Publications & Conferences

Journal Articles

  1. Mulders L, Locquet L, Kaandorp C, Janssens G (2024)
    An overview of nutritional factors in the aetiopathogenesis of myocardial fibrosis in great apes
    Nutrition Research Reviews

  2. Curry BA, Drane AL, Atencia R, Feltrer Y, Howatson G, Calvi T, Palmer C, Moittié S, Unwin S, Tremblay JC, Sleeper MM, Lammey ML, Cooper S, Stembridge M, Shave R (2023)
    Body mass and growth rates in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) cared for in African wildlife sanctuaries, zoological institutions, and research facilities
    Zoo Biology

  3. Bucknell P, Dobbs P, Martin M, Ashfield S, White K (2023)
    Cardiorespiratory effects of isoflurane and medetomidine-tiletamine-zolazepam in bonobos (Pan paniscus)
    Veterinary Record

  4. Moittié S, Jarvis R, Dobbs P, Grant M, White K, Liptovszky M, Baiker K (2022)
    Vitamin D status in chimpanzees in human care: a Europe-wide study
    Scientific Reports, 12

  5. Raindi D, Dobbs P, Moittié S, White K, Martin M, Redrobe S, Liptovszky M, Baiker K, Grant M (2022)
    Periodontal health, neutrophil activity and cardiovascular health in captive chimpanzees
    Archives of Oral Biology, 134

  6. Drane AL, Calvi T, Feltrer Y, Curry BA, Tremblay JC, Milnes EL, Stöhr EJ, Howatson G, Oxborough D, Stembridge M, Shave R (2021)
    The influence of anesthesia with and without medetomidine on cardiac structure and function in sanctuary captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
    Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

  7. Moittié S, Dobbs P, Redrobe S, Liptovszky M, White K (2021)
    Evaluation of the agreement of two oscillometric blood pressure devices with invasive blood pressure in anaesthetised chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
    Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 48

  8. Baiker K, Moittié S, Liptovszky M, White K, Grant M (2020)
    Targeted proteomics for insight into cardiovascular disease in great apes
    Journal of Comparative Pathology, 174

  9. Strong V, Moittié S, Sheppard MN, Liptovszky M, White K, Redrobe S, Cobb M, Baiker K (2020)
    Idiopathic myocardial fibrosis in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
    Veterinary Pathology, 57(1), 183–191

  10. Moittié S, Baiker K, Strong V, Cousins E, White K, Liptovszky M, Redrobe S, Alibhai A, Sturrock CJ, Rutland CS (2020)
    Discovery of os cordis in the cardiac skeleton of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
    Scientific Reports, 10

  11. Moittié S, Sheppard MN, Thiele T, Baiker K (2020)
    Non-infectious, necrotizing and granulomatous aortitis in a female gorilla
    Journal of Comparative Pathology, 181, 7–12

  12. Moittié S, Graham PA, Barlow N, Dobbs P, Liptovszky M, Redrobe S, White K (2020)
    Comparison of 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in chimpanzee dried blood spots and serum
    Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 49(2), 299–306

  13. Drane AL, Atencia R, Cooper SM, Feltrer Y, Calvi T, Strike T, Palmer C, Simcox S, Rodriguez P, Sanchez C, van Bolhuis H, Peck B, Eng J, Moittié S, Unwin S, Howatson G, Oxborough D, Stembridge MR, Shave RE (2020)
    Evaluation of relationships between results of electrocardiography and echocardiography in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
    American Journal of Veterinary Research

  14. Drane AL, Atencia R, Cooper SM, Rodriguez P, Sanchez C, Simcox S, Feltrer Y, Peck B, Eng J, Moittié S, Unwin S, Howatson G, Oxborough D, Stembridge MR, Shave RE (2019)
    Cardiac structure and function characterised across age groups and between sexes in healthy wild-born captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) living in sanctuaries
    American Journal of Veterinary Research

  15. Baiker K, Strong V, Moittié S, Redrobe S, Macdonald C, Liptovszky M, Cobb M, White K (2018)
    New insights into the pathogenesis of idiopathic cardiac fibrosis in European captive chimpanzees
    Journal of Comparative Pathology, 158

