Incorporating the science of nutrition into the management of captive animals.
‘Brewer’, a 4 year old male red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) under human care at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, presented on December 10, 2016 with signs of colic, penile prolapse, and dribbling urine. Diagnostic imaging, including radiographs and computed tomography (CT) with contrast, revealed urethral obstruction with a radiopaque stone and additional uroliths in the left ureter and right renal pelvis. The...
The tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus spp.) is a popular and charismatic animal, which is currently represented by three species (D. matschiei, D. goodfellowi, D. inustus) in North American zoos. As with other folivorous/herbivorous species, the dietary husbandry of captive animals has not always duplicated or, sometimes, even been approximated with the food items for which the animal has co-evolved to utilize...