Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) analyses of nutrient composition and condensed tannin concentrations in carolina willow (Salix caroliniana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browse, condensed tannins, herbivore, iron, iron overload, nutrition
2015
Nutrient composition of plants consumed by black and white ruffed lemurs, Varecia variegata, in the Betampona Natural Reserve, Madagascar
Energy supply of the okapi in captivity: intake and digestion trials
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browse, energy supply, okapia johnstoni, rumen balance, unmolassed beet pulp
2006
Fiber digestibility in juvenile Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone nigra) and implications for the development of captive animals
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: acid detergent fiber, cellulose, crude fiber, lignin
2005
Preferences among four species of local browse offered to Colobus guereza kikuyuensis at the Central Park Zoo
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: food preference, monkey, nutrition
2005
Fiber digestibility and nitrogen requirements of blue duikers (Cephalophus monticola)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: endogenous urinary nitrogen, frugivory, metabolic fecal nitrogen, tannins
2002
Comparative use of four different marker systems for the estimation of digestibility and low food intake in a group of captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: acid insoluble ash, alkanes, feeding trial, lignin, palatability, peracute mortality syndrome
2001
Use of local North Carolina browse species to supplement the diet of a captive colony of folivorous primates (Propithecus sp.)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: folivores, nutritional management in captivity, primate diets
2001
Feed intake, diet utilization, and composition of browses consumed by the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) in a North American zoo
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browse, herbivore nutrition, rhinoceros
2000