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| Action | Effectiveness | Studies | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Amphibians: Use hormone treatment to induce sperm and egg release Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 17 | ||
Amphibians: Freeze sperm or eggs for future use Action Link | Unlikely to be beneficial | 10 | ||
Carnivores: Provide food on a random temporal schedule Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 7 | ||
Carnivores: Feed whole carcasses (with or without organs/gastrointestinal tract) Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 6 | ||
Carnivores: Hide food around enclosure Action Link | Beneficial | 6 | ||
Carnivores: Feed commercially prepared diets Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 5 | ||
Primates: Scatter food throughout enclosure Action Link | Beneficial | 4 | ||
Amphibians: Manipulate temperature of enclosure to improve development or survival to adulthood Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 4 | ||
Amphibians: Use artificial fertilization in captive breeding Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 4 | ||
Carnivores: Provide bones, hides or partial carcasses Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 4 | ||
Carnivