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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.
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Comparative use of four different marker systems for the estimation of digestibility and low food intake in a group of captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: Marcus Clauss, Matthias Lechner-Doll, Edmund J. Flach, Cliff Tack, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acid insoluble ash, alkanes, feeding trial, lignin, palatability, peracute mortality syndrome

2001

The use of dosed and herbage n-alkanes as markers for the determination of digestive strategies of captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: Jean-Michel Hatt, Matthias Lechner-Doll, Bob Mayes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alkanes, browsers, digestion, ruminants

1998

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