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Fecal Condition Scoring Resource Center

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Body Condition Scoring Resource Center

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Quality control of feedstuffs: nutrient analyses

Assessment of nutritional status of captive and free-ranging animals

Leaf-eating primates: nutrition and dietary husbandry

Hay and Pellet Ratios: Considerations in Feeding Ungulates

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Fresno Chaffee Zoo – Nutrition Services Manager (closes 8 August 2021)

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Animal Info Mammals

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) under human care adopt an energy conservation strategy in the face of limited energy availability

SigaJanuary 24, 2022

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Macronutrient composition of milk from three cercopithecoidea species: olive baboons (Papio anubis), rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), and pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)

SigaJanuary 24, 2022

Animal Info Mammals

Tapir milk differs in nutrient composition from equid and rhinoceros milk

SigaJanuary 24, 2022

Animal Info Mammals

High protein milk replacer for the hand-rearing of a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) at Zoo Miami

SigaJanuary 24, 2022

Animal Info Mammals

Nutrient intake by gestating and lactating aardvark (Orycteropus afer) and growth of mother-reared calf

SigaJanuary 24, 2022

Animal Info Mammals

A positive report on weight loss in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

SigaJanuary 24, 2022

Animal Info Mammals

Effects of dietary composition on behavior of male gorillas at the Santa Barbara Zoo

SigaJanuary 24, 2022

Animal Info Mammals

Evaluating the nutrition of five species of cebidae and cercopithecidae before, during, and after switching to a fruit-free diet at the Mulhouse Zoo

SigaJanuary 24, 2022

Animal Info Mammals

Inclusion of dietary horse ration for giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) case report

SigaJanuary 24, 2022

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Nutrient composition of select native plants consumed by Attwater’s prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) during the breeding season in Texas

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Most Popular Articles

Fecal Condition Scoring Resource Center

Body Condition Scoring Resource Center

Quality control of feedstuffs: nutrient analyses

Assessment of nutritional status of captive and free-ranging animals

Leaf-eating primates: nutrition and dietary husbandry

Hay and Pellet Ratios: Considerations in Feeding Ungulates

Announcements

Disney: Animal Nutrition Operation Manager

Mazuri: Sales Position, Western USA

Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago) – Nutrition Manager

Fresno Chaffee Zoo – Nutrition Services Manager (closes 8 August 2021)

Articles

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) under human care adopt an energy conservation strategy in the face of limited energy availability

Macronutrient composition of milk from three cercopithecoidea species: olive baboons (Papio anubis), rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), and pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina)

Tapir milk differs in nutrient composition from equid and rhinoceros milk

High protein milk replacer for the hand-rearing of a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) at Zoo Miami

Nutrient intake by gestating and lactating aardvark (Orycteropus afer) and growth of mother-reared calf

A positive report on weight loss in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Effects of dietary composition on behavior of male gorillas at the Santa Barbara Zoo

Evaluating the nutrition of five species of cebidae and cercopithecidae before, during, and after switching to a fruit-free diet at the Mulhouse Zoo

Inclusion of dietary horse ration for giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) case report

Nutrient composition of select native plants consumed by Attwater’s prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) during the breeding season in Texas