Saturday, August 9

Plenary Presentation
Charles Edward (Ed) Stevens (1927-2008) – A tribute
Ian Hume*

Vitamin and Mineral Requirements

Case study: Changes in blood mineral and vitamin status of free-ranged African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana africana) when translocated to a zoo
Michael L. Schlegel*, Mark S. Edwards

Evaluation of chromium supplementation on several parameters in beagles
Merlin D. Lindemann*

Effect of tannic acid on iron absorption in straw-
colored fruit bats (Eidolon helvum)
Shana R. Lavin*, Steven Abrams, Zhensheng Chen

Beta-carotene metabolism in domestic cats
Alice S. Green**, Andrea J. Fascetti

Nutrition, Reproduction, and Growth, Part I

Malcolm Ramsey Travel Award Recipient
Somatotropic Axis: An endocrine link between nutrient intake and growth rate in free-ranging harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)
Julie P. Richmond*, John Skinner, James Gilbert, Steven Zinn

Physiological consequences of nutrient provisioning
rates for offspring and mothers among capital and income breeding pinnipeds
Sara J. Iverson*, Shelley L.C. Lang

Relevance of maternal body condition and
energy/protein intake to lactation and offspring growth in Rangifer
Robert G. White*, Don E. Russell, Brad Griffith, Raymond D. Cameron

Effects of calcium availability on reproductive output
of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)
Christina Booher**

Comparative evaluation of a dried milk product (Nutri-Gold ®) with other milk protein sources in starter diets for early weaned pigs
G. L. Cromwell*, B. G. Kim, Y. L. Ma, A. D. Quant, M. D. Lindemann

Dinner

Sunday, August 10

Rumination frees mammalian herbivores from foregut-fermentation’s metabolic constraint.
Marcus Clauss*, Angela Schwarm, Sylvia Ortmann, Jürgen Hummel

In vitro fermentation of three diets with varying starch
and fiber levels using rumen fluid inoculum of diet
adapted mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) or a
lactating dairy cow
Matt A. Brooks**, E. A. Koutsos, M. S. Kerley

Fecal microbial populations of large captive exotic felids and domestic cats fed beef and horse-based raw diets
Brittany M. Vester*, Ingmar S. Middelbos, Sarah L. Burke, Cheryl L. Dikeman,, Lee G. Simmons, Kelly S. Swanson

Dietary History

Kinetics of dietary biomarkers in seals: Preliminary results from captive studies
Regina Eisert*, Olav T. Oftedal, Erling S. Nordøy, Arnoldus S. Blix

A novel approach to monitoring changes in the diet of lactating mothers through isotopic analysis of young Steller sea lion vibrissae
Lorrie D. Rea*, Sean D. Farley, Craig A. Stricker, Vicki K. Stegall, Carrie A. Eischens1

Plenary Presentation
Geometric analysis: an integrative framework for nutritional ecology
David Raubenheimer

Nutritional constraints faced by sea otters: a comparison of diets within and among populations
Olav Oftedal*, Katherine Ralls, M. Tim Tinker, Alice S. Green

Feeding and nutritional ecology of mountain gorillas
Jessica M. Rothman*, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Andrew J. Plumptre, Harold F. Hintz, Peter S. Van Soest, Colin A. Chapman, Alice N. Pell

Nutritional ecology of Caribbean green turtles grazing
on seagrasses: digestive processing, population
dynamics, and effect on seagrass pastures
Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten

Getting it out of the (digestive) system: hindgut fermenters and calcium.
Marcus Clauss*, Jürgen Hummel

Evolutionary faecal allometry
Marcus Clauss*, Julia Fritz, Jürgen Hummel, Ellen Kienzle, Christian Arnold, Charles Nunn

Developmental trends in components of the somatotropic axis of mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawns fed three different herbivore diets
Genevieve Comeau**, Julie P. Richmond, Sarah McCusker, Lisa Shipley, Elizabeth Koutsos, Steven A. Zinn

Relevance of particle size on the digestion of different plant taxa and implication for herbivorous dinosaurs
Jürgen Hummel*, Karl-Heinz Südekum, Marcus Clauss

Nitrogen metabolism and nutrient digestibility of extruded, cooked beef-based and raw beef-based diets in domestic cats
Katherine R. Kerr**, Alison N. Beloshapka,  Kelly S. Swanson

High dietary vitamin E does not enhance breeding success of Attwaters prairie chickens
Elizabeth A. Koutsos*, M. Griffin, H. Bailey, and J. Flanagan

