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 Arct...

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Other Authors: Sutherland, William J., Dicks, Lynn V., Ockendon, Nancy, Petrovan, Silviu O., Smith, Rebecca K.
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Open Book Publishers 2019
Subjects:
environment
conservation
practical intervention
amphibian
bat
bird
farmland
soil fertility
forest
invasive species
Environmental Studies
NAT011000
RNK
Arctic
Norway
Online Access:http://books.openedition.org/obp/6737
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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 b.

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