Multi-criteria study on a change to a fruit-free diet in Cebidae and Cercopithecidae

Authors: Flore Viallard, Sébastien Lefebvre, Alexandre Petry, Irene Vonfeld, Benoit Quintard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, fecal scoring, food intake, fruit-free diet change

2023

Go for Lipids! Food Preferences and Nutrient Composition in Zoo-Housed White-Faced Sakis, Pithecia pithecia

Authors: Vasco Alexandre Martins, Natalie Magnusson, Matthias Laska

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: *food preferences, correlational analysis, nutrient composition, Pithecia pitchecia, white-faced saki

2022

Impact of environmental enrichment and social group size in the aggressiveness and foraging activity of Serrapinnus notomelas

Authors: Alexandre da Silva, Marcos R Lima, Paulo C Meletti, Fernando C Jerep

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental complexity, feeding activity, fish behavior, shoal size

2020

Feeding behavior and the effect of photoperiod on the performance and hematological parameters of the pacamã catfish (Lophiosilurus alexandri)

Authors: Alexandre Takio Kitagawa, Leandro Santos Costa, Renan Rosa Paulino, Ronald Kennedy Luz, Priscila Vieira Rosa, Bartira Guerra-Santos, Rodrigo Fortes-Silva

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: daily rhythms, feeding activity, feeding zeitgeber, growth, locomotor-activity

2015

Diphenyl diselenide supplemented diet reduces depressive-like behavior in hypothyroid female rats

Authors: Glaecir Roseni Mundstock Dias, Tielle Moraes de Almeida, Jéssie Haigert Sudati, Fernando Dobrachinski, Sandra Pavin, Félix Alexandre Antunes Soares, Cristina Wayne Nogueira, Nilda Berenice Vargas Barbosa

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: depressive-like behavior, diphenyl diselenide, hypothyroidism, methimazole, oxidative stress

2014

Barn owls do not interrupt their siblings

Authors: Amélie N. Dreiss, Charlène A. Ruppli, Fréderic Oberli, Sylvain Antoniazza, Isabelle Henry, Alexandre Roulin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal communication, barn owl, overlap, sibling negotiation, signal interference, tyto alba

2013

Dietary Flexibility of the Brown Howler Monkey Throughout Its Geographic Distribution

Authors: ÓScar M. Chaves, JÚLio CÉSar Bicca-Marques

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: alouatta guariba clamitans, atlantic forest, forest fragmentation, generalist diet

2013

Partial replacement of an artificial nectar diet with native browse for feather-tail gliders (Acrobates pygmaeus) in captivity

Authors: Ella A. Herrmann, Kimberly Vinette Herrin, Wendy Gleen, Paul Davies, Rodd Stapley, Vanessa Stebbings, Joanna Wiszniewski, Rebecca Spindler, Graham J. Faichney, Alexandre V. Chaves

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acrobates pygmaeus, behavioral, captivity, feather-tail glider, live weight, nutritional

2013

Dominant nestlings displaying female-like melanin coloration behave altruistically in the barn owl

Authors: Alexandre Roulin, Arnaud Da Silva, Charlène A. Ruppli

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: altruism, barn owl, cooperation, egoism, food sharing, food stealing, melanin, selfish, sibling competition, tyto alba

2012

Emotional behavior in middle-aged rats: Implications for geriatric psychopathologies

Authors: M. Moretti, A. G. de Souza, G. de Chaves, V. M. de Andrade, P. R. T. Romao, E. C. Gavioli, C. R. Boeck

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aged rats, anxiety, aversive memory, elevated plus-maze test, forced swimming test, locomotor-activity, mood

2011

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