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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.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
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Complete nutrient content of four species of commercially available feeder insects fed enhanced diets during growth

Authors: Mark D. Finke

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amino acids, fatty acids, insects, minerals, vitamin e, vitamins, β-carotene

2015

Blood values of adult captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) fed either supplemented beef or whole rabbit carcasses

Authors: Sarah Depauw, M. Hesta, K. Whitehouse-Tedd, J. Stagegaard, J. Buyse, G. P. J. Janssens

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, exotic felid, meat-only, nutritional status, whole prey

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

Biochemical and physiological observations in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) at two zoos during a dietary transition to a diet designed for insectivores

Authors: Lori D. Gutzmann, H. Karl Hill, Elizabeth A. Koutsos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cholesterol, nutrition, serum chemistries, suricata suricatta, taurine, weight loss

2009

Taurine and zoo felids: considerations of dietary and biological tissue concentrations

Authors: Gail E. Hedberg, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Quinton R. Rogers

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amino acid, felidae, nutrition, protein

2007

Taurine deficiency in maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) maintained on two diets manufactured for prevention of cystine urolithiasis

Authors: Sara E. Childs-Sanford, C. Roselina Angel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cystinuria, plasma taurine, soluble fiber, soybean protein, taurine biosynthesis

2006

Nutrition of Captive Cheetahs: Food Composition and Blood Parameters

Authors: Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cheetah, feline, nutrition

1993

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