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
Predicting time spent on different behavioural activities from physicochemical properties of fibrous diets in finishing pigs
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
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
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
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
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
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: adf, amino acids, chitin, insect, protein
2007
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
Complete nutrient composition of commercially raised invertebrates used as food for insectivores
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amino acids, fatty acids, insects, minerals, vitamins
2002
Fiber digestibility and nitrogen requirements of blue duikers (Cephalophus monticola)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: endogenous urinary nitrogen, frugivory, metabolic fecal nitrogen, tannins
2002