URINARY CORTICOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN FREE-RANGING AND MANAGED CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA)

Authors: Tarra Freel, Elizabeth Koutsos, Larry J Minter, Troy N Tollefson, Frank Ridgley, Janine L Brown, Dustin Smith, Heather Scott, Kimberly Ange-van Heugten

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: amphibians, cane toad, urinary corticosterone, welfare

2021

Effect of varying dietary starch and fiber levels and inoculum source (mule deer vs. dairy cow) on simulated rumen fermentation characteristics

Authors: Matthew A. Brooks, Robyn M. Harvey, Nichole F. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Monty S. Kerley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bos taurus, ndf, odocoileus hemionus, ruminant, volatile fatty acid

2014

Leaping forward in amphibian health and nutrition

Authors: Francisco Olea-Popelka, Gina M. Ferrie, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Kristine Schad, M. Andrew Stamper, Ron Gagliardo, Elizabeth Koutsos, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian health, aquariums, ex situ populations, husbandry, nutrition, pathology, research, vitamin a, water, zoos

2014

Nutrition and health in amphibian husbandry

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Vance C. Alford, Jim Atkinson, Eric Baitchman, Diane Barber, William S. Blaner, Graham Crawshaw, Andy Daneault, Ellen Dierenfeld, Mark Finke, Greg Fleming, Ron Gagliardo, Eric A. Hoffman, William Karasov, Kirk Klasing, Elizabeth Koutsos, Julia Lankton, Shana R. Lavin, Andrew Lentini, Shannon Livingston, Brad Lock, Tom Mason, Alejandra McComb, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Tom Probst, Carlos Rodriguez, Kristine Schad, Kent Semmen, Jamie Sincage, M. Andrew Stamper, Jason Steinmetz, Kathleen Sullivan, Scott Terrell, Nina Wertan, Catharine J. Wheaton, Brad Wilson, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquarium, disease, ex situ, husbandry, life stage, nutrition, pathology, population, research, vitamin, water, zoo

2014

Absorption and Ocular Deposition of Dietary Lutein in Marine Mammals

Authors: Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Todd Schmitt, Carmen M. H. Colitz, Lisa Mazzaro

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: carotenoid, cetacean, lutein, ocular, pinniped

2013

Evaluation of an alternative to feeding whole frozen fish in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas)

Authors: Lisa M. Mazzaro, Julie P. Richmond, Jessica N. Morgan, Michaela E. Kluever, J. Lawrence Dunn, Tracy A. Romano, Steven A. Zinn, Elizabeth A. Koutsos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: blood chemistry, body condition, cetacean, fatty acid, fish alternative

2011

Influence of diet transition on serum calcium and phosphorus and fatty acids in Zoo giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: E.A. Koutsos, D. Armstrong, R. Ball, C. Dikeman, J. Hetherington, L. Simmons, E.V. Valdes, M. Griffin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browser, herbivore, mineral, n3 fatty acid, nutrition

2011

Biochemical and physiological observations in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) at two zoos during a dietary transition to a diet designed for insectivores

Authors: Lori D. Gutzmann, H. Karl Hill, Elizabeth A. Koutsos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cholesterol, nutrition, serum chemistries, suricata suricatta, taurine, weight loss

2009

Operant animal welfare- productive approaches and persistent difficulties

Authors: E.G Patterson-Kane, M. Pittman, E.A Pajor

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, economic demand, environmental enrichment, operant conditioning, reinforcement, review

2008

Presence of a privacy divider increases proximity in pair-housed rhesus monkeys

Authors: B.M. Basile, R.R. Hampton, A.M. Chaudhry, E.A. Murray

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, macaque, pair housing, primate, privacy, social

2007

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