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Our Goals

  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=insectivore

Digestibility of a new diet for captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Authors: Hayley J. Stannard, Jamie M. Bekkers, Julie M. Old, Bronwyn M. McAllan, Michelle E. Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: insectivore, manufactured diet, monotreme, myrmecophage, nutrition

2017

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

Aspects of digestive anatomy, feed intake and digestion in the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) at Taipei zoo

Authors: Mei Fong Lin, Chi-Yen Chang, Ci Wen Yang, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chitin, diet, fiber, insectivore, nutrition

2015

Differences in carotenoid accumulation among three feeder-cricket species: implications for carotenoid delivery to captive insectivores

Authors: Victoria Ogilvy, Andrea L. Fidgett, Richard F. Preziosi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, diet, gut-loading, invertebrate, nutrition

2012

Husbandry of a pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus): case study of a cryptic and little known species in captivity

Authors: Mariella Superina

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive maintenance, cingulata, dasypodidae, fossorial mammals, xenarthra

2011

An exploratory analysis of the suitability of diets fed to a flightless insectivore, the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli), in New Zealand

Authors: Murray A. Potter, Wouter H. Hendriks, Roger G. Lentle, Donald V. Thomas, Charlotte J. Minson, Nicola B. Pindur

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amino acids, apteryx mantelli, captive diets, fatty acids, kiwi, nutrition, protein

2010

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