Effect of supplementation on pig diets with mannan oligosaccharide on response to an immune challenge
I. F. Hung, M. D. Lindemann*, G. L. Cromwell, B. G. Kim, M. G. Holt

Quantification of nutrient data from the diets of captive fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Barbara A. Lintzenich*, J.J. Williams, C.L. Dikeman, W.F. Swanson, R.L. Kelley

Evaluating the effects of three practical diets on nutritional status, rumen health, and growth of captive mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) fawns.
Sarah McCusker**, Lisa A. Shipley, Elizabeth A. Koutsos, Mark Griffin, Kristen A. Johnson, Troy T. Tollefson

A comparison of growth rates and nutrient intake in hand reared versus sow reared red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus)
Alejandra Renjifo-McComb, Kathleen Sullivan*, Shannon Livingston, Eduardo V. Valdes

Basic energy recommendations for pre-ruminant and lactating llamas (Lama glama)
Alexander Riek*, Martina Gerken

Climate change in an African rainforest: Implications for primate feeding and nutrition
Jessica M. Rothman*, Colin A. Chapman, Lauren J. Chapman, Thomas T. Struhsaker, Dennis Twinomugisha, Peter G. Waterman

Body condition and the regulation of lipid and glucose metabolism in mink (Neovision vision)
Kirsti Rouvinen-Watt, Jody Muise and Lora Harris

Chemical analysis of capelin (Mallotus villosus) using near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS)
Kathleen Sullivan*, Eduardo V. Valdes

Comparisons of blood serum values of fish before and after the addition of aquatic gel to the diet at Disney’s The Seas with Nemo and Friends
Eduardo V. Valdes, Kathleen Sullivan*, Shannon Livingston, Elizabeth Nolan

Monday, August 11

Digestibility and Assimilation Efficiency, Part 1

Plenary Presentation
Comparative nutrition in marine herbivorous fishes
Kendall Clements*

Beavers of the fish world: Can wood-eating catfishes actually digest wood?
Donovan P. German*

Nutrient digestibility and fecal characteristics of large captive exotic felids and domestic cats feed beef or horse-based raw diets
Brittany M. Vester**, Alison N. Beloshapka, Sarah L. Burke, Cheryl L. Dikeman, Lee G. Simmons, Kelly S. Swanson

Digestibility and Assimilation Efficiency, Part II

Influence of forage type on digestive parameters in goats
Jürgen Hummel*, Karl-Heinz Südekum, Marcus Clauss

More efficient mastication allow increasing intake without compromising digestibility of necessitating a larger gut: Comparative feeding trials in banteng (Bos javanicus) and pygmy hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
Angela Schwarm**, Sylvia Ortmann, Christian Wolf, W. Jürgen Streich, Marcus Clauss

Pick up bag lunch; Free afternoon

Tuesday, August 12

Developing the research potential of zoos and aquaria, the European perspective
Andrea L. Fidgett*, Alastair A. Macdonald, Joeke Nijboer, Amy Plowman

Formulation of lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) diets base on carbohydrate digestive physiology
 María F. Godoy*, Viviana Quse

Health and nutritional evaluation of gorillas on diets without commercial biscuits
Ray L Ball*, Mary R. Port, Lisa Harris, Tonia Westfall

Temporal effects of bamboo nutritional quality for giant pandas and other foragers
Jennifer L. Parsons**, Brian S. Baldwin, John R. Ouellette, Brian J. Rude

Sexual dimorphism in the propensity to obesity in a non-sexually dimorphic primate, the common marmoset( Callitrix jacchus)
Michael L. Power*, Suzette D. Tardif

Mobilization of body fat and alterations in liver lipid and fatty acid profiles in response to fasting and re-feeding in the American mink (Neovison vison)
Kirsti Rouvinen-Watt*, Anne-Mari-Mustonen, Catherine Pal, Rebecca Conway, Petteri Nieminen

Susan Crissey Travel Award Recipient
Effects of dietary fat source and feeding intensity on the development of fatty liver in the American mink (Neovison vison)
Morag Dick*, Jennifer Hurford, Sha Lei*, Lora Harris, Anne-Mari Mustonen, Petteri Nieminen, Kirsti Rouvinen-Watt1

A short history of Steller sea lions and nutritional stress: Comparing apples and oranges among captive animal studies
David A.S. Rosen*

Nutrition and IPY: Role of nutrition in studying effects of global change on circumarctic human/Rangifer systems
Robert G. White*, Don E. Russell

Koalas, eucalypts, and global climate change
Ian D. Hume*

Closing Remarks

Wednesday, August 13