9.2 Promoting health and welfare in captive carnivores (felids, canids and ursids) through feeding practices

9.2.1 Diet and food type Likely to be beneficial Provide bones, hides or partial carcasses One replicated, before-and-after study in the USA and one replicated, controlled study in Finland found that the provision of bones decreased the frequency of stereotypic behaviours in lions, tigers and Arctic...

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Other Authors: Sutherland, William J., Dicks, Lynn V., Petrovan, Silviu O., Smith, Rebecca K.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Open Book Publishers 2021
Subjects:
practical intervention
amphibians
bats
birds
farmland
soil fertility
invasive species
conservation
environment
forest
Environmental Studies
SCI016000
PNT
Arctic
Norway
Online Access:http://books.openedition.org/obp/18047
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Summary:9.2.1 Diet and food type Likely to be beneficial Provide bones, hides or partial carcasses One replicated, before-and-after study in the USA and one replicated, controlled study in Finland found that the provision of bones decreased the frequency of stereotypic behaviours in lions, tigers and Arctic foxes. Two replicated, before-and-after studies of felids and red foxes in the USA and Norway found that the provision of bones increased activity and manipulation time. Assessment: likely to be .

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