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Naturalising diet to reduce stereotypic behaviours in slow lorises rescued from wildlife trade

Authors: Padcha Chatpongcharoen, Marco Campera, Phadet Laithong, Nancy L Gibson, KAI Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exudate enrichment, gummivory, insectivory, rescue centre, Thailand

2021

Obligate exudativory characterizes the diet of the pygmy slow loris Nycticebus pygmaeus

Authors: Carly Starr, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: fallback foods, gummivory, radio-tracking, slow loris

2013

An assessment of gum-based environmental enrichment for captive gummivorous primates

Authors: Hillary F. Huber, Kerrie P. Lewis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: callitrichids, cercopithecines, exudates, galagos, gummivory

2011

Introduction of gum Arabic and guar to the diet of captive black-tufted ear marmosets

Authors: Rafael Pupe, Maria Clotilde Henriques Tavares, Marilia Barros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: foraging, gum arabic, gum guar, intake, marmoset

2011

When to feed on gums: Temporal patterns of gummivory in wild tamarins, Saguinus mystax and Saguinus fuscicollis (Callitrichinae)

Authors: Eckhard W. Heymann, Andrew C. Smith

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: digestion, gum feeding, nutritional ecology, β-linked carbohydrates

1999

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