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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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Behavioral Assessment of Six Reptile Species during a Temporary Zoo Closure and Reopening

Authors: Jennifer Hamilton, Kylen N. Gartland, Megan Jones, Grace Fuller

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: COVID-19, reptile welfare, visitor effects, zoo animal behavior

2022

Effect of Lysine Addition on Growth of Black Iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata)

Authors: Juan José Ortiz Guzmán, Arcos-García José Luis, Germán D. Mendoza Martínez, Fernando Xicoténcatl Plata Pérez, Gisela Fuentes Mascorro, Gabriela Ruelas Inzunza

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black iguana, ctenosaura pectinata, growth, lysine

2013

Fecal glucocorticoid response to environmental stressors in green iguanas (Iguana iguana)

Authors: Otto Kalliokoski, Jeanette A. Timm, Ida B. Ibsen, Jann Hau, Anne-Marie B. Frederiksen, Mads F. Bertelsen

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: corticosterone, reptile, squamate, stress

2012

Effect of feed type and sex on digestibility and feed efficiency utilization in black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata)

Authors: P. Rueda-Zozaya, G. D. Mendoza, M. M. Crosby, G. González, V. H. Reynoso

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black iguana, ctenosaura pectinata, digestibility, feed efficiency, sex

2011

Captive reproduction of the Jamaican iguana (Cyclura collei)

Authors: Richard A. Searcy, Lynne M. Villers, Richard D. Reams, John E. Wyatt, Jon Pilarski

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive reproduction, cyclura collei, jamaican iguana

2009

The energetic savings of sleep versus temperature in the Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis) at three ecologically relevant temperatures

Authors: Timothy K. Revell, Stephen G. Dunbar

Publication/Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Keywords: desert iguana, dipsosaurus dorsalis, metabolism, reptile, sleep

2007

Does corticosterone mediate bidirectional interactions between social behaviour and blood parasites in the juvenile black iguana, Ctenosaura similis?

Authors: Kathryn A. Hanley, Judy A. Stamps

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: glucocorticoid, parasite, social behavior, social behaviour, stress

2002

Imaging Diagnosis- Follicular Torsion in a Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) with Involvement of the Left Adrenal Gland

Authors: S.J. Mehler, D.S. Rosenstein, J.S. Patterson

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound

Keywords: adrenal gland, follicular torsion, green iguana, left

2002

Preliminary observations on the relationship of calcium ingestion to vitamin D status in the green iguana (Iguana iguana)

Authors: Olav T. Oftedal, Tai C. Chen, Jay Schulkin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: food selection, minerals, reptiles, vitamin d deficiency

1997

Green iguana captive care revisited

Authors: Allison C. Alberts

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, green iguana, husbandry

1996

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