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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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Effects of Restraint Stress on Circulating Corticosterone and Met Enkephalin in Chickens: Induction of Shifts in Insulin Secretion and Carbohydrate Metabolism

Authors: Colin G. Scanes, Krystyna Pierzchała-Koziec, Alina Gajewska

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, Met-enkephalin, stress

2024

Effects of Restraint Stress on Circulating Corticosterone and Met Enkephalin in Chickens: Induction of Shifts in Insulin Secretion and Carbohydrate Metabolism

Authors: Colin G. Scanes, Krystyna Pierzchała-Koziec, Alina Gajewska

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, Met-enkephalin, stress

2024

Food preferences and nutrient composition in captive Southern brown howler monkeys, Alouatta guariba clamitans

Authors: P. Silveira, W. Valler Í, Z. M. B. Hirano, A. N. Dada, M. Laska, L. T. H. Salazar

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: alouatta, alouatta guariba clamitans, animals, correlational analysis, female, food preference, haplorhini, humans, male, nutrient composition, nutrients, Southern brown howler monkey

2024

Gut microbiota of skywalker hoolock gibbons (Hoolock tianxing) from different habitats and in captivity: Implications for gibbon health

Authors: Li‐Ying Lan, Qi‐Xuan Hong, Shao‐Ming Gao, Qi Li, Yu‐Yan You, Wu Chen, Peng‐Fei Fan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captivity, gibbon, microbiota

2023

Assessment of Feeding Behavior of the Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) and Nutritional Values of Natural Prey

Authors: Valentín Zárate, Jesica R Mufari, Lucía G Abalos Luna, Daniel P Villarreal, Juan M Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, insectivorous, live feed, mymercophagidae, zenartha

2022

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

Aggression and self-directed behaviour of captive lemurs (Lemur catta, Varecia variegata, V. rubra and Eulemur coronatus) is reduced by feeding fruit-free diets

Authors: Stephanie Britt, Katherine Cowlard, Kathy Baker, Amy Plowman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aggression, diet, lemur, self-directed behavior

2015

Environmental enrichment and cafeteria diet attenuate the response to chronic variable stress in rats

Authors: N. Zeeni, M. Bassil, G. Fromentin, C. Chaumontet, N. Darcel, D. Tome, C. F. Daher

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: acth, blood lipids, body adiposity, corticosterone, dietary intake, palatable diet

2015

Microbiota and probiotics in canine and feline welfare

Authors: Łukasz Grześkowiak, Akihito Endo, Shea Beasley, Seppo Salminen

Publication/Journal: Anaerobe

Keywords: cat, dog, gut microbiota, health, prebiotic, probiotic, veterinary care

2015

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