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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.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=fatty%20acids

Go for Lipids! Food Preferences and Nutrient Composition in Zoo-Housed White-Faced Sakis, Pithecia pithecia

Authors: Vasco Alexandre Martins, Natalie Magnusson, Matthias Laska

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: *food preferences, correlational analysis, nutrient composition, Pithecia pitchecia, white-faced saki

2022


Behavioral and physiological measures in dairy goats with and without small ruminant lentivirus infection

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Daria Reczyńska, Ewa Jastrzębska, Katarzyna Barłowska, Emilia Bagnicka

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, dairy goat, health, heart rate, SRLV, welfare

2019


A functional approach to the body condition assessment of lactating donkeys as a tool for welfare evaluation

Authors: E. Valle, F. Raspa, M. Giribaldi, R. Barbero, S. Bergagna, S. Antoniazzi, A. K. Mc Lean, M. Minero, L. Cavallarin

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: adiposity, body condition, condition score, disorders, domestic horses, donkey, equus-asinus, fatty neck score, milk, morphometric measurements, multidisciplinary sciences, ponies, prevalence, risk-factors, welfare

2017


A simulated avalanche search and rescue mission induces temporary physiological and behavioural changes in military dogs

Authors: Silvana Diverio, Olimpia Barbato, Roberta Cavallina, Gabriella Guelfi, Martina Iaboni, Renato Zasso, Walter Di Mari, Michele Matteo Santoro, Toby G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: avalanche mission, cortisol, dog behaviour, dog physiology, heart rate, search and rescue dogs

2016


Stress during slaughter increases lipid metabolites and decreases oxidative stability of farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during frozen storage

Authors: G. Secci, G. Parisi, G. Dasilva, I. Medina

Publication/Journal: Food Chemistry

Keywords: eicosanoids, lipid oxidation, rainbow-trout, stress biomarker, tbars

2016


Complete nutrient content of four species of commercially available feeder insects fed enhanced diets during growth

Authors: Mark D. Finke

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amino acids, fatty acids, insects, minerals, vitamin e, vitamins, β-carotene

2015


The diet of free-roaming Australian Central Bearded Dragons (Pogona vitticeps)

Authors: D. G. A. B. Oonincx, J. P. van Leeuwen, W. H. Hendriks, A. F. B. van der Poel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: agamid, australia, lizard, stomach content

2015


Experimental Verification of the Effects on Normal Domestic Cats by Feeding Prescription Diet for Decreasing Stress

Authors: Kazuki Miyaji, Maki Kato, Nobuyo Ohtani, Mitsuaki Ohta

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: alpha-casozepine, cats, cortisol, stress, tryptophan

2015


Commercially available avian and mammalian whole prey diet items targeted for consumption by managed exotic and domestic pet felines: Macronutrient, mineral, and long-chain fatty acid composition

Authors: Katherine R. Kerr, Kelly L. Kappen, Lindsay M. Garner, Kelly S. Swanson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cat, diet composition, feline nutrition, proximate analysis, raw diet

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


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