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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=hypovitaminosis%20a

Provision of ultraviolet basking lights to indoor housed tropical birds and their effect on suspected vitamin D3 deficiency

Authors: Gabby Jeanne-Clare Drake, Robyn L Shea, Andrea Fidgett, Javier Lopez, Robert M Christley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: avian, mbd, osteodystrophy, tropical birds, ultraviolet light, uvb, vitamin d

2017

Causes of mortality in anuran amphibians from an ex situ survival assurance colony in Panama

Authors: Allan P. Pessier, Eric J. Baitchman, Paul Crump, Brad Wilson, Edgardo Griffith, Heidi Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: atelopus spp., hypovitaminosis a, metabolic bone disease, parasites, pathology, polycystic kidney disease, skin disease

2014

Pathologic changes associated with suspected hypovitaminosis A in amphibians under managed care

Authors: Carlos E. Rodríguez, Allan P. Pessier

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, hypovitaminosis a, squamous metaplasia, tissue sampling

2014

A complex Enrichment Diet improves growth and health in the endangered Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri)

Authors: H. Li, M. J. Vaughan, R. K. Browne

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, growth, hypovitaminosis a, nutrition, squamous metaplasia, unsaturated fatty acid, wyoming toad

2009

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