. F., Cahill J. P. & Hayden, T. J. 1995. Mating strategies and mating success of fallow (Dama dama) bucks in a = non-lekking population. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 36, 91-100.=20 Moore, N. P., Cahill, J. P., Kelly, P. F. & Hayden, T. J. 1995. An assessment of five methods of age determination in an enclosed = population of fallow deer (Dama dama). Biol. Environ. 95B, 27-34.=20 McElligott et al. (1998) Fighting tactics of fallow bucks (Dama dama, Cervidae): reducing the risks of serious conflict. Ethology 104, = 789-803=20 McElligott AG, O'Neill KP & Hayden TJ (1999) Cumulative long-term = investment in vocalization and mating success of fallow bucks, Dama dama.=20 Animal Behaviour 57, 1159-1167=20 McElligott AG & Hayden TJ (1999) Context-related vocalization rates of fallow bucks, Dama dama. Animal Behaviour 58, 1095-1104=20 McElligott AG & Hayden TJ (2000). Lifetime mating success, sexual = selection and life history of fallow bucks (Dama dama). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 48, 203-210=20 McElligott AG & Hayden TJ (2001). Postcopulatory vocalizations of = fallow bucks: who is listening? Behavioral Ecology 12, 41-46=20 McElligott AG, Gammell MP, Harty HC, Paini DR, Murphy DT, Walsh JT & = Hayden TJ (2001) Sexual size dimorphism in fallow deer: do larger, heavier = males gain greater mating success? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49, 266-272=20 =20 From: IN%"andreas.boldt@aen.unibe.ch" "Andreas Boldt" 26-JUL-2001 00:48:59.44 To: IN%"absnet-post@abs.animalbehavior.org", IN%"animal-behaviour@jiscmail.ac.uk", IN%"ethology@seagate.sunet.se", IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca", IN%"ecolog-l@umdd.umd.edu", IN%"tws-l@listserv.vt.edu", IN%"studenttws-l@listserv.vt.edu", IN%"consbio@u CC: Subj: Volunteer Positions in Alpine Chamois Project VOLUNTEER POSITIONS IN A RESEARCH PROJECT WITH ALPINE CHAMOIS A research project of the University of Bern in the Berner Oberland (Switzerland) studies the behaviour of Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) in its winter habitat on the Maennlichen Mt. above the town of Wengen (right in the heart of the famous Jungfrau region of the Swiss Alps). Habitat use and activity under different environmental conditions will be investigated with radio-collared and marked individuals. The main duty of the volunteers is the tracking of the radio-collard chamois from permanent towers in Wengen. This will be carried out more or less continuously during the field season. Volunteers will also take part in other data sampling events, like behaviour observations, or recording of environmental conditions. Applicants are expected to have a general interest in biological and conservation topics, but scientific knowledge is not necessary. The willingness to work outdoor under harsh conditions (in winter and at night) and in unregular intervals is required. Experience in high mountains is not necessary. Volunteers have the opportunity to take part and actively work in a current and conservation relevant research project. Lodging is provided in our field station in Wengen, as well as project related travel expenses in Switzerland. Currently we accept volunteers for the following periods: 1) November 17th to December 8th, 2001 2) January 8th to February 5th, 2002 3) March 5th to March 26th, 2002 Applications are accepted until all the positions are filled. To receive more information and to get an application form please contact: Andreas Boldt Ethology & Nature Conservation Zoological Institute University of Bern Laenggassstr. 27 CH-3012 Bern Switzerland Phone ++41 (0)31 631 34 53 Fax ++41 (0)31 631 34 51 andreas.boldt@aen.unibe.ch From: IN%"vo15181@iperbole.bologna.it" "EM Carloni" 30-JUL-2001 07:46:42.28 To: IN%"Applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: Contacts for research internship Dear all, I'm writing to the list searching for a contact for a student in my department. She has just graduated in Educational Sciences with an experimental thesis on the attitude of pre-school children towards animals. She intends to spend a research period abroad working on a similar topic. She would have a grant awarded by the University of Bologna starting from next Fall. I'm thus enquiring about the opportunities available at various institutes and academic facilities. She would need a tutor, advisor or supervisor but is self-supporting and a hard worker. I would be grateful if anyone could forward me the addresses of the most appropriate people within research institutions or colleges who may be willing to offer her a chance. Elena Carloni ************************************* Elena Carloni Dipartimento di Psicologia Universitā di Bologna Viale Berti Pichat, 5 I-40127 Bologna Italy vo15181@iperbole.bologna.it ************************************* From: IN%"Rexxie1@aol.com" 31-JUL-2001 08:51:19.26 To: IN%"applied-ethology@sask.usask.ca" CC: Subj: re resource on the web To the list serv: A couple of months ago I posted a notice of a technical working paper on animal health and well-being that was available on the web. With assistance of several scientists I had prepared this paper for the state of Minnesota Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Animal Agriculture. Many thanks to all those who gave feedback. Quite a few people wrote that they had experienced difficulties downloading this paper and here are some tips for doing so successfully. Incidentally, a slightly updated version, based on feedback from readers and more recent events, has been put on the website since my last posting about it. 1) To get this paper efficiently (maybe to get it, at all) you need to have Adobe Acrobat 5.0 on your computer. 5.0 is the latest version of the Acrobat viewer and you can link directly to the Adobe website from the state of Minnesota GEIS web page that lists the various working papers available for public viewing, to get the free download. 2) Another approach is to go to the direct address of the paper rather than going through the Minnesota website. The address is: http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/eqb/geis/TWP's/HalversonTWPAnHealth&WB(2).pdf Hope this solves the problems and thanks again for the feedback. Marlene Halverson