Supporting Geriatric Zoo Animal Welfare Through Nutrition

Authors: Francis Cabana, Amy Plowman

Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care

Keywords: aging, digestion, geriatric, nutrition, welfare

2023

Effects of handling and short-term captivity: a multi-behaviour approach using red sea urchins, Mesocentrotus franciscanus

Authors: Aneesh P. H. Bose, Daniel Zayonc, Nikolaos Avrantinis, Natasha Ficzycz, Jonathan Fischer-Rush, Fiona T. Francis, Siobhan Gray, Faye Manning, Haley Robb, Coralee Schmidt, Christine Spice, Aari Umedaly, Jeff Warden, Isabelle M. Cote

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: animal welfare, Echinoderm, invertebrate, reintroduction, relocation, stress

2019

Dietary management of a Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) troop to improve body and coat condition and reduce parasite burden

Authors: Francis Cabana, Praveena Jayarajah, Pei Yee Oh, Chia-Da Hsu

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: diet, dominance, fibre, primate, soluble carbohydrates, trichuris

2018

Feeding Asian pangolins: An assessment of current diets fed in institutions worldwide

Authors: Francis Cabana, Amy Plowman, Thai Van Nguyen, Shih-Chien Chin, Sung-Lin Wu, Hsuan-Yi Lo, Hirofumi Watabe, Fujio Yamamoto

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ants, chitin, insectivore, myrmecophagy, nutritional geometry

2017

Natural variation in maternal care and cross-tissue patterns of oxytocin receptor gene methylation in rats

Authors: Annaliese K. Beery, Lisa M. McEwen, Julia L. MacIsaac, Darlene D. Francis, Michael S. Kobor

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anxiety behavior, concordance, cross-tissue, DNA methylation, epigenetic, maternal care, natural variation, oxtr, oxytocin, oxytocin receptor

2016

Diets high in fruits and low in gum exudates promote the occurrence and development of dental disease in pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)

Authors: Francis Cabana, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: exudativore, gummivore, nutrition, primate

2015

Factors influencing stereotypic behaviours of animals rescued from Asian animal markets: A slow loris case study

Authors: Richard S. Moore, Francis Cabana, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captivity, nycticebus, slow loris, stereotypic behaviour, welfare

2015

Improving diet and activity of insectivorous primates in captivity: Naturalizing the diet of Northern Ceylon gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus nordicus

Authors: Emma Williams, Francis Cabana, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, enrichment, insectivory, lorisidae, nocturnal, primate

2015

Influence of housing variables on the development of stress-sensitive behaviors in the rat

Authors: Samuel A. Sakhai, John Preslik, Darlene D. Francis

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: bedding, development, early life, housing, rat, stress

2013

Scent marking in wild banded mongooses: 1. Sex-specific scents and overmarking

Authors: Neil R. Jordan, Marta B. Manser, Francis Mwanguhya, Solomon Kyabulima, Peter Rüedi, Michael A. Cant

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: banded mongoose, communication, competition, mungos mungo, olfaction, overmark, scent mark, sex difference, sexual selection

2011