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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=insectivorous

Assessment of Feeding Behavior of the Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) and Nutritional Values of Natural Prey

Authors: Valentín Zárate, Jesica R Mufari, Lucía G Abalos Luna, Daniel P Villarreal, Juan M Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, insectivorous, live feed, mymercophagidae, zenartha

2022


Is behavioural enrichment always a success? Comparing food presentation strategies in an insectivorous lizard (Plica plica)

Authors: Inez Sukuna Januszczak, Zoe Bryant, Benjamin Tapley, Iri Gill, Luke Harding, Christopher John Michaels

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, behaviour, enrichment, lizards, plica plica, reptiles

2016


Improving diet and activity of insectivorous primates in captivity: Naturalizing the diet of Northern Ceylon gray slender loris, Loris lydekkerianus nordicus

Authors: Emma Williams, Francis Cabana, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, enrichment, insectivory, lorisidae, nocturnal, primate

2015


Effect of dietary carotenoids on vitamin A status and skin pigmentation in false tomato frogs (Dyscophus guineti)

Authors: Andrea Brenes-Soto, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibians, color, lutein, nutrition, zeaxanthin, β-carotene

2014


Sensitivity of Insectivorous Bats to Urbanization: Implications for Suburban Conservation Planning

Authors: C. G. Threlfall, B. Law, P. B. Banks

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: community ecology, insectivorous bat, species–habitat models, urban ecology

2012


Biochemical and physiological observations in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) at two zoos during a dietary transition to a diet designed for insectivores

Authors: Lori D. Gutzmann, H. Karl Hill, Elizabeth A. Koutsos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cholesterol, nutrition, serum chemistries, suricata suricatta, taurine, weight loss

2009


The effects of prey species on food conversion efficiency and growth of an insectivorous lizard

Authors: C. Nelson Rich, Larry G. Talent

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, nutrition, reptile, sceloporus occidentalis, western fence lizard

2008


The sensory basis of prey detection in captive-born grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus

Authors: Marcus Piep, Ute Radespiel, Elke Zimmermann, Sabine Schmidt, Björn M. Siemers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: foraging, grey mouse lemur, insectivorous, microcebus murinus, prey detection, primates, sensory ecology

2008


Sensory ecology of predator–prey interactions: responses of the AN2 interneuron in the field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus to the echolocation calls of sympatric bats

Authors: J.H. Fullard, J.M. Ratcliffe, C. Guignion

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Keywords: cricket · bat · echolocation · auditory ecology

2005


Gut loading to enhance the nutrient content of insects as food for reptiles: A mathematical approach

Authors: Mark D. Finke

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ca, crickets, gut-loading, mealworms, silkworms, vitamin a

2003


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