While the world prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) is increasing in the human population, TB infection remains a real concern in some animal populations all around the globe. Most mycobacteria of the TB complex are able to infect zoo and wildlife species, in which the pathogenesis, receptivity and immune responses vary widely. The diagnostic tools usually applied in domestic animals show limited p...

The Covid-19 pandemic has a direct impact on conservation institutions such as zoos. Although the Surabaya Zoo is now recovering along with decline in cases, it requires resilience strategy to face threat of similar zoonotic diseases future. These threats have negative not only humans, but also welfare animals. This research looks at biosecurity form risk management and problem prevention. Isol...

In this study, the growth rates of a group of Galapagos giant tortoises raised in their natural habitat at the Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS; Galapagos Islands, Ecuador) and a group of captive-bred specimens (Zoo Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland) were compared for the first time. A great discrepancy in growth rates was observed after the first year. When the animals were 4 years old, the car...

Scientific research has long been recognized as one of the four pillars zoo or aquarium mission, alongside recreation, conservation, and education. This study sought to quantify a sample zoos’ participation in scientific via provision biomaterials from animals outside scientists associated training undergraduate graduate students that resulted these projects. A convenience zoos provided data on...

What does a horticulturist or landscape architect strive to attain when choosing plants for a naturalistic animal exhibit in any major zoo? Should visitors come upon bananas and tropical figs complementing an exhibit featuring giraffes or zebras that naturally roam the hot, arid Serengeti? Let’s hope not. Likewise, they should not be confronted by trees that resemble the acacias of arid Kenya a...

A survey was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of intestinal parasites from different groups of mammals housed in a zoological garden in Malaysia. A total of 197 faecal samples were collected randomly from various primates (99), hoofed mammals (70) and feline (28). It was discovered that 89.3% of feline, 54.5% of primates and 45.7% of hoofed mammals were infected with intestinal parasite...

This article describes and discusses a set of exercises in silent zoo visiting conducted at two zoos the Southwest UK 2019. The visits were part wider project on auditory culture zoos, institutions which have tended to be analysed by reference their concern with visual display captive other-than-human animals (henceforth animals). Linking ideas silence that emerged from work anthropology sound ...