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Adjusting Our Thinking About Feeding Animals: Fiber as the Metric for Mimicking Natural Diets

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
A typical effect of the change of an animal group to a diet higher in fiber: juveniles keep growing, animals of ideal body weight maintain their weight, and obese individuals lose weight. ABSTRACT Free‐ranging animals often ingest markedly different diets than their counterparts under human care, whether companion animals, production animals, or zoo ...
Marcus Clauss, Geert P. J. Janssens, Oliver Pritchard Moore, Sarah Byrne, Marcin Przybyło   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thematic factsheet - Pasture access in ruminants and equines

This thematic factsheet summarises the knowledge on pasture access in ruminants and equines from a welfare point of view. The benefits and risks of pasture access along with associated recommendations to ensure adequate pasture access are summarised in ...
Veissier, Isabelle, Aubé, Lydiane
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Sources of Eustress in Captivity

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Zoo environments foster enhanced animal welfare, integrated conservation, and improved population sustainability through the provision of eustressful factors (e.g., enrichment, social choice, positive human‐animal relationships), thus promoting cognitive challenge, improved resilience, and positive life experiences.
Paul Rose
wiley   +1 more source

Pathological Changes of the Rumen in Small Ruminants Associated with Indigestible Foreign Objects

, 2021
The use of agriculture by-products is highly demanded for livestock nutrition. However, the employment of certain non-degradable materials could potentially induce concretions and lesions in ruminants’ forestomach.
María Teresa Tejedor-Junco, Rodríguez Guisado, Francisco, Tejedor Junco, María Teresa, José Raduan Jaber, Sergio Martín Martel, Inmaculada Morales, Morales Fariña, Inmaculada, Morales Doreste, Manuel Francisco, Juan Alberto Corbera, Jáber Mohamad, José Raduán, Manuel Morales, Martín Martel, Sergio, Francisco Rodríguez-Guisado, Corbera Sánchez, Juan Alberto   +13 more
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Bovine viral diarrhea virus in free-ranging wild ruminants in Switzerland: low prevalence of infection despite regular interactions with domestic livestock

BMC Veterinary Research, 2012
Background In the frame of an eradication program for bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) in Swiss livestock, the question was raised whether free-ranging wildlife could threaten the success of this sanitary measure.
Casaubon Julien, Vogt Hans-Rudolf, Stalder Hanspeter, Hug Corinne, Ryser-Degiorgis Marie-Pierre   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes of Microbial and Component Composition of Giraffe Milk During Mid‐ to Late Lactation

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Giraffe milk – graphical abstract text, Giraffe: late lactation milk, Involution at approximately 15 months of lactation, Content of saccharides and fat decrease, Protein content increases, Content of minerals increase, Microbiological quality high ABSTRACT The proximate, mineral and microbiological composition of milk from five giraffes from mid ...
G. Osthoff, C. J Hugo, S Van der Merwe, A Hugo, F Deacon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thematic factsheet - Thermal comfort in ruminants and equines

This thematic factsheet summarises knowledge on thermal comfort in ruminants and equines. It provides information on adaptation of animals to thermal conditions, along with recommendations to ensure thermal ...
Veissier, Isabelle, Aubé, Lydiane
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Giardia duodenalis in sympatric wild reindeer and domestic sheep in Norway

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Wild and semi-domesticated reindeer graze freely on natural pastures in Norway, often sharing these with domestic sheep and other domestic and wild ruminants.
Kjersti Selstad Utaaker, Tsegabirhan Kifleyohannes, Bjørnar Ytrehus, Per-Anders Robertsen, Olav Strand, Lucy J. Robertson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reproductive success under constraints: Does increased maternal activity during lactation offset poor habitat and individual quality in an income breeder?

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Human‐induced environmental modifications may alter forage access and, hence, how animals manage energy trade‐offs during critical periods. Reproduction, especially lactation, is the most energetically costly process for female mammals.
L. Monica Trondrud, Jean‐Michel Gaillard, Nadège C. Bonnot, Nicolas Morellet, Yannick Chaval, Arnaud Bonnet, Bruno Lourtet, A. J. Mark Hewison   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review - Quality of care in ruminants and equines

This review presents the knowledge and recommendations on the quality of care to animals and discusses how to ensure such care in ruminants and ...
Verbeek, Else, Brunet, Valentin, Waiblinger, Susanne, Mounier, Luc   +3 more
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