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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

Year: 2009

Intake and digestion of horned guan Oreophasis derbianus diets measured in three Mexican zoos

Authors: Gretel Tovar, Juan Cornejo, Michael Macek, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: avian, cracid, frugivory, nutrition

Year: 2009

Enhancing captive breeding in giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): maintaining lactation when cubs are rejected, and understanding variation in milk collection and associated factors

Authors: Rongping Wei, Guiquan Zhang, Feng Yin, Hemin Zhang, Dingzhen Liu

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hand rearing, lactation curve, maternal behavior, neonate, nursing

Year: 2009

Captive reproduction of the Jamaican iguana (Cyclura collei)

Authors: Richard A. Searcy, Lynne M. Villers, Richard D. Reams, John E. Wyatt, Jon Pilarski

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive reproduction, cyclura collei, jamaican iguana

Year: 2009

Wildlife contraception: issues, methods and applications

Authors: Mark D. Stetter

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: contraception, wildlife

Year: 2009

Genetic diversity in captive and wild Matschie’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei) from Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea, based on mtDNA control region sequences

Authors: Thomas J. McGreevy, Lisa Dabek, Marta Gomez-Chiarri, Thomas P. Husband

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive propagation, endangered species, founder effect, marsupial, noninvasive sampling, species identification

Year: 2009

A complex Enrichment Diet improves growth and health in the endangered Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri)

Authors: H. Li, M. J. Vaughan, R. K. Browne

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, growth, hypovitaminosis a, nutrition, squamous metaplasia, unsaturated fatty acid, wyoming toad

Year: 2009

Retrospective investigation of captive red wolf reproductive success in relation to age and inbreeding

Authors: K. M. Lockyear, W. T. Waddell, K. L. Goodrowe, S. E. MacDonald

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: canid, captive breeding, genetic diversity, population size

Year: 2009

Extinction risk assessment for the species survival plan (SSP®) population of the Bali mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi)

Authors: Joanne M. Earnhardt, Steven D. Thompson, Lisa J. Faust

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: demography, genetic diversity, population management, population viability analysis, stochasticity, zoorisk

Year: 2009

Endoparasitism in captive wild-caught snakes indigenous to Kerala, India

Authors: S. Radhakrishnan, S. P. Kurup, P. S. Banerjee

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cobra, helminth parasites, morphometry, pentastomids, python, viper

Year: 2009