The effect of visitors on behavior and welfare of nonhuman animals in the zoo has been an active research topic during the last few decades. Although research has variously shown negative or positive impacts of zoo visitors on animals in captivity, previous primate research at Disney's Animal Kingdom suggests the importance of visual barriers in allowing animals to cope with large crowds. Exami...

Problems with parasitic infections and their interspecies transmissions are common in zoological gardens and could pose serious health damage to captive animals. This study presents results of eight-year monitoring of intestinal parasites in animals from Zoo Ljubljana, Slovenia. A total of 741 faecal samples from 40 animal species were collected two to four times per year and examined microscop...

A total of forty two resident animals representing eighteen wildlife species at the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB) Zoo Park were screened for nematode helminths between May and June 2013. Freshly voided faeces from the animals were subjected to basic coprology tests (Direct Microscopic Examination and Concentration Techniques). Trichuris specie. was the most prevalent nematode in pr...

1 Florisbad Quaternary Research Department, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa, Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 3 Karoo Palaeontology Department, National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO, USA, Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, Vets...

Sequences from complete mitochondrial cytochrome b genes of 34 tigers support the hypothesis that Sumatran tigers are diagnostically distinct from mainland populations. None of the latter, including Bengals, Siberians, or Indochinese tigers, were found to have fixed diagnostic characters. Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences confirms these results. Within the framework of a phylogenetic spe...

This study aimed at characterizing fecal microbiota of three captive carnivore species of leopard cats Prionailurus bengalensis, Eurasian otters Lutra lutra and raccoon dogs Nyctereutes procyonoides. We used DNA barcoding sequencing to analyze 16S rRNA genes of uncultured bacteria in the feces collected in the Seoul Zoo. The sequencing analyses revealed that: 1) Firmicutes was the most dominant...

The novel concept of behavioural instability has proven suitable for studying the behavior and personality in zoo animals. Individual an impact on how best perform environmental enrichment, diversity captive populations intended to potentially repopulate wild habitats. This study aims prove presence recognizable personalities Rothschild giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi), as well inv...

Elusive: Scientists from Paignton zoo in the UK have produced what is thought to be the first photograph of the endangered Ader’s duiker antelope in its native environment in Kenya. (Photo: Paignton Zoo Environmental Park.) were collected to investigate the potential for the use of DNA for establishing the identity of individuals. A satellite collar was also tested for its effectiveness for pot...

Motor stereotypic behaviors (MSBs) are a kind of repetitive performed by stressed animals and more common in captivity. This study aimed to assess whether the MSB captive rhesus monkeys varies between males females, with extent visitor-monkey interactions. A group six (two adult four females; among two were rescued from wild captive-born) housed Central Zoo, Kathmandu Nepal sampled study. Behav...