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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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Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) analyses of nutrient composition and condensed tannin concentrations in carolina willow (Salix caroliniana)

Authors: Shana R. Lavin, Kathleen E. Sullivan, Stuart C. Wooley, Koni Stone, Scott Russell, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browse, condensed tannins, herbivore, iron, iron overload, nutrition

2015


Predicting time spent on different behavioural activities from physicochemical properties of fibrous diets in finishing pigs

Authors: Archibold G. Bakare, Saymore P. Ndou, James Madzimure, Michael Chimonyo

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dietary fibre, feeding behaviour, finishing pigs, water holding capacity

2015


Effect of varying dietary starch and fiber levels and inoculum source (mule deer vs. dairy cow) on simulated rumen fermentation characteristics

Authors: Matthew A. Brooks, Robyn M. Harvey, Nichole F. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Monty S. Kerley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bos taurus, ndf, odocoileus hemionus, ruminant, volatile fatty acid

2014


Food habits of Rhinopithecus bieti as assessed by fecal analysis at Mt. Longma, Southwest China

Authors: Xue-You Li, Shi-Jian Yang, Yang Yang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, microhistological analysis technology of feces, phytochemistry, rhinopithecus bieti

2011


Comparative investigations on digestion in grazing (Ceratotherium simum) and browsing (Diceros bicornis) rhinoceroses

Authors: P. Steuer, M. Clauss, K. H. Südekum, J. M. Hatt, S. Silinski, S. Klomburg, W. Zimmermann, J. Fickel, W. J. Streich, J. Hummel

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

Keywords: black rhino, fecal particle size, fiber digestion, mean retention time, white rhino

2010


Comparative digestion studies in wild suids at Rotterdam Zoo

Authors: Marcus Clauss, Joeke Nijboer, Jochem H. M. Loermans, Thomas Roth, Jan Van der Kuilen, Anton C. Beynen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: babirusa, digestion, feeding, nutrition, peccary, red river hog, warthog, warty pig, wild boar

2008


Estimate of chitin in raw whole insects

Authors: Mark D. Finke

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adf, amino acids, chitin, insect, protein

2007


Energy supply of the okapi in captivity: intake and digestion trials

Authors: Jūrgen Hummel, Ernst Pfeffer, Camilla Nørgaard, Kristina Johanson, Marcus Clauss, Gunther Nogge

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browse, energy supply, okapia johnstoni, rumen balance, unmolassed beet pulp

2006


Complete nutrient composition of commercially raised invertebrates used as food for insectivores

Authors: Mark D. Finke

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amino acids, fatty acids, insects, minerals, vitamins

2002


Fiber digestibility and nitrogen requirements of blue duikers (Cephalophus monticola)

Authors: Lisa A. Shipley, Laura Felicetti

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: endogenous urinary nitrogen, frugivory, metabolic fecal nitrogen, tannins

2002


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