Food preferences and nutrient composition in captive Southern brown howler monkeys, Alouatta guariba clamitans

Authors: P. Silveira, W. Valler Í, Z. M. B. Hirano, A. N. Dada, M. Laska, L. T. H. Salazar

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: alouatta, alouatta guariba clamitans, animals, correlational analysis, female, food preference, haplorhini, humans, male, nutrient composition, nutrients, Southern brown howler monkey

2024

Nutrition in captive penguins: What do we know about how can we make it better?

Authors: Bruna Maganhe

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal nutrition, energy requirements, feeding guidelines, polar habitat, spheniscidae

2024

Supporting Geriatric Zoo Animal Welfare Through Nutrition

Authors: Francis Cabana, Amy Plowman

Publication/Journal: Optimal Wellbeing of Ageing Wild Animals in Human Care

Keywords: aging, digestion, geriatric, nutrition, welfare

2023

Go for Lipids! Food Preferences and Nutrient Composition in Zoo-Housed White-Faced Sakis, Pithecia pithecia

Authors: Vasco Alexandre Martins, Natalie Magnusson, Matthias Laska

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: *food preferences, correlational analysis, nutrient composition, Pithecia pitchecia, white-faced saki

2022

Discovering the Relationship between Dietary Nutrients on Cortisol and Ghrelin Hormones in Horses Exhibiting Oral Stereotypic behaviour: A Review

Authors: Farah Hanis, Eric Lim Teik Chung, Mamat Hamidi Kamalludin, Zulkifli Idrus

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, cortisol, equine, ghrelin, macronutrient, oral stereotypy, redirected

2020

Dietary management of a Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) troop to improve body and coat condition and reduce parasite burden

Authors: Francis Cabana, Praveena Jayarajah, Pei Yee Oh, Chia-Da Hsu

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: diet, dominance, fibre, primate, soluble carbohydrates, trichuris

2018

Added dietary vegetables and fruits improved coat quality of capybara in Seoul Zoo, Republic of Korea: A case study

Authors: Hyungeun Shim, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hair coat, hystricomorph rodents, nutrition, vitamin c requirement

2017

Feeding Asian pangolins: An assessment of current diets fed in institutions worldwide

Authors: Francis Cabana, Amy Plowman, Thai Van Nguyen, Shih-Chien Chin, Sung-Lin Wu, Hsuan-Yi Lo, Hirofumi Watabe, Fujio Yamamoto

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ants, chitin, insectivore, myrmecophagy, nutritional geometry

2017

Dietary self-selection in fish: a new approach to studying fish nutrition and feeding behavior

Authors: R. F. da Silva, A. Kitagawa, F. J. S. Vazquez

Publication/Journal: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries

Keywords: dicentrarchus-labrax l, european sea bass, fed gelatin capsules, fisheries, food intake, macronutrient, macronutrient selection, marine & freshwater biology, micronutrient, nile tilapia, nutritional target, nutritional wisdom, oncorhynchus-mykiss, postingestive signals, rainbow-trout, seabream diplodus-puntazzo

2016

A global survey of banteng (Bos javanicus) housing and husbandry

Authors: Lewis J. Rowden, Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: banteng, bos javanicus, evidence-based husbandry, survey, zoo animal welfare

2016

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