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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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Multi-criteria study on a change to a fruit-free diet in Cebidae and Cercopithecidae

Authors: Flore Viallard, Sébastien Lefebvre, Alexandre Petry, Irene Vonfeld, Benoit Quintard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, fecal scoring, food intake, fruit-free diet change

2023


A Model for Accurate Determination of Environmental Parameters in Indoor Zoological and Botanical Gardens Supporting Efficient Species Management

Authors: León Latif Corral-Pesquera, Jonathan García-Manchón, Pablo Morón-Elorza

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: air temperature, ATMOS14, conductivity, daily light integral, PAR light, relative humidity, soil water content, TEROS12

2022


Differences in carotenoid accumulation among three feeder-cricket species: implications for carotenoid delivery to captive insectivores

Authors: Victoria Ogilvy, Andrea L. Fidgett, Richard F. Preziosi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, diet, gut-loading, invertebrate, nutrition

2012


Effect of four processed animal proteins in the diet on behavior in laying hens

Authors: Marinus van Krimpen, Teun Veldkamp, Gisabeth Binnendijk, Remco de Veer

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, feather condition, laying hen, processed animal protein

2011


Murid stress odours: a review and a ‘low tech’ method of collection

Authors: G.J. Mason, J. Dallaire, N. Ware

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: alarm, animal welfare, odour, rat, signal, stress

2009


Behavior as a Tool for Welfare Improvement and Conservation Management in the Endangered Lizard (Gallotia bravoana)

Authors: Gara Mesa-Avila, Miguel Molina-Borja

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, canary islands, gallotia bravoana, la gomera, lizard, management, species recovery, welfare

2007


Energy supply of the okapi in captivity: fermentation characteristics of feedstuffs

Authors: Jürgen Hummel, Gunther Nogge, Marcus Clauss, Camilla Nørgaard, Kristina Johanson, Joeke Nijboer, Ernst Pfeffer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: energy content, fermentation rate, in vitro fermentation, rumen balance

2006


Testing Olfactory Foraging Strategies in an Antarctic Seabird Assemblage

Authors: G. Nevitt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology

Keywords: albatross, odour cue, olfaction, petrel, procellariiform seabird, pyrazine, shearwater, smell

2004


Nutrient intake and apparent digestibility of diets consumed by captive duikers at the Dambari Field Station, Zimbabwe

Authors: Amy B. Plowman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browse, cephalophus spp, fiber, fruit, sylvicapra grimmia, vegetable

2002


Effect of food preparation on feeding behavior of lion-tailed macaques

Authors: Amy Smith, D. G. Lindburg, S. Vehrencamp

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colony management, diet, macaca silenus

1989


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