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