Goerlitz, F.
Goerlitz, F., Lazzari, G., Galli, C.
Biasetti, P.; Hildebrandt, T.B.; Goeritz, F.; Holtze, S.; Stejskal, J.; Galli, C.; Cizmar, D.; Simone, R.; Seet, S.; De Mori, B. 2024. Ethics at the edge of extinction: assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in the conservation of the northern white rhino. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 38:7: 1-22. doi.org/10.1007/s10806-024-09943-z
Rickard, J.P.; Pool, K.; Graaf, S.P. de; Portas, T.; Rourke, N.; Wiesner, M.; Hildebrandt, T.B.; Goeritz, F.; Hermes, R. 2022. Increasing the yield and cryosurvival of spermatozoa from rhinoceros ejaculates using the enzyme Papain. Biology 11 (154): 1-16. doi.org/10.3390/biology11020154
Biasetti, P.; Hildebrandt, T.B.; Goeritz, F.; Hermes, R.; Holtze, S.; Galli, C.; Lazzari, G.; Colleoni, S; Pollastri, I.; Spiriti, M.M. 2022. Ethical analysis of the application of assisted reproduction technologies in biodiversity conservation and the case of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) ovum pick-up procedures. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 9: 1-15.
Hildebrandt, T.B.; Goeritz, F.; Hermes, R.; Holtze, S.; Seet, S.; Zwilling, J.; Diecke, S.; Zywitza, V.; Hayashi, M.; Lazzari, G. 2022. BioRescue – New conservation strategy to save critically endangered species. BIAZA Research Committee Conference July 2021: Book of Abstracts: p. 29-30.
Hayashi, M.; Zywitza, V.; Naitou, Y.; Hamazaki, N.; Goeritz, F.; Hermes, R.; Holtze, S.; Lazzari, G.; Galli, C.; Stejskal, J. 2022. Robust induction of primordial germ cells of white rhinoceros on the brink of extinction. Science Advances 8 (49) eabp9683: 1-19. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abp9683
Zywitza, V.; Frahm, S.; Krueger, N.; Drukker, M.; Hildebrandt, T.B.; Diecke, S.; Weise, A.; Goeritz, F.; Hermes, R.; Holtze, S.; Colleoni, S. 2022. Induced pluripotent stem cells and cerebral organoids from the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros. iScience 25, 105414 Nov 18, 2022: 1-16, 3 figures with supplementary material. doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105414
Mori, B. de; Spiriti, M.M.; Pollastri, I.; Normando, S.; Biasetti, P.; Florio, D.; Andreucci, F.; Colleoni, S.; Galli, C.; Goeritz, F.; Hermes, R.; (and many others) 2021. An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to evaluate the application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in mammals’ conservation: the case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). Animals 11 (312): 1-21. doi.org/10.3390/ani11020312
Hildebrandt, T.B.; Hermes, R.; Goeritz, F.; Appeltant, R.; Colleoni, S.; Mori, B. de; Diecke, S; Drukker, M.; Galli, C.; Hayashi, K.; Lazzari, G.; Payne, J.; Renfree, M.; Seet, S.; Stejskal, J. 2021. The ART of bringing extinction to a freeze – history and future of species conservation, exemplified by rhinos. Theriogenology 169: 76-88. doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2021.04.006
Hermes, R.; Goeritz, F.; Wiesner, M.; Richter, N.; Mulot, B.; Alerte, V.; Smith, S.; Bouts, T.; Hildebrandt, T.B. 2020. Parturition in white rhinoceros. Theriogenology 156: 181-188. doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2020.06.035
Hermes, R.; Hildebrandt, T.B.; Goeritz, F. 2018. Cryopreservation in rhinoceros—Setting a new benchmark for sperm cryosurvival. PLoS One 13 (7): e0200154. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200154.
Hildebrandt, T.B.; Hermes, R.; Colleoni, S.; Diecke, S.; Holtze, S.; Renfree, M.B.; Stejskal, J.; Hayashi, K.; Drukker, M.; Loi, P., Loring, J. F., Okita, K., Renfree, M. B., Seet, S., Voracek, T., Stejskal, J., Ryder, O. A., Hildebrandt, T. B.; Goeritz, F.; Lazzari, G.; Galli, C. 2018. Embryos and embryonic stem cells from the white rhinoceros. Nature Communications 9:2589 : 1-10. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04959-2
Hermes, R.; Saragusty, J.; Moser, I.; Barth, S.A.; Holtze, S.; Lecu, A.; Cracknell, J.; Williams, D.; Goeritz, F. 2018. Differential detection of tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria by qPCR in lavage fluids of tuberculosis-suspicious white rhinoceros. PlosONE 13(11): e0207365: 1-15. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207365
Kretzschmar, P.; Kramerschadt, S.; Ambu, L.N.; Bender, J.; Bohm, T.; Ernsing, M.; Goeritz, F.; Hermes, R.; Payne, J.; Schaffer, N.E.; Thayaparan, S. 2016. The catastrophic decline of the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) in Sabah: Historic exploitation, reduced female reproductive performance and population viability. Global Ecology and Conservation 6: 257-275.
Hermes, R.; Schwarzenberger, F.; Goeritz, F.; Oh, S.; Fernandes, T.; Bernardino, R.; Leclerc, A.; Greunz, E.; Mathew, A.; Forsyth, S.; Saragusty, J. 2016. Ovarian down regulation by GnRF vaccination decreases reproductive tract tumour size in female white and greater one-horned rhinoceroses. PlosONE 11(7): e0157963: 1-16.
