Nutrition and Health in Amphibian Husbandry

Zoo Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 485-501

  Ferrie, Gina M ^a,b   Alford, Vance C ^a   Atkinson, Jim ^c   Baitchman, Eric ^d   Barber, Diane ^e   Blaner, William S ^f   Crawshaw, Graham ^g   Daneault, Andy ^a   Dierenfeld, Ellen ^h   Finke, Mark ⁱ   Fleming, Greg ^a   Gagliardo, Ron ^j   Hoffman, Eric A ^b   Karasov, William ^k   Klasing, Kirk ^l   Koutsos, Elizabeth ^m   Lankton, Julia ^a,n   Lavin, Shana R ^a,n   Lentini, Andrew ^g   Livingston, Shannon ^a   Lock, Brad ^o   Mason, Tom ^g   Mccomb, Alejandra ^m   Morris, Cheryl ^p   Pessier, Allan P ^q,r   Olea Popelka, Francisco ^h,i   Probst, Tom ^a   Rodriguez, Carlos ^a   Schad, Kristine ^s   Semmen, Kent ^a   Sincage, Jamie ^a   Stamper, M Andrew ^a   Steinmetz, Jason ^a   Sullivan, Kathleen ^a   Terrell, Scott ^a   Wertan, Nina ^a   Wheaton, Catharine J ^a   Wilson, Brad ^j   Valdes, Eduardo V ^a,b,c,n   more..

^a Walt Disney World   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d Veterinary Services Zoo New England   (United States)

^e Fort Worth Zoo ^*  (United States)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^g TORONTO ZOO   (Canada)

^h Ellen Dierenfeld LLC   (Canada)

ⁱ Mark Finke LLC   (United States)

^j Amphibian Ark   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m Micronutrients/Mazuri Exotic Animal Nutrition   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^o ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^p IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^r Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^s European Association for Zoos and Aquaria   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Aquarium; Disease; Ex situ; Husbandry; Life stage; Nutrition; Pathology; Population; Research; Vitamin; Water; Zoo

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84916878655     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21180     Document Type: Note

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