Prior Mazuri Exotic Animal Nutrition Research Grant Awardees

2022

Captivity impacts on the physiology and health of giant anteaters: A nutritional approach. F. Mara, A. Melchert, E. Dierenfeld, and C. Assis. São Paulo State University.

2021

Assessing vitamin D status in Zoo-housed great apes. R. Jarvis, S. Moittié, M. Liptovszky, and K. Baiker. University of Nottingham

2020

Vitamin D metabolism and calcium homeostasis in the Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni). S. Childs-Sanford, J. Higgins, and A. Makowski, Cornell University.

2019

Comparison of the nutrient composition of the diet consumed by Asian small-clawed otters in the wild and in animal collections. R. Hill, C. Roe, and K. Scott, University of Florida.

2018

Comparison of Fatty Acid Profiles of Free-ranging and Captively Managed White Rhinoceros. K. Ange-van Heugten, J. Wood, and L. Minter. North Carolina State University, North Carolina Zoo.

2017

Role of diet composition in fatty liver syndrome in sea otters. D. Rosen, University of British Columbia.

2016

Characterizing the microbiome of red-eared slider turtles. I. Lamkin and M. Allender, University of Illinois.