About the Authors

Femke Van den Berghe

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Gamete and Embryology (GAME) Laboratory, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia, Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals (IBREAM), Edinburgh, Scotland

Monique C. J. Paris

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals (IBREAM), Edinburgh, Scotland, Wageningen Livestock Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Zoltan Sarnyai

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine (AITHM) and College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia

Bart Vlamings

Roles Validation

Affiliation Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals (IBREAM), Edinburgh, Scotland

Robert P. Millar

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals (IBREAM), Edinburgh, Scotland, Centre for Neuroendocrinology, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Andre Ganswindt

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals (IBREAM), Edinburgh, Scotland, Mammal Research Institute, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, Endocrine Research Laboratory, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

Alessandro Cozzi

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche en Sémiochimie et Ethologie Appliquée, Apt, France

Patrick Pageat

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut de Recherche en Sémiochimie et Ethologie Appliquée, Apt, France

Damien B. B. P. Paris

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

damien.paris@jcu.edu.au

Affiliations Gamete and Embryology (GAME) Laboratory, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia, Institute for Breeding Rare and Endangered African Mammals (IBREAM), Edinburgh, Scotland, Centre for Tropical Environmental & Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.