ANS 3934 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Metabolic Bone Disease, Castaway Cay, Epcot
8 Dec 2016
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Zoo nutrition: the business of conserving endangered species. Operates seven days a week: 22 people on the nutrition team, 4 interns. You need 8 people per day to get all of the food distributed: responsible for food prep and deliveries, 10 hour shifts, 4 days a week. Quality control: looks at the quality of all feedstuffs. Conservation: conservation research on practical topics, lots of publications in journals. Works with the seas team at epcot, aulani, and castaway cay to formulate diets for challenging aquatic species. Consequences of an improper diet: poor health, no reproduction, animals look bad physically, diseases. Metabolic bone disease: nutrient deficiencies or toxicities, obesity or anorexia. Economics: proper feeding reduces veterinarian costs. Animals do not necessarily get the same foods that they would get in the wild: they do however receive the same nutrients. Challenges: food availability can vary by location.
