Short bio Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr.med.vet. Franz Schwarzenberger

A.Prof. Dr. Franz Schwarzenberger studied veterinary medicine in Vienna, Austria. He is teaching first and second year veterinary students in biochemistry and endocrinology, and final year veterinary students in the specialization module ‘Conservation Medicine’. During the past 3 decades, Franz Schwarzenberger has studied the reproductive physiology in a large number of different wild and farm animal species by means of faecal steroid hormone analysis. Results of these studies have considerably contributed to the current knowledge on 1) the metabolism, extraction and analysis of steroid hormone metabolites from faecal samples and 2) on the reproductive physiology and pathology of several non-domestic animal species. Dr. Schwarzenberger is involved in a large number of projects on reproductive management. On a routine basis, he is analysing samples for reproductive monitoring in i.e. rhinoceros species, okapis, giraffes, tree kangaroos, tapirs, non-domestic felid and equine species.

Important Publications:

Schwarzenberger, F., Krawinkel, P., Jeserschek, S.‐M., Schauerte, N., Geiger, C., Balfanz, F., Knauf‐Witzens, T., Sicks, F., Martinez Nevado, E., Anfray, G., Hein, A., Kaandorp‐Huber, C., Marcordes, S., Venshøj, B. (2021). Immunocontraception of male and female giraffes using the GnRH vaccine Improvac®. Zoo Biology 2021.

Schwarzenberger, F., & Brown, J. L. (2013). Hormone monitoring: An important tool for the breeding management of wildlife species. Wien Tierärztl Monat–Vet Med Austria, 100, 209-225.

Schwarzenberger, F. (2007). The many uses of non‐invasive faecal steroid monitoring in zoo and wildlife species. International Zoo Yearbook, 41, 52-74.

Schwarzenberger, F., Möstl, E., Palme, R., Bamberg, E. (1996). Faecal steroid analysis for non-invasive monitoring of reproductive status in farm, wild and zoo animals. Animal Reproduction Science, 42, 515-526.

Nagl, A., Kneidinger, N., Kiik, K., Lindeberg, H., Maran, T., Schwarzenberger, F. (2015) Noninvasive monitoring of female reproductive hormone metabolites in the endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola). Theriogenology, 84, 1472-1481.

Aydinonat, D., Penn, D.J., Smith, S., Moodley, Y., Hoelzl, F., Knauer, F., Schwarzenberger, F. (2014) Social isolation shortens telomeres in African Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) (2014) PLoS ONE, 9 (4), art. no. e93839.

Hermes, R., Hildebrandt, T.B., Walzer, C., Göritz, F., Gray, C., Niemuller, C., Schwarzenberger, F. (2012). Estrus induction in white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Theriogenology, 78, 1217-1223.

Hildebrandt, T.B., Hermes, R., Walzer, C., Sós, E., Molnar, V., Mezösi, L., Schnorrenberg, A., Silinski, S., Streich, J., Schwarzenberger, F., Göritz, F. (2007). Artificial insemination in the anoestrous and the postpartum white rhinoceros using GnRH analogue to induce ovulation. Theriogenology, 67, 1473-1484.

Hermes, R., Hildebrandt, T.B., Walzer, C., Göritz, F., Patton, M.L., Silinski, S., Anderson, M.J., Reid, C.E., Wibbelt, G., Tomasova, K., Schwarzenberger, F. (2006). The effect of long non-reproductive periods on the genital health in captive female white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum, C.s. cottoni). Theriogenology 65, 1492-1515.

Schwarzenberger, F., Rietschel, W., Matern, B., Schaftenaar, W., Bircher, P., Van Puijenbroeck, B., Leus, K. (1999). Noninvasive reproductive monitoring in the okapi (Okapia johnstoni). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 30, 497-503.

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