  16. Strong VJ, Martin M, Redrobe S, White K, Baiker K (2018)
    A retrospective review of great ape cardiovascular disease epidemiology and pathology
    International Zoo Yearbook, 52

  17. Strong VJ, Sheppard MN, Redrobe S, Baiker K (2018)
    Guidelines for consistent cardiovascular post-mortem examination, sampling and reporting of lesions in European zoo-housed great apes
    International Zoo Yearbook, 52

  18. Strong V, Möller T, Tillman AS, Träff S, Guevara L, Martin M, Redrobe S, White K (2018)
    A clinical study to evaluate the cardiopulmonary characteristics of two anaesthetic protocols in chimpanzees
    Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 45

  19. Atencia R, Stöhr EJ, Drane AL, Stembridge M, Howatson G, Del Rio PRL, Feltrer Y, Tafon B, Redrobe S, Peck B, Eng J, Unwin S, Sanchez CR, Shave RE (2017)
    Heart rate and indirect blood pressure responses to four different field anaesthetic protocols in wild-born captive chimpanzees
    Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 48(3), 636–644

  20. Strong V, Baiker K, Brennan ML, Redrobe S, Rietkerk F, Cobb M, White K (2017)
    A retrospective review of western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) mortality in European zoological collections between 2004 and 2014
    Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 48(2), 277–286

  21. Strong VJ, Grindlay D, Redrobe S, Cobb M, White K (2016)
    A systematic review of the literature relating to captive great ape morbidity and mortality
    Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 47(3)

  22. Shave R, Oxborough D, Somauroo J, Feltrer Y, Strike T, Routh A, Chapman S, Redrobe S, Thompson L, Unwin S, Sayers G, Murphy H, Rapoport G, Stöhr E (2014)
    Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac structure and function in great apes: a practical guide
    International Zoo Yearbook, 48(1), 218–233

  23. Bucknell P, Hillen F, Dobbs P, Ashfield S, White K (2025)
    Comparison of oscillometric blood pressure measurements with invasive blood pressure in anaesthetised bonobos (Pan paniscus)
    Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

  24. Liptovszky M, Reeves C, Jarvis R, Baiker K, Dobbs P, White K, Moittié S (2025)
    Assessment of vitamin D status in great apes in human care
    Zoo Biology

  25. Renfro E, Moresco A, Hirji I, MacIntyre Z, McDaniel K, Feltrer-Rambaud Y, Calvi T, Minter LJ, Drane A, Tremblay JC, Amarasekaran B, Ange-van Heugten K
    Comparative analysis of serum lipid profiles in sanctuary-housed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) at Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
    Veterinary Sciences

  26. Bucknell P, White K, Ashfield S, Dobbs P, White K (2025)
    Comparison of digit and wrist oscillometric blood pressure measurements with invasive blood pressure in anaesthetised bonobos (Pan paniscus)
    Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Conference Presentations
  1. Martin M (2018)
    Echocardiography and ECG protocols for the Ape Heart Project
    Veterinary Cardiovascular Society Autumn Meeting

  2. Strong VJ (2018)
    Getting to the heart of the matter: an investigation into great ape cardiovascular disease
    Veterinary Cardiovascular Society Autumn Meeting

  3. Strong VJ (2018)
    So what becomes of the broken (ape) heart?
    Veterinary Cardiovascular Society Autumn Meeting

  4. Turner MB, Liptovszky M, White KL (2018)
    A retrospective evaluation of anaesthetic morbidity and mortality in a captive gibbon collection
    Association of Veterinary Anaesthetists Spring Meeting

  5. Moittié S (2018)
    A bone of contention: os cordis or pathological feature in the chimpanzee heart
    British Veterinary Zoological Society Conference

  6. Liptovszky M (2018)
    Hand injection can improve anaesthesia in non-human primates
    British Veterinary Zoological Society Conference

  7. Moittié S, Baiker K, Strong V, White K, Liptovszky M, Redrobe S, Alibhai A, Sturrock C, Rutland C (2018)
    A bone of contention: os cordis or pathological feature in the chimpanzee heart
    European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians Conference (Prague)

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