ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Keynote Address: PHENOTYPIC FLEXIBILITY OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM IN TETRAPODS
J. Matthias Starck*

STARCH DIGESTION IN AMERICAN KESTRELS (FALCO SPARVERIUS)
H. N. Pham, K. C. Klasing*

ARE CONIFERS POOR WINTER FOODS FOR SNOWSHOE HARES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS? DIGESTIBILITY TRIALS AND A FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION EXPERIMENT
Ethan Ellsworth*

FOOD INTAKE, GROWTH RATE, FEED EFFICIENCY AND BODY COMPOSITION OF THE NEW GUINEA WALKING STICK (EURYCANTHA CALCARATA) FED FICUS BENJAMINA, FICUS ELASTICA AND RUBUS SPP.
Amy E. de Vos*, Michelle E. Shaw, David J. Barney, Lydia Attard, Tom Mason, Eduardo V. Valdes, James L. Atkinson

COMPARATIVE DIGESTION OF MAST BY SOUTH TEXAS WILDLIFE
Jennifer J. Elston*, David G. Hewitt

INSTANTANEOUS INTAKE OF MAST BY SOUTH TEXAS WILDLIFE
Jennifer J. Elston*, David G. Hewitt

Discussion: NRC Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants
Robert White

THE EFFECT OF DIETARY CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES ON ISOTOPE LEVELS IN COLLAGEN, KERATIN AND TISSUES OF THE DESERT TORTOISE (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII)
Oftedal, O.T., Green, A. S. *, Tuross, N., Michener, R. H.

DIET AND HABITAT USE OF LOGGERHEAD TURTLES NESTING IN FLORIDA: AN ASSESMENT USING STABLE ISOTOPES OF CARBON AND NITROGEN
Kimberly J. Reich*, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Blair E. Witherington

AN EXPLORATION INTO THE FEEDING ECOLOGY OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS AND THEIR POTENTIAL PREY USING STABLE ISOTOPES AND FATTY ACID SIGNATURE ANALYSIS
Graham A.J. Worthy*, Asha M. Samuel, Tamara A.M. Worthy

ASSESSMENT OF DIETARY HISTORY IN HUMANS THROUGH THE USE OF PHYSIOLOGIC MARKERS OF INTAKE
David J. Baer*, Alanna Moshfegh, Bruce A. Watkins, Keith Hobson

INTERACTION OF BREED AND NUTRITION ON CHOLESTEROL AND FATTY ACID COMPOSITION OF CHICKEN EGGS.
S. Millet*, K. De Ceulaer, K. Raes, S. De Smet, G.P.J. Janssens

FATTY ACIDS, PISCIVOROUS BIRDS, AND CAPTIVE NUTRITION: AN EXAMINATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF A MARINE BASED DIET
Roy McClements*, David Evans, Kerri Slifka, Michelle Hyde

THE COMPARATIVE NUTRITION DATABASE: AN INTERNATIONAL CAPTIVE ANIMAL DIET RESOURCE AND RESEARCH TOOL
Deborah A. McWilliams*, Michel Delorme

NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE ENDANGERED COLUMBIA BASIN PYGMY RABBIT (BRACHYLAGUS IDAHOENSIS), A SAGEBRUSH SPECIALIST.
Tara B. Davila*, L.A. Shipley

EFFECT OF DIETARY NITROGEN LEVEL ON FOOD INTAKE AND DIGESTIBILITY IN WHITE-FOOTED MICE, PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS
Mary Beth Voltura*, Elizabeth Csikar

DIGESTIVE ENZYME ACTIVITIES IN THE OMNIVOROUS PHYTICHTHYS CHIRUS (STICHAEIDAE): EVIDENCE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN AN HERBIVOROUS CLADE OF PRICKLEBACK FISHES.
Donovan P. German*, Michael H. Horn, Anna Gawlicka

SEASONAL DIFFERENCES IN COMPOSITION OF BAMBOO FED TO GIANT PANDAS (AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA) AT THE NATIONAL ZOO
Raquel B. Tabet*, Olav T. Oftedal, Mary E. Allen

NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF LIZARDS CONSUMED BY MICRONESIAN KINGFISHERS (TODIRHAMPHUS CINNAMOMINA REICHENBACHII) ON POHNPEI
Kerri Slifka*, Patty McGill, Anne Oiler, Dylan Kesler

A WEANING DECISION TREE FOR CARIBOU: CAN MATERNAL FAT AND PROTEIN RESERVES AFFECT WEANING DATE?
Robert G. White*, D.E. Russell & D.B.Griffith.

