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Monitoring the world-oldest zoo-housed male giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): A case-study on pathway utilization. 监测世界上在动物园饲养时间最长的雄性大熊猫（Ailuropoda melanoleuca）：路径利用案例研究。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21853

Iris Ziying Tan, Eszter Matrai, Paolo Martelli

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Rearing density and food variety impact growth, development, and survival of larvae in the declining amphibian, Pseudacris maculata. 饲养密度和食物种类对衰退的两栖动物斑腿伪尾柱虫幼虫的生长、发育和存活有影响。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-20 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21848

Jeffrey P Ethier, Megan Worth, Marc J Mazerolle, Vance L Trudeau

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Can you dig it? The impact of a movable substrate "dig pit" on naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) behavior and welfare. 你会挖吗？可移动基质 "挖坑 "对裸鼹鼠（Heterocephalus glaber）行为和福利的影响。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-14 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21854

Natasha K Wierzal, Lou Keeley, Mason Fidino, Katherine A Cronin

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Notes on the Courtship and Captive Reproduction of the Southern Vietnam Box Turtle, Cuora picturata, at the Turtle Conservation Center in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam. 越南 Cuc Phuong 国家公园海龟保护中心关于越南南部箱龟（Cuora picturata）求偶和人工繁殖的说明。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-04 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21858

Lauren Augustine, Chris Bednarski, Thuy Thu Nguyen, Hang Thi Ngoc Tran, Timothy McCormack, Nguyen Van Trinh

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Facultative parthenogenesis discovered for the first time in Jamaican boa (Chilabothrus subflavus) using novel microsatellite markers. 利用新型微卫星标记首次发现牙买加蟒（Chilabothrus subflavus）的变性孤雌生殖。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21852

Carolyn A Bailey, Alison L Righton, Andy Reeves, Dylan Ray, Jessi Krebs, Edward E Louis

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Thirty years of conservation breeding: Assessing the genetic diversity of captive Livingstone's fruit bats. 保护性繁殖三十年：评估圈养利文斯通果蝠的遗传多样性。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-05 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21845

Sarah Richdon, Angelica Menchaca Rodriguez, Eluned Price, Dominic Wormell, Grainne McCabe, Gareth Jones

{"title":"Thirty years of conservation breeding: Assessing the genetic diversity of captive Livingstone's fruit bats.","authors":"Sarah Richdon, Angelica Menchaca Rodriguez, Eluned Price, Dominic Wormell, Grainne McCabe, Gareth Jones","doi":"10.1002/zoo.21845","DOIUrl":"10.1002/zoo.21845","url":null,"abstract":"Fruit bats (genus Pteropus) are typically island-endemic species important in seed dispersal and reforestation that are vulnerable to increased extinction risk. An effective method of reducing extinction risk in vulnerable species that cannot be conserved in their native habitat is establishing an ex-situ captive breeding programme. Due to anthropogenic threats and low population numbers, in the early 1990s, a captive breeding programme was established at Jersey Zoo, British Isles, for Critically Endangered Livingstone's fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii). Here we use six polymorphic microsatellite loci to assess genetic diversity in the captive breeding population of Livingstone's fruit bats (P. livingstonii), 30 years after the programme's establishment, investigating change over generations and comparing our findings with published data from the wild population. We found no significant difference between the genetic diversity in the captive and wild populations of Livingstone's fruit bats (P. livingstonii), in both expected heterozygosity and allelic richness. The captive population has retained a comparable level of genetic diversity to that documented in the wild, and there has been no significant decline in genetic diversity over the last 30 years. We advise that a full pedigree of the paternal lineage is created to improve the management of the captive breeding programme and further reduce the possibility of inbreeding. However, it appears that the captive breeding programme is currently effective at maintaining genetic diversity at levels comparable to those seen in the wild population, which suggests reintroductions could be viable if genetic diversity remains stable in captivity.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":"395-404"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141261271","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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Comparing the effectiveness of flagship species in zoo interpretation videos involving dialogic-based narrative approaches. 比较动物园解说视频中旗舰物种的效果，包括基于对话的叙事方法。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-09-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-27 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21847

Jill Bueddefeld, Kevin C R Kerr

{"title":"Comparing the effectiveness of flagship species in zoo interpretation videos involving dialogic-based narrative approaches.","authors":"Jill Bueddefeld, Kevin C R Kerr","doi":"10.1002/zoo.21847","DOIUrl":"10.1002/zoo.21847","url":null,"abstract":"Zoological institutions frequently engage in indirect conservation activities as global conservation targets suggest a need for raising public awareness and engagement in biodiversity conservation. However, research suggests that while members of the public are typically aware of general conservation issues, they are often uncertain of simple and practical actions they take that will be impactful. In light of current conservation goals and targets, and the need for social science research to address the environmental learning and behavior change gap, this study builds upon prior action-based environmental education research and tests the efficacy of ex situ environmental education in supporting in situ conservation. Zoos typically employ flagship species to center their conservation messaging due to the purported draw of charismatic species. Using outreach videos with a dialogic-based narrative approach, we evaluated the efficacy of different flagships for conservation, comparing both species-focused versus generic conservation messaging and charismatic versus less charismatic species ambassadors. We found that zoo conservation outreach videos using dialogic-based narrative approaches were equally impactful regardless of the level of focus (i.e., species vs. broader biodiversity) or charisma level of the focal taxa.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":"435-446"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141459686","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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Cover: Zoo Biology, Volume 43 Issue 4 July/August 2024 封面动物园生物学》，第 43 卷第 4 期，2024 年 7/8 月

