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Pakistan Zoo Visitors’ Perceptions toward Zoos and Large Native Carnivores

open access: yesJournal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2022
A primary goal of zoos is to educate their visitors about global conservation efforts. Studying visitors’ perceptions and attitudes towards captive and wild endangered species helps target conservation messaging. This is especially important in countries,
Abid Ali   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development, diagnosis and therapy of ketosis in non-gravid and non-lactating Guinea pigs

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research, 2020
Background Ketosis is a metabolic disorder often triggered by anorexia in animals fed on high energy diets. Although mostly described in pregnant female guinea pigs, under the name of pregnancy toxicosis; there is limited information on ketosis in males ...
Nicole S. Schmid   +5 more
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Epidemiology and Molecular Characterization of Zoonotic Gastrointestinal Protozoal Infection in Zoo Animals in China. [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals (Basel)
Zoo animals, harboring zoonotic gastrointestinal protozoal diseases, pose potential hazards to the safety of visitors and animal keepers. This study involved the collection and examination of 400 fresh fecal samples from 68 animal species, obtained from ...
An D   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Young children's perspectives of time: New directions for co‐constructing understandings of quality in ECEC

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Children's relationship with time in preschools is an under‐researched area. Young children rarely know how to measure time using a clock, but their experiences of time may contribute to understanding children's well‐being and debates about quality in preschools.
Kristín Dýrfjörð   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review: Comparative methane production in mammalian herbivores

open access: yesAnimal, 2020
Methane (CH4) production is a ubiquitous, apparently unavoidable side effect of fermentative fibre digestion by symbiotic microbiota in mammalian herbivores. Here, a data compilation is presented of in vivo CH4 measurements in individuals of 37 mammalian
M. Clauss   +10 more
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DISEASES OF ZOO ANIMALS IN NIGERIA [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Wildlife Diseases, 1972
In a 4 year period, 77 zoo animals were brought to our diagnostic laboratory. Twenty-six of the 77 animals had diagnostic lesions. Of the diseases of primates, Herpes simplex encephalitis, pyrrolidine alkaloid poisoning and osteodystrophia fibrosa were prominent.
T T, Isoun, G J, Losos, B O, Ikede
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding temporal social dynamics in zoo animal management: an elephant case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Zoo animal management procedures which lead to changes to social groups can cause disruption in social hierarchies and the temporary breakdown of social relationships. Animals have different roles in social networks. Understanding individual positions in
Samantha Bremner-Harrison   +7 more
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TOXOPLASMOSIS, BALANTIDIASIS AND AMEBIASIS AMONG, ZOO-ANIMALS AND MAN [PDF]

open access: yesAssiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 1993
The incidence of Toxoplasmosis, Balantidiasis and Amebiasis in Zoo animals and man were studied in Zoo garden, Giza-Egyp < /strong>t. Faecal samp < /strong>les were collected from man and Zoo animal for detection of Balantidium coli and ...
H.A. SAMAHA, A.H. EL-GOHARY, A.A. DRAZ
doaj   +1 more source

Toxoplasma gondii among captive wild mammals in zoos in Brazil and Cuba: seroprevalence and associated risk factors

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic parasite of worldwide distribution that can infect several species of homeothermic animals. Few studies have evaluated the exposure of captive wild animals to T. gondii.
Ginette Villar-Echarte   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence of public engagement with science: visitor learning at a zoo-housed primate research centre [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Primate behavioural and cognitive research is increasingly conducted on direct public view in zoo settings. The potential of such facilities for public engagement with science is often heralded, but evidence of tangible, positive effects on public ...
Kate Peirce   +20 more
core   +1 more source

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