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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.
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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

Absorption and Ocular Deposition of Dietary Lutein in Marine Mammals

Authors: Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Todd Schmitt, Carmen M. H. Colitz, Lisa Mazzaro

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: carotenoid, cetacean, lutein, ocular, pinniped

2013

Secretory Pattern of Inhibin During Estrous Cycle and Pregnancy in African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) Elephants

Authors: Yuki Yamamoto, Natsuki Yuto, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Saroch Kaewmanee, Osamu Shiina, Yasushi Mouri, Etsuo Narushima, Masayuki Katayanagi, Keisuke Sugimura, Kentaro Nagaoka, Gen Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Taya

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: corpus luteum, estrous cycle, female elephant, inhibin, pregnancy

2012

Effects of diet on the chemical composition of migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria)

Authors: D. G. A. B. Oonincx, A. F. B. van der Poel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chemical composition, dietary effects, locusta migratoria

2011

Carotenoids, vitamin A, and vitamin E concentrations during egg development in panther chameleons (Furcifer pardalis)

Authors: Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Edward B. Norkus, Kathryn Carroll, Gary W. Ferguson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: embryogenesis, fat-soluble vitamins, lizards, nutrition

2002

Canthaxanthin pigment does not maintain color in carmine bee-eaters

Authors: Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Christine D. Sheppard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: avian physiology, carotenoids, pigmentation

1996

Plasma tocopherol, retinol, and carotenoid concentrations in free-ranging Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) in Chile

Authors: Roberta S. Wallace, J. Andrew Teare, Edward Diebold, Margaret Michaels, Mary Jo Willis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: marine birds, nutrition, vitamin a, vitamin e

1996

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