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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
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Identifying Essential Elements of Good Giraffe Welfare—Can We Use Knowledge of a Species’ Fundamental Needs to Develop Welfare-Focused Husbandry?

Authors: Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords:

2023


Behavioral and hormonal responses to the availability of forage material in Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Grace Fuller, Anna Murray, Melissa Thueme, Molly McGuire, Jennifer Vonk, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alfalfa, browse, feeding, glucocorticoids, regurgitation and reingestion, zoo

2018


Quantitative aspects of the ruminating process in giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) fed with different diets

Authors: Dominik Schüßler, Hartmut Greven

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: feeding, giraffe, rumination, tooth wear, zoo diets

2017


Using an Ambiguous Cue Paradigm to Assess Cognitive Bias in Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) during a Forage Manipulation

Authors: M. C. McGuire, J. Vonk, G. Fuller, S. Allard

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: *cognitive bias, ambiguous cue paradigm, cognitive enrichment, forage, gorilla, welfare

2017


The effect of supplementation with vitamin A on serum and liver concentrations in Puerto Rican crested toads (Peltophryne lemur) and its lack of impact on brown skin disease

Authors: Christopher Dutton, Andrew Lentini, Charlene Berkvens, Graham Crawshaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, brown skin disease, vitamin a

2014


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


Larval host plant experience modulates both mate finding and oviposition choice in a moth

Authors: P. Anderson, M. M. Sadek, M. Larsson, B. S. Hansson, G. Thöming

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: attraction, decision-making, experience, host plant choice, mating, oviposition, spodoptera littoralis, volatile

2013


Short-term digestible energy intake in captive moose (Alces alces) on different diets

Authors: Marcus Clauss, Gina-Marie Kohlschein, Andreas Peemöller, Jürgen Hummel, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alces alces, alfalfa, browse, browser, feeding, moose

2013


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


Analysis of nutrient concentrations in the diet, serum, and urine of giraffe from surveyed North American zoological institutions

Authors: Kathleen Sullivan, Eric van Heugten, Kimberly Ange-van Heugten, Matthew H. Poore, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Barbara Wolfe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: giraffe, health, minerals, nutrition, uroliths

2010


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