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Impact of Animal Encounter Modality and Species on Zoo Visitor Knowledge, Concern, and Conservation Intent. 动物接触方式和物种对动物园游客知识、关注和保护意图的影响。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.70023

Lisa P Barrett, Rebecca J Snyder

{"title":"Impact of Animal Encounter Modality and Species on Zoo Visitor Knowledge, Concern, and Conservation Intent.","authors":"Lisa P Barrett, Rebecca J Snyder","doi":"10.1002/zoo.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.70023","url":null,"abstract":"Zoos fill an important role in connecting humans with nature, especially given an increasing rate of both urbanization and biodiversity loss. With the advent of new technologies, however, there are many alternatives to experiencing biodiversity firsthand. We tested if the type of animal encounter at a zoo (in-person animal viewing without touch, in-person animal viewing with touch, or video-recorded animal viewing) and/or animal species (elephant or stingray) affected zoo visitor knowledge, emotional affect, empathic concern, and/or conservation intent. A total of 300 zoo members were randomly assigned to 6 different animal encounter conditions. We found that participants who viewed video-recordings of animals had significantly lower scores on all outcomes, except knowledge, than those who viewed animals in-person. There were no significant differences between in-person animal viewing without touch and in-person animal viewing with touch. Moreover, we found that stingray participants had lower scores on all outcomes compared to elephant participants. We suggest extensions of this study and discuss potential implications for the future role of zoos.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145065531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Review of Approaches for Addressing Oral Stereotypic Behavior in Zoo-Housed Giraffes. 动物园长颈鹿口腔刻板行为的研究进展。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-10 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.70024

Mars M Bollnow, Molly E Podraza, Lance J Miller

{"title":"A Review of Approaches for Addressing Oral Stereotypic Behavior in Zoo-Housed Giraffes.","authors":"Mars M Bollnow, Molly E Podraza, Lance J Miller","doi":"10.1002/zoo.70024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.70024","url":null,"abstract":"Addressing the presence of stereotypies - repetitive, functionless behaviors - has been at the forefront of contemporary welfare research in zoos. Stereotypies present themselves in many different forms, dependent on the biology of a species, internal and external motivational factors, individual animals' history, and early development. In the case of giraffes, a popular and charismatic species found in zoos, stereotypies concerning the mouth and tongue - oral stereotypies - are especially prevalent. Various hypotheses have been developed in tandem with the observation of giraffe oral stereotypies, mostly surrounding their motivations pertaining to food acquisition. Such hypotheses suggest that oral stereotypies persist due to (1) unfulfilled natural feeding behaviors, (2) nutritional and behavioral discrepancies in food presentation, and/or (3) an imbalance between concentrate grain and dietary fiber. Findings from recent literature suggest that the implementation of complex feeders, increased browse allotment, and a diet that is overall more closely representative of what wild giraffes receive has helped to decrease instances of oral stereotypy. An integrative approach employing each of these hypotheses is recommended to address the multifaceted mechanisms that may underly giraffe oral stereotypy. The most recent studies in this area have already begun to incorporate such approaches, and future studies would benefit from the continued consideration of multiple motivational factors when addressing oral stereotypy in zoo-housed giraffes.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145030845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Pilot Investigation: Testing Opaque Water as an Agonism Mitigating Visual Barrier for Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus). 试点调查：测试不透明水作为一种激动剂减轻尼罗鳄（Crocodylus niloticus）的视觉障碍。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-03 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.70022

Austin Leeds, Andy Daneault, Alex Riley, Laura Stalter, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andrew C Alba, Joseph Soltis

