Analysis of the distal gut bacterial community by 454-pyrosequencing in captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: 16s rrna, giraffe, gut, microbiome, pyrosequencing
2016
Dietary management, husbandry, and body weights of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) during successful pregnancies at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: calving, exercise, fertility, gestation, nutrition, obesity
2016
Near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) analyses of nutrient composition and condensed tannin concentrations in carolina willow (Salix caroliniana)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browse, condensed tannins, herbivore, iron, iron overload, nutrition
2015
Nutrient and plant secondary compound composition and iron-binding capacity in leaves and green stems of commonly used plant browse (Carolina willow; Salix caroliniana) fed to zoo-managed browsing herbivores
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browse, condensed tannins, herbivore, iron, iron overload
2015
Challenges with effective nutrient supplementation for amphibians: A review of cricket studies
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: calcium, crickets, dusting, gut-loading, supplementation, vitamin a
2014
Leaping forward in amphibian health and nutrition
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: amphibian health, aquariums, ex situ populations, husbandry, nutrition, pathology, research, vitamin a, water, zoos
2014
Nutrition and health in amphibian husbandry
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aquarium, disease, ex situ, husbandry, life stage, nutrition, pathology, population, research, vitamin, water, zoo
2014
Influence of diet transition on serum calcium and phosphorus and fatty acids in Zoo giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: browser, herbivore, mineral, n3 fatty acid, nutrition
2011
An experimental, comparative investigation of tool use in chimpanzees and gorillas
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: *tool use, chimpanzee, gorilla, gorilla gorilla gorilla, pan troglodytes, social-structure
2009
Interactions between zoo-housed great apes and local wildlife
Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology
Keywords: bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, meat eating, orangutans, zoos
2009