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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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The diet of free-roaming Australian Central Bearded Dragons (Pogona vitticeps)

Authors: D. G. A. B. Oonincx, J. P. van Leeuwen, W. H. Hendriks, A. F. B. van der Poel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: agamid, australia, lizard, stomach content

2015

Fatty acids in mountain gorilla diets: Implications for primate nutrition and health

Authors: Whitney B. Reiner, Christina Petzinger, Michael L. Power, David Hyeroba, Jessica M. Rothman

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: alpha-linolenic, ape diets, essential fatty acid, linoleic, nutritional ecology, polyunsaturated

2014

Effect of diet on the incidence of and mortality owing to gastritis and renal disease in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in South Africa

Authors: E. P. Lane, S. Miller, R. Lobetti, P. Caldwell, H. J. Bertschinger, R. Burroughs, A. Kotze, A. van Dyk

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acinonyx, cheetah, gastritis, nutrition, polyunsaturated fatty acid

2012

Milk composition in free-ranging polar bears (Ursus maritimus) as a model for captive rearing milk formula

Authors: G.E. Hedberg, A.E. Derocher, M. Andersen, Q.R. Rogers, E.J. DePeters, B. Lönnerdal, L. Mazzaro, R.W. Chesney, B. Hollis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amino acids bears, fatty acids hand-rearing, lactation, maternal milk, vitamin a, vitamin d, vitamin e

2011

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Adipose Tissue Fatty Acid Composition Compared to Fatty Acid Constituents of a Common Milk Replacer

Authors: Gail E. Hedberg, Freeland Dunker, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Morgan Petty

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dietary fat, fatty acid, fatty acid signature, lipids, milk composition, milk formula

2006

Effect of egg-phosphatidylcholine on the chilling sensitivity and lipid phase transition of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) spermatozoa

Authors: Joseph Saragusty, Thomas B. Hildebrandt, Yehudit Natan, Robert Hermes, Saar Yavin, Frank Goeritz, Amir Arav

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chilling injury, elephas maximus, lipid phase transition, liposomes, spermatozoa

2005

Ethical decisions concerning animal biotechnology- what is the role of animal welfare science

Authors: I.A.S. Olsson, P. Sandøe

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal biotechnology, animal welfare, ethics, gene technology, reproductive technology, transgenic

2004

Nutrition of the Tamandua: I. Nutrient composition of termites (Nasutitermes spp.) and stomach contents from wild tamanduas (Tamandua tetradactyla)

Authors: Sergio E. Oyarzun, Graham J. Crawshaw, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: anteater, arboreal termites, myrmecophaga, natural diet, nutrients

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