{"title":"Pilot Investigation: Testing Opaque Water as an Agonism Mitigating Visual Barrier for Nile Crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus).","authors":"Austin Leeds, Andy Daneault, Alex Riley, Laura Stalter, Kristen Wolfe, Ike Leonard, Andrew C Alba, Joseph Soltis","doi":"10.1002/zoo.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.70022","url":null,"abstract":"This pilot investigation sought to evaluate the effectiveness of water opacity as an agonism-mitigation strategy in an all-male group of Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus). Crocodile behavior was monitored over 95 observation hours, split approximately equally between transparent water and opaque water conditions. In addition to agonism rates, the crocodiles' use of water was evaluated to ensure the change in their habitat did not disrupt utilization of the water, which is an important component of their thermoregulatory processes. Agonism rates were approximately equal between the transparent and opaque water conditions. The proportion of the group in water was lower in the opaque condition though the mean difference between conditions suggests that approximately two more crocodiles (out of a group size that ranged from 21 to 18 individuals) were in water in the transparent condition than opaque condition. Overall, these findings suggest the opaque water had little to no effect on the crocodiles' behavior as measured here. However, the opaque water may have increased environmental complexity. In nature, crocodiles navigate opaque water utilizing chemosensory and integumentary sensory modalities that are likely underutilized in transparent water commonly provided to crocodilians living in human care. Further research is needed to understand how opaque water may be enriching for crocodilians.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144971950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Does a Social Introduction Alter Cortisol in Captive Bonobos (Pan paniscus)? 社会引入是否会改变圈养倭黑猩猩（Pan paniscus）的皮质醇？

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.70021

Lauren Mitchell, Jared Taglialatela, Sarah Guindre-Parker

{"title":"Does a Social Introduction Alter Cortisol in Captive Bonobos (Pan paniscus)?","authors":"Lauren Mitchell, Jared Taglialatela, Sarah Guindre-Parker","doi":"10.1002/zoo.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.70021","url":null,"abstract":"For social animals, group living can serve to buffer against stressors. However, changes in the social environment may also represent a stressor leading to changes in glucocorticoids-hormones responsible for maintaining homeostasis under stressful conditions. We studied glucocorticoids in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus), a social species of great ape with a complex social organization. We monitored bonobos in captivity before, during, and after a change occurred in their social environment; when a new group member was introduced at the facility. We repeatedly measured individuals' cortisol (corrected for creatinine, or variation in the concentration of samples) from urine samples and found individuals of the established group did not change in cortisol during or following their introduction to a novel bonobo individual. The emigrating bonobo, however, had elevated cortisol upon arrival which decreased as she was introduced to each existing bonobo at the facility. These results suggested that the new individual may have experienced stronger stressors relative to resident individuals during this captive introduction. We recommend based on the results from this study, that social animals be introduced to new group members carefully, and to avoid prolonged social isolation for new animals. When changes in social dynamics are driven by human caretakers rather than initiated by the animals themselves, care should be taken to mimic natural dispersal patterns when possible.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144972025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Behavioral and Physiological Responses of Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis sp.) During After-Hour Events at the Oregon Zoo. 猎豹（Acinonyx jubatus）和长颈鹿（Giraffa camelopardalis sp.）在俄勒冈动物园活动后的行为和生理反应。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21906

Laurel Berylline Fink Westcott, Becca VanBeek, Candace Scarlata, Karen Lewis, Nadja Wielebnowski

{"title":"Behavioral and Physiological Responses of Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis sp.) During After-Hour Events at the Oregon Zoo.","authors":"Laurel Berylline Fink Westcott, Becca VanBeek, Candace Scarlata, Karen Lewis, Nadja Wielebnowski","doi":"10.1002/zoo.21906","DOIUrl":"10.1002/zoo.21906","url":null,"abstract":"After-hours events are a popular way for modern zoos and aquariums to engage the local community, increase attendance, and generate additional income. Using fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGM), behavioral, and sound level monitoring, we analyzed whether cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis sp.) showed any significant changes in response to three types of event \"treatments\" at the Oregon Zoo: (1) \"concerts\" with significantly elevated sound levels; (2) \"other\" evening events which constituted popular events with minimal sound disruptions, and (3) \"control\" when no evening events took place. We found significantly higher sound pressure levels in both habitats during \"concert\" event types with no significant differences between the remaining event types. Both cheetahs and giraffes exhibited subtle behavior changes during each event type, such as increased instances of \"not visible\" for cheetahs and a slight increase in the rate of \"social interaction\" for giraffes. However, no significant changes in fGM concentrations were measured for any individual animal across all the different event types. Yet there were some significant differences in fGM concentrations between the 2 years of data collection as well as some differences in fGM variability driven primarily by individual differences within each species. Results from this study, therefore, emphasize the highly individualistic nature of behavior and physiological responses to events of any type and illustrate how important it is to measure responses of each individual, when feasible, rather than focusing on an overall species typical response.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":"412-431"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144152098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Wild Encounters: Analyzing Human-Animal Interactions in British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums Facilities. 野生遭遇：在英国和爱尔兰动物园和水族馆设施协会中分析人类与动物的相互作用。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-07 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.70002

