EFFECTS OF “SWIM WITH THE TURTLES” TOURIST ATTRACTIONS ON GREEN SEA TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) HEALTH IN BARBADOS, WEST INDIES

Authors: K. Stewart, T. Norton, H. Mohammed, D. Browne, K. Clements, K. Thomas, T. Yaw, J. Horrocks

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Keywords: animal welfare, barbados, biochemistry, birds, blood values, caretta caretta, chelonia mydas, green sea, growth-rates, health, hematology, immunoglobulins, marine turtles, plasma, population, reptiles, southern bahamas, turtle, veterinary sciences

2016

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

Diets high in fruits and low in gum exudates promote the occurrence and development of dental disease in pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus)

Authors: Francis Cabana, K. A. I. Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: exudativore, gummivore, nutrition, primate

2015

Effect of temperature and diet on wound healing in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

Authors: L. B. Jensen, T. Wahli, C. McGurk, T. B. Eriksen, A. Obach, R. Waagbo, A. Handler, C. Tafalla

Publication/Journal: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Keywords: ascorbic-acid, atlantic salmon, biochemistry & molecular biology, chemokine, cyprinus-carpio l., disease, european sea bass, fish, fisheries, histology, innate immune parameters, lepeophtheirus-salmonis, mucous cells, physiology, quantitative, rainbow-trout, strawberry, trout oncorhynchus-mykiss, vitamin-c, wound healing

2015

Meeting ultraviolet B radiation requirements of amphibians in captivity: A case study with mountain chicken frogs (Leptodactylus fallax) and general recommendations for pre-release health screening

Authors: Benjamin Tapley, Matthew Rendle, Frances M. Baines, Matthias Goetz, Kay S. Bradfield, David Rood, Javier Lopez, Gerardo Garcia, Andrew Routh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, conservation, husbandry, leptodactylus fallax, uv-b

2015

Causes of mortality in anuran amphibians from an ex situ survival assurance colony in Panama

Authors: Allan P. Pessier, Eric J. Baitchman, Paul Crump, Brad Wilson, Edgardo Griffith, Heidi Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: atelopus spp., hypovitaminosis a, metabolic bone disease, parasites, pathology, polycystic kidney disease, skin disease

2014

Challenges with effective nutrient supplementation for amphibians: A review of cricket studies

Authors: Shannon Livingston, Shana R. Lavin, Kathleen Sullivan, Lydia Attard, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: calcium, crickets, dusting, gut-loading, supplementation, vitamin a

2014

Effect of dietary carotenoids on vitamin A status and skin pigmentation in false tomato frogs (Dyscophus guineti)

Authors: Andrea Brenes-Soto, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibians, color, lutein, nutrition, zeaxanthin, β-carotene

2014

The effect of supplementation with vitamin A on serum and liver concentrations in Puerto Rican crested toads (Peltophryne lemur) and its lack of impact on brown skin disease

Authors: Christopher Dutton, Andrew Lentini, Charlene Berkvens, Graham Crawshaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, brown skin disease, vitamin a

2014

Leaping forward in amphibian health and nutrition

Authors: Francisco Olea-Popelka, Gina M. Ferrie, Cheryl Morris, Allan P. Pessier, Kristine Schad, M. Andrew Stamper, Ron Gagliardo, Elizabeth Koutsos, Eduardo V. Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian health, aquariums, ex situ populations, husbandry, nutrition, pathology, research, vitamin a, water, zoos

2014

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