EAZA - Nutrition

Providing a good diet, which fulfils as many aspects of natural feeding ecology as possible, is an essential consideration in the welfare of zoo animals. As a basic foundation of animal management, nutrition is also integral to longevity, disease prevention, growth and reproduction. Proper feeding management incorporates husbandry skills and applied nutritional sciences. Exchange of ideas, information and results is vital when developing zoo animal diets.

7th European Zoo Nutrition Conference
University of Zurich, 27-30 January 2012

Every two years the EAZA Nutrition Group organises a conference dedicated to the latest techniques and reserach in zoo nutrition. The programmes and abstracts from past editions of the conference are available below. The next conference will take place in the University of Zurich in January 2012. You can find more information here.

ZOOQUARIA Nutrition News

The latest in the series of EAZA magazines dedicated to the topic of zoo nutrition has been published. It's based on papers and posters presented at the 6th European Zoo Nutrition Conference, which took place in Barcelona last year. As EAZA NEWS has transformed into ZOOQUARIA since the previous nutrition issue was published, the new magazine follows the same bright new design, with full colour throughout. Download the PDF by clicking on the link - you can find the previous four issues in the library below.

Zooquaria Nutrition News 5

EAZA Nutrition Group

The EAZA Nutrition Group (ENG), reporting to the Research Committee, seeks to improve communication and coordination among all those engaged in research, education, or application of comparative (zoo) nutrition, and those requiring nutrition information, chiefly within zoological institutions of Europe. The mission statement of the ENG is:

"To promote and support nutrition in zoological institutions as an essential component of their conservation mission"

Membership is open to all individuals who support the aims of the EAZA Nutrition Group or need to know how they can improve nutrition in their zoo. Joining the group is simple; please e-mail Andrea Fidgett (a.fidgett@chesterzoo.org) putting 'Join ENG' in the subject line. Afterwards, you will receive a form asking for your contact details and also to indicate your interests and/or expertise.

Useful Links

The EAZA Nutrition Group has selected a list of relevant useful websites.

Zoo Animal Nutrition

NAG Online
A list of AZA groups that have provided information to the Nutrition Advisory Group about their husbandry manuals, some including nutrition chapters.

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Search for nutrition related books and journals. Most articles viewable online for free.

Nutritional Compositions

USDA National Nutrient Database
Search the USDA National Nutrient Database online. From this page there is a link to also view reports on foods by individual nutrients, e.g. calcium.

FAO International Food Composition Tables
A summary of human food tables, many of which are online.

National Food Insitute Denmark
Danish food table: very clear in English and of course in Danish.

Nutrient Requirements

National Academies Press
A set of nutrient requirement books, possible to read each online for free, a page at a time.

National Academies
The National Resource Council Committee on Animal Nutrition produces a series of reports on the 'nutrient requirements of domestic animals'.

DEFRA UK
Guidelines for nutrient requirements in the United Kingdom.

Societies and Proceedings

NAG Online
Conference proceedings from the Nutrition Advisory Group: papers from the 1st and 2nd conferences are available to download; hard copies of proceedings from meetings in 1999, 2001 & 2003 are available to purchase. Contents can be previewed online.

International Zoo Yearbooks
International Zoo Yearbooks 6, 16 and 39 have special sections on nutrition.

Miscellaneous

The Auk
All issues of The Auk from 1880 to 1999 are free online.

Highwire Press
A repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1269 journals and 6 million full text articles from over 140 scholarly publishers.

Library

EAZA Nutrition Group Newsletters
Newsletter No. 4 - March 2007
Newsletter No. 3 - September 2006
Newsletter No. 2 - June 2006
Newsletter No. 1 - October 2005

European Zoo Nutrition Conferences
(Programmes, abstracts and resources)
7th European Zoo Nutrition Conference - Zurich (2012)
Resource Index - Zurich (2012)
6th European Zoo Nutrition Conference - Barcelona (2010)
5th European Zoo Nutrition Conference - Chester (2008)
4th European Zoo Nutrition Conference - Leipzig (2005)
3rd European Zoo Nutrition Conference - Antwerp (2003)
2nd European Zoo Nutrition Conference - Marwell (2001)
1st European Zoo Nutrition Conference - Rotterdam (1999)

International Symposium on Pet Bird Nutrition
2nd International Symposium 2007
1st International Symposium 1997

To order contact: josef.kamphues@tiho-hannover.de

ZOOQUARIA - Zoo Nutrition Special Editions
ZOOQUARIA Nutrition News 5 - 2011
EAZA NEWS Zoo Nutrition 4 - 2008
EAZA NEWS Zoo Nutrition 3 - 2003
EAZA NEWS Zoo Nutrition 2 - 2001
EAZA NEWS Zoo Nutrition 1 - 1999

Zoo Animal Nutrition Books

These books gather together the scientific contributions to the European Zoo Nutrition Conferences. The fifth book in the series, covering the 2010 edition of the conference, is currently in production.

To obtain a copy of any of these books, contact Filander Verlag at: info@filander.de

Zoo Animal Nutrition IV (2009)

Edited by M. Clauss, A. Fidgett, G. Janssens, J.-M. Hatt, T. Huisman, J. Hummel, J. Nijboer, A. Plowman. Filander Verlag, Fürth

ISBN-13: 978-3-930831-72-2

Abstracts

Zoo Animal Nutrition III (2006)

Edited by A. Fidgett, M. Clauss, K. Eulenberger, J.-M. Hatt, I. Hume, G. Janssens, J. Nijboer.
Filander Verlag, Fürth

ISBN-10: 3-930831-57-0
ISBN-13: 978-3-930831-57-9

Abstracts

Zoo Animal Nutrition II (2003)

Edited by A. Fidgett, M. Clauss, U. Gansloßer, J.-M. Hatt, J. Nijboer.
Filander Verlag, Fürth

ISBN-10: 3-930831-51-1

Abstracts

Zoo Animal Nutrition I (2000)

Edited by J. Nijboer, J.-M. Hatt, W. Kaumanns, A. Beijnen, U. Gansloßer (eds.).
Filander Verlag, Fürth

ISBN-10: 3-930831-29-5

Abstracts