Thomas Welsh, Emma L Clayton, Annika Paukner, Ellen Williams, Samantha Ward

{"title":"Wild Encounters: Analyzing Human-Animal Interactions in British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums Facilities.","authors":"Thomas Welsh, Emma L Clayton, Annika Paukner, Ellen Williams, Samantha Ward","doi":"10.1002/zoo.70002","DOIUrl":"10.1002/zoo.70002","url":null,"abstract":"Human-animal interactions (HAIs) are commonplace in zoos and aquariums, with a large proportion of these being animal-visitor interactions (AVIs). These AVIs range from visual contact through a barrier to direct physical contact in animal handling sessions. Due to the popularity of AVIs with a range of species, there is a need to understand what AVIs are occurring and to direct future animal welfare and visitor-based research. The present study investigated the quantity and diversity of AVIs that occur in BIAZA-accredited zoos and aquariums through a website review. The websites of full BIAZA members (n = 118) were assessed for opportunities where visitors interact with animals in an additional capacity, outside of interactions that form part of a traditional zoo visit. In total, 86% (n = 101) of members offered additional AVIs, with \"meet and greet\" (n = 389), \"keeper for a day\" (n = 137), and \"walkthrough\" (n = 96) being the most offered AVIs. Meet and greets were offered with 56 taxonomic families, and the mean cost and mean individual animals per organization were positively related to the number of meet and greets offered. Individual organization management style also had an impact on the model and should be an area for future study. Finally, a taxonomic bias was identified for meet and greets, as 71% (n = 41) of families were reported to be from the Mammalia class. This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of the quantity and quality of AVIs occurring in BIAZA organizations and highlights diversity in both species and types of interactions available to visitors. There is a need for further research on specific categories of AVIs most commonly seen: meet and greet, keeper for a day experiences, and walkthrough exhibits, as well as the impact of participating in the AVI from both animal welfare and visitor outcome perspectives.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":"461-473"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12513128/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144576445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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ManyZoos: A New Collaborative Approach to Multi-Institution Research in Zoos. 多动物园：动物园多机构研究的新合作方法。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.70017

Lisa P Barrett, Fay E Clark, Marianne S Freeman, Ellen Williams, Victoria L O'Connor

{"title":"ManyZoos: A New Collaborative Approach to Multi-Institution Research in Zoos.","authors":"Lisa P Barrett, Fay E Clark, Marianne S Freeman, Ellen Williams, Victoria L O'Connor","doi":"10.1002/zoo.70017","DOIUrl":"10.1002/zoo.70017","url":null,"abstract":"Open science and big data approaches (i.e., approaches which enable the development of large and complex data sets) facilitate comparative analyses and thus more robust, evidence-based decision-making. Whilst there has been an increase in published research arising from zoological institutions over several decades, most research has arisen from small-scale case studies, often involving one or two zoos from a small geographical radius. Data from several zoos can be combined and compared retrospectively, but this is difficult when studies adopt different methods. The benefit of wider, simultaneous multi-institution research was recently demonstrated when researchers assessed the impact of zoo closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we introduce a new consortium initiative called ManyZoos, which aims to address the critical need for zoo science to expand even further geographically while incorporating additional institutions and disciplines. Like other \"Many X\" initiatives (e.g., ManyPrimates, ManyDogs), ManyZoos aims to foster more productive research collaborations between zoological collections and other animal collections, academia, government, and nongovernment organizations. In doing so, ManyZoos will address several current limitations of zoo research including small sample sizes and siloed expertise. ManyZoos embeds collaboration at every stage of research, from study conception to dissemination of results, producing large open data sets with transparent protocols. ManyZoos has the potential to lead to more robust, evidence-based decision-making for zoo animal management and conservation.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":"393-402"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12513131/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144733629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Artificial Intelligence's Potential in Zoo Animal Welfare. 人工智能在动物园动物福利中的潜力。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.70008

