A potential cause of pododermatitis ("bumblefoot") was investigated in captive-reared juvenile black stilts at the Department of Conservation "Kaki Recovery Program" at Twizel, New Zealand. To address the importance of ...

We assessed the effect of seasonality and intrinsic conditions on daily activity pattern of giant anteaters reintroduced in the Iberá Reserve, Argentina. During 2007-2012 we gathered 159 24-h focal samples on 15 radio-marked ...

The life cycle of the avian parasitic flies Philornis Meinert (Diptera: Muscidae) is poorly known, limiting the understanding of the ecology of these flies, including interactions with their hosts. We provide data on length ...

Development, ontogeny of the digestive system and the fatty-acid (FA) profile, were analysed during development of Epinephelus marginatus. Larvae were analysed 7 and 17days post fertilization (dpf) to evaluate fatty-acid ...

The aim of this study was to describe, for the first time, the embryogenesis and larval growth of the Paraitinga Brycon nattereri Gunther, 1864 reared in captivity. After artificial fertilization, eggs were incubated at ...

Rheas (Rhea americana) belongs to the ratite group. Considering the commercial significance of this birds, some techniques, such as semen collection, were standardized. In this study, 107 male rheas (3 to 4 years of age) ...

The present trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (vitamin C) on immune and antioxidant defence system in captive-reared juvenile mahseer (Tor putitora (Hamilton, 1822)). The ...