Kretzschmar, P.; Kramerschadt, S.; Ambu, L.N.; Bender, J.; Bohm, T.; Ernsing, M.; Goeritz, F.; Hermes, R.; Payne, J.; Schaffer, N.E. 2016. Lessons learned from the decline of the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) in Sabah (abstract). In: Scientific program of the 15th International Elephant & Rhino conservation and research symposium, Singapore, November 14-18, 2016. pp. 59-60.
Hermes, R.; Schwarzenberger, F.; Goeritz, F.; Oh, S.; Fernandes, T.; Bernardino, R.; Leclerc, A.; Greunz, E.; Mathew, A.; Forsyth, S.; Spindler, R.E., Saragusty, J., Kaandorp, S., Hildebrandt, T.B.; Saragusty, J.; Hildebrandt, T.B. 2016. Ovarian down regulation by GnRF vaccination decreases reproductive tract tumor size in female white and greater one-horned rhinoceroses (abstract). In: Scientific program of the 15th International Elephant & Rhino conservation and research symposium, Singapore, November 14-18, 2016. p. 52.
Galli, C.; Hermes, R.; Goeritz, F.; Colleoni, S.; Diecke, S., Drukker, M., Durrant, B., Friedrich Ben-Nun, I., Galli, C., Göritz, F., Hayashi, K., Hermes, R., Holtze, S., Johnson, S., Lazzari, G.; Drukker, M.; Hayashi, K.; Holtze, S.; Lazzari, G.; Payne, J. 2016. First results of oocyte maturation and In-Vitro-Fertilisation (IVF) in Sumatran and northern white rhinoceroses (abstract). In: Scientific program of the 15th International Elephant & Rhino conservation and research symposium, Singapore, November 14-18, 2016. p. 51.
Goeritz, F.; Hermes, R.; Walzer, C.; Zainuddin, Zainal Zahari; Payne, J.; Hildebrandt, T.B. 2016. Etorphine free anesthesia protocols optimized for frequent reproductive interventions ranging from semen collection, artificial insemination to Ovum-Pick-Up (OPU) in four rhino species (abstract). In: Scientific program of the 15th International Elephant & Rhino conservation and research symposium, Singapore, November 14-18, 2016. pp. 50-51.
Hildebrandt, T.B.; Goeritz, F.; Diecke, S., Drukker, M., Durrant, B., Friedrich Ben-Nun, I., Galli, C., Göritz, F., Hayashi, K., Hermes, R., Holtze, S., Johnson, S., Lazzari, G.; Drukker, M.; Galli, C.; Hayashi, K.; Holtze, S.; Lazzari, G.; Payne, J.; Saragusty, J. 2016. New strategies in Sumatran and northern white rhinoceros conservation based on advanced assisted reproduction techniques combined with cellular technologies (abstract). In: Scientific program of the 15th International Elephant & Rhino conservation and research symposium, Singapre, November 14-18, 2016. p. 50.
Hermes, R.; Saragusty, J.; Moser, I.; Barth, S.A.; Holtze, S.; Lecu, A.; Cracknell, J.; Williams, D.; Goeritz, F. 2016. Ovarian down regulation by GnRF vaccination decreases reproductive tract tumour size in female white and greater one-horned rhinoceroses. PlosONE 13 (11): e0207365: 1-15. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207365
Fiuza, R.; Hermes, R.; Goeritz, F.; Zainuddin, Zainal Zahari; Galli, C.; Lazzari, G.; Galat, V.; Lenk, M.; Jewgenow, K.; Ryder, O.A.; Kretzschmar, P. 2015. The Sabah rhino breeding programme: current situation and first conclusions (abstract). In: Proceedings of the International Conference on diseases of zoo and wild animals (May 13-16) Barcelona: 116.
Hermes, R.; Goeritz, F.; Moser, I.; Lawrence, B.; Lecu, A.; Cracknell, J.; Hildebrandt, T.B. 2015. Bronchoalveolar lavage for TB diagnosis in rhinoceros – impact of TB diagnosis on animal welfare (abstract). In: Proceedings of the International Conference on diseases of zoo and wild animals (May 13-16) Barcelona: 9.
Ryder, O.A.; Hermes, R.; Goeritz, F.; Durrant, B.; Stejskal, J.; Hrudy, J.; Vahala, J.; Loring, J.F.; Hildebrandt, T.B. 2015. The plight of northern White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni): Is there still hope to prevent extinction? (abstract). In: Proceedings of the International Conference on diseases of zoo and wild animals (May 13-16) Barcelona: 75.
Fiuza, R.; Hermes, R.; Goeritz, F.; Zainuddin, Z.Z.; Galli, C.; Lazzari, G.; Galat, V.; Lenk, M.; Jewgenow, K.; Ryder, O.A.; Kretzschmar, P. 2015. The Sabah rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) breeding programme: current situation and first conclusions. Poster presentation Berlin.
Fiuza, R.; Hermes, R.; Goeritz, F.; Zainuddin, Zainal Zahari; Kretzschmar, P.; Payne, J.; Hildebrandt, T.B. 2015. The Sabah Rhino Breeding Programme: reproductive pathology and its clinical implications in wild-caught Sumatran rhinoceroses. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin: p. 70.