Matyas Liptovszky, Emily Polla

{"title":"Artificial Intelligence's Potential in Zoo Animal Welfare.","authors":"Matyas Liptovszky, Emily Polla","doi":"10.1002/zoo.70008","DOIUrl":"10.1002/zoo.70008","url":null,"abstract":"The thorough, objective, and regular assessment of animal welfare in zoos and aquariums is rapidly becoming an essential task for these institutions. Traditional welfare assessment methods are, however, difficult to scale to the number of species and individuals housed in zoos and aquariums. Automation, using artificial intelligence (AI) can provide solutions to these challenges. This literature review provides an overview of recent advances in this field, with a focus on studies relevant to zoo and aquarium animal welfare. AI in animal behavior and welfare monitoring, particularly in farm animals, has become increasingly commonplace in recent years. Recent studies have investigated AI's capability to identify and assess animal behavior in poultry, pigs, sheep, and cattle, including estrus prediction in cows; classification of animal vocalizations; and detection of potential welfare concerns, including early signs of lameness in cattle and sheep. In companion animals, AI has been used for facial recognition, vocalization-based emotion recognition, and behavioral monitoring. Laboratory animal behavior monitoring through AI tools has also rapidly increased since 2000. AI is increasingly used in zoos, including the identification of individual animals; monitoring of their movement within their enclosure; and quantifying behavior, including time spent using enrichment. The rapid increase in AI use in animal welfare shows promise in improving animal management and welfare in zoos and aquariums, through improved and more efficient monitoring and prediction.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":"403-411"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12513135/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144627293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Method for Processing Whole Blood for Heterologous Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion for Use in a Green-Winged Macaw (Ara chloropterus). 绿翅金刚鹦鹉异源包装红细胞输注全血处理方法研究。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-14 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.70011

David J Minich, Michelle C Borsdorf, Chloe R Dupleix, Eleanor Petree, Lily Parkinson

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2025-09-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-15 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.70014

Jingle Jiang, Di Hu, Shan Hu, Kangning Huang, Jianqing Zheng, Enle Pei

{"title":"Age-Related Differences in Gut Microbiome and Fecal Metabolome of Captive African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus).","authors":"Jingle Jiang, Di Hu, Shan Hu, Kangning Huang, Jianqing Zheng, Enle Pei","doi":"10.1002/zoo.70014","DOIUrl":"10.1002/zoo.70014","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the present study was to characterize the profiles of gut microbiota and fecal metabolites in African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) of different ages. The combination of metagenome and metabolome was performed on the feces of captive African penguins of varying age groups, including juvenile (1-3 years old), adult (4-15 years old) and senior (16-20 years old) individuals. The results of the metagenome showed that microbial abundance was significantly different between groups. Adult penguins had higher abundances of Gallilactobacillus and Ligilactobacillus compared to juvenile penguins. Senior penguins exhibited higher abundances of Gammaproteobacteria and Escherichia coli than adult penguins. We further identified differentially expressed metabolites across the groups using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. Correlation analysis showed that age was correlated significantly with certain differential microbial species and fecal metabolites. The results revealed that age is a key factor influencing gut microbiota and metabolism in African penguins. Our results provide baseline information on gut microbial structure and fecal metabolite characteristics in African penguins of different ages, which is vital for the management and ex situ conservation of this endangered species.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":"504-515"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144638290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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