Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: Samrat Mondol, Rebecca K Booth, Samuel K %J Conservation Physiology Wasser

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers

2020

How Can We Assess Positive Welfare in Ruminants?

Authors: Silvana Mattiello, Monica Battini, Giuseppe De Rosa, Fabio Napolitano, Cathy Dwyer

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, buffaloes, cattle, Five Domains, goats, positive indicators, ruminants, sheep

2019

Nutrition and husbandry conditions of Palearctic tortoises (Testudo spp.) in captivity

Authors: Thomas Bauer, Sven Reese, Petra Koelle

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: chelonian, diet, European tortoises, keeping, pyramidal growth syndrome

2019

A review of Asian and African elephant gastrointestinal anatomy, physiology and pharmacology

Authors: Whitney Greene, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Susan Mikota

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: african elephant, asian elephant, elephas maximus, gastrointestinal, loxodonta africana, nutrition, pathology, pharmacology, physiology

2019

Animal Welfare in Conservation Breeding: Applications and Challenges

Authors: Alison L. Greggor, Greg A. Vicino, Ronald R. Swaisgood, Andrea Fidgett, Deena Brenner, Matthew E. Kinney, Susan Farabaugh, Bryce Masuda, Nadine Lamberski

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral monitoring, captive breeding, conservation breeding, opportunities to thrive, reintroduction, welfare assessment, zoo

2018

Canine coprophagic behavior is influenced by coprophagic cohabitant

Authors: Andressa Rodrigues Amaral, Mariana Yukari Hayasaki Porsani, Priscila Oliveira Martins, Fabio Alves Teixeira, Henrique Tobaro Macedo, Vivian Pedrinelli, Thiago Henrique Annibale Vendramini, Marcio Antonio Brunetto

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, dog, eating disorder, feces, nutrition

2018

Establishment and Implementation of an Animal Welfare Decision Tree to Evaluate the Welfare of Zoo Animals

Authors: Lorenzo von Fersen, Dag Encke, Tim Huettner, Katrin Baumgartner

Publication/Journal: Aquatic Mammals

Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare assessment, Antillean manatee, aquatic mammals, bottlenose dolphin, decision-tree, zoo animals, zoo inspection

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

Digestibility of a new diet for captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Authors: Hayley J. Stannard, Jamie M. Bekkers, Julie M. Old, Bronwyn M. McAllan, Michelle E. Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: insectivore, manufactured diet, monotreme, myrmecophage, nutrition

2017

Efficacy of a Probiotic-Prebiotic Supplement on Incidence of Diarrhea in a Dog Shelter: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Authors: L. Rose, J. Rose, S. Gosling, M. Holmes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Keywords: canine, diarrhea and vomiting, enterococcus faecium, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal, nutrition, veterinary sciences

2017