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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Body Size Is Related to Temperature Preference in Hyla chrysoscelis Tadpoles

Authors: Danielle R Kirsch, Shawna Fix, Jon M Davenport, Kristen K Cecala, Joshua R Ennen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Herpetology

Keywords: anuran, thermal preference

2021

Detection of pathogenic Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using water filtration, animal and bait testing

Authors: Jeffrey Wimsatt, Sanford H. Feldman, Meghan Heffron, Meagan Hammond, Margaret P. Roth Ruehling, Kristine L. Grayson, Joseph C. Mitchell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibians, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, chytridiomycosis, keratin, molecular beacon realtime pcr, water testing

2014

Tadpole nutritional ecology and digestive physiology: Implications for captive rearing of larval anurans

Authors: Gregory S. Pryor

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian declines, anuran larvae, captive breeding, dietary habits, feeding strategies

2014

Carotenoid supplementation enhances reproductive success in captive strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio)

Authors: Matthew B. Dugas, Justin Yeager, Corinne L. Richards-Zawacki

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian reproduction, captive breeding, carotenoids, dendrobates pumilio, dendrobatidae

2013

Differential effects of dietary protein on early life-history and morphological traits in natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) tadpoles reared in captivity

Authors: Filipa M. S. Martins, Maria do Mar Oom, Rui Rebelo, Gonçalo M. Rosa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive rearing, epidalea calamita, metamorphosis, morphology, protein, tadpoles

2013

Inversion of left–right asymmetry alters performance of Xenopus tadpoles in nonlateralized cognitive tasks

Authors: Douglas J. Blackiston, Michael Levin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: laterality, learning, left–right asymmetry, memory, xenopus

2013

Consequences of Compensatory Growth in an Amphibian

Authors: K.L. Hector, P.J. Bishop, S. Nakagawa

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: catch-up growth, dietary restriction, litoria ewingii, metamorphosis, tadpoles

2012

Learning to Avoid Dangerous Habitat Types by Aquatic Salamanders, Eurycea tynerensis

Authors: A. Mathis, S. Unger

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: aquatic salamander, avoidance, eurycea tynerensis, habitat, predation

2012

Androgen levels in a Bornean voiceless frog, Rana blythi

Authors: S.B. Emerson, C.N. Rowsemitt, D.L. Hess

Publication/Journal: Canadian Journal of Zoology

Keywords: androgen levels, bornean rain forest, frogs, horomones, parental care, rana blythi, secondary sex characteristics, testosterone, voiceless frogs

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