NUTRITIONAL EFFECTS ON ESTROUS CYCLICITY IN WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS)
Erin L. Monaco*, Randy Stanko, David G. Hewitt

THE EFFECT OF PREGNANCY ON FORAGE INTAKE IN WHITE-TAILED DEER (ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS).
Erin L. Monaco*, David G. Hewitt

COMPENSATORY GROWTH IN OCEANIC LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES: RESPONSE TO PATCHY FOOD RESOURCES
Karen A. Bjorndal*, Alan B. Bolten, Thomas Dellinger, Cláudia Delgado, Helen R. Martins

THE EFFECTS OF ENERGY BALANCE ON REPRODUCTION IN THE COMMON MARMOSET (CALLITHRIX JACCHUS).
Michael L. Power,* Suzette D. Tardif, and Olav T. Oftedal

SEARCHING FOR STRESS: HEMATOLOGICAL INDICATORS OF NUTRITIONAL INADEQUACIES IN STELLER SEA LIONS
David A S Rosen*, Gordon D Hastie, Andrew W Trites

MANED WOLF DIET EVALUATION WITH DOGS
Mary E. Allen*, Mark E. Griffin, Quinton R. Rogers, Duane E. Ullrey

THE THERMAL COMFORT OF GRAZING RUMINANTS IN HOT AND COLD WEATHER: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STANDING AND LYING DOWN
Esther J. Finegan*, James L. Atkinson, Terry J. Gillespie

SELENOSIS IN THE LACTATING MINK (MUSTELA VISON) FED AN OMEGA-3 ENRICHED DIET
Deborah A. Musgrave*, Kirsti Rouvinen-Watt, Nancy Crowe, Kathleen Glover

Discussion: WHO NEEDS COMPARATIVE NUTRITIONISTS, ANYWAY?
Duane E. Ullrey


POSTER PRESENTATIONS

ISOTOPIC RATIOS AND TURNOVER RATES IN THE SKIN OF THE WEST INDIAN MANATEE (TRICHECHUS MANATUS): IMPLICATIONS FOR FEEDING HISTORY
Christy D. Alves*, Graham A.J. Worthy

WOOLLY MONKEY (LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA) SERUM CHEMISTRY MEASUREMENTS AS AN INDICATOR OF HEALTH STATUS
Kimberly Ange*, Walter Jansen, Martin Verstegen, Roy Burns, Warner Jens, Eric van Heugten

AN EVALUATION OF ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGIES IN ASSESSING BODY CONDITION OF THE WEST INDIAN MANATEE (TRICHECHUS MANATUS)
Nicole E. Browning*, Graham A.J. Worthy, Tamara A.M. Worthy

EFFECTS OF FENBENDAZOLE ON THE PALATABILITY OF A LOW-FIBER HERBIVORE PELLET
Laura A. Felicetti*, Mark S. Edwards

THE EFFECTS OF RATION AND CAGE SIZE ON GROWTH OF THE JUVENILE BLUE CRAB, CALLINECTES SAPIDUS
Andrea Findiesen*, Allen R. Place

HIGH BACTERIAL DIVERSITY IN THE FORESTOMACH OF THE HOATZIN IS REVEALED BY MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF 16S RRNA GENES
Filipa Godoy*, Z. Gao, Z. Pei, M. Zho., M.A. Garcia-Amado, L. R. Pericchi, D. Torres, F. Michelangeli, M.J. Blaser, M.G. Domínguez-Bello

THE EFFECT OF POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID INTAKE ON LIPID STORAGE AND ON RATES OF COOLING AND REWARMING IN THE NAKED MOLE-RAT (HETERCEPHALUS GLABER).
W. R. Hood*, Rochelle Buffenstein, Laura Mello, Marta Kowalska

EFFECTS OF BODY CONDITION ON RESTING METABOLISM IN CAPTIVE AND FREE-RANGING STELLER SEA LIONS (EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS).
Lisa A. Hoopes*, Lorrie D. Rea, David A.S. Rosen, Graham A.J. Worthy

DIETARY PROTEIN AS A SEXUAL STIMULANT IN ADULT COCKATIELS (NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS)
Lisa Kohler*, Jim Millam, Kirk Klasing

ACIDOGENICITY VALUE AND RUMEN ACID LOAD OF SOME COMMON ZOO FEEDS
Nicholas E. Odongo*, Eduardo V. Valdes, Brian W. McBride

DIET DRY MATTER DIGESTIBILITY OF CAPTIVE AFRICAN ELEPHANTS (LOXODONTA AFRICANA)
Christine Pendlebury, Nicholas E. Odongo*, Alejandra Renjifo, Jim Naelitz, Eduardo V. Valdes, Brian W. McBride

FORAGING AND NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY OF WILD GORILLAS: HOW DO BWINDI GORILLAS COMPARE?
Jessica M. Rothman*, Alice N. Pell, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Harold Hintz

USING STABLE ISOTOPES AND FATTY ACIDS TO INTERPRET FEEDING ECOLOGY: A CAUTIONARY NOTE
Asha M. Samuel*, Tamara A.M. Worthy. Graham A.J. Worthy

MINERAL, VITAMIN A, AND VITAMIN E CONCENTRATIONS IN SERUM, PLASMA, AND TISSUE OF CAPTIVE GIRAFFE (GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS)
Michael L. Schlegel*, Mark S. Edwards, Michele Miller, Eduardo V. Valdes

PRELIMINARY RESULTS EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF BOTANICAL COMPOSITION ON NUTRIENT CONTENT OF THE WEST SAVANNAH PASTURE AT DISNEY’S ANIMAL KINGDON
Michael L. Schlegel*, Alejandra Renjifo, Mohamad Hamdan, John Strickland, Jeff Heimermann, Eduardo V. Valdes