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21855

Lara C. Metrione, Nancy Kim Pham, Carol Price, Libbie Duskin, Andy M. Stamper, Linda M. Penfold

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Effect of photobiomodulation therapy as a multimodal approach to treatment of dermal abrasions in cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus). 光生物调节疗法作为治疗牛鼻魟（Rhinoptera bonasus）皮肤擦伤的多模式方法的效果。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-28 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21832

Anne L Gilewski, Jennifer E Flower, Lisa Miller, Allison D Tuttle

{"title":"Effect of photobiomodulation therapy as a multimodal approach to treatment of dermal abrasions in cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus).","authors":"Anne L Gilewski, Jennifer E Flower, Lisa Miller, Allison D Tuttle","doi":"10.1002/zoo.21832","DOIUrl":"10.1002/zoo.21832","url":null,"abstract":"Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) has become increasingly utilized in the zoo and aquarium fields to treat ailments in various species; however, its use in teleosts and elasmobranchs is relatively underrepresented in the literature. This study examined the efficacy of PBMT as an adjunct treatment to reduce the healing time of dermal abrasions in cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonasus). Ten cownose rays were included in this study and separated into control (n = 5) and treatment groups (n = 5). Animals in both treatment and control groups received intramuscular injections of enrofloxacin every 72 h to provide broad-spectrum antibiotic coverage. Cownose rays in the treatment group additionally received PBMT using the Companion® CTC-12 unit using the large, noncontact head. Control group rays were subjected to identical handling without the use of PBMT. A total of 196 Joules were delivered at a power of 2 W based on a dose of 5 J/cm2 at each session. Observational analysis revealed a lack of appreciable difference in healing time between the treatment and control groups in the aforementioned settings; however, it is recommended that PBMT protocols should be re-evaluated if there is little to no response in healing after three to four sessions. PBMT use on acute superficial dermal abrasions in cownose rays was well-tolerated in this study and may have utility in a multimodal treatment approach to wound healing. This study also produced a wound scoring metric based on photographs captured at each treatment. Future studies should utilize increased fluence (J/cm2) and irradiance (W/cm2) and incorporate synchronous histological analysis and increased sample size.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":"376-382"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140307199","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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Breaking the spell: Changes in the behavior of two zoo-kept tigers (Panthera tigris) after exposure to a distinct feast-and-fast feeding regime. 打破魔咒：两只动物园饲养的老虎（Panthera tigris）在接受独特的 "大快朵颐 "式喂食后的行为变化。

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Zoo Biology Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-13 DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21836

Isabel Seyrling, Marcus Clauss, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes, Anna Lena Burger-Schulz

{"title":"Breaking the spell: Changes in the behavior of two zoo-kept tigers (Panthera tigris) after exposure to a distinct feast-and-fast feeding regime.","authors":"Isabel Seyrling, Marcus Clauss, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes, Anna Lena Burger-Schulz","doi":"10.1002/zoo.21836","DOIUrl":"10.1002/zoo.21836","url":null,"abstract":"The behavior of zoo carnivores has received intense attention due to their propensity for locomotor stereotypies. We observed two adult male tiger (Panthera tigris) siblings kept together for the duration of 104 days by round-the-clock video observation. The period consisted of three baseline periods with the zoo's regular feeding regime of five feeding days per week interrupted by two individual fasting days, with feeding occurring in the evening (B1-B3 of 14 days each). These periods were interrupted by two intervention periods (I1: randomized feeding times, 28 days; I2: gorge-feeding with three 10-day fasting periods, 34 days). As expected, day and night-time behavior was different, with the majority of sleep occurring at night. Pacing, which was mainly considered anticipatory, significantly decreased from 88 ± 132 min/day during B1 to 20 ± 33 min/day during B3. Pacing did not increase during the fasting days of I2. Over the course of whole study, lying time decreased and nonpacing locomotion increased. A major difference was observed between gorge-feeding and the subsequent first fasting days: during gorge-feeding, tigers spent a large part of the day feeding and locomoting (and less sleeping); on the subsequent day, they locomoted about 4.5 h less and slept about 4.3 h more. We suggest that interrupting routines by fasting periods of several days may be effective for reducing regular anticipatory behavior and creates an across-day structure that may correspond to the evolved psychological disposition of large carnivores.","PeriodicalId":24035,"journal":{"name":"Zoo Biology","volume":" ","pages":"340-353"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140912471","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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