- Robert Hermes
Robert Hermes, DVM, Ph.D.(born November 15, 1969 in Celle,
Germany ) is a Veterinarian researcher at The Leibniz-Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research inBerlin . He studied veterinary medicine at theFreie Universität Berlin . He completed a Ph.D. in the field of reproductive management.Research
Dr. Hermes was a member of the
Indianapolis Zoo team, that accomplished the world’s first successfulartificial insemination of anAfrican elephant . He completed a postdoctoral research project concentrated on the reproductive management of African elephants. Dr. Hermes is researcher in the department of reproductive management at The Leibniz-Institute of Zoo and Wildlife research. His research concentrates on the reproductive management of elephants and rhinos. Dr. Hermes has supervised doctoral candidates researching reproductive management in a variety of animal species.External links
* [http://www.izw-berlin.de/index.html The Leibniz-Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research]
References
* [http://www.diss.fu-berlin.de/1998/53/indexe.html Hermes, Robert, 1998. Ultrasonography as a tool for monitoring pregnancy in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and quantification of the endometrial echotexture during embryonic diapause using computer-assisted greyscale analysis, Ph.D thesis, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Freie Universität Berlin]
*Robert Hermes , Deborah Olson , Frank Göritz , Janine L. Brown, Dennis L. Schmitt, David Hagan, Jeffrey S. Peterson , Guido Fritsch , Thomas B. Hildebrandt Ultrasonography of the estrous cycle in female African elephants (Loxodonta africana.) Zoo Biology, Volume 19, Issue 5 , Pages 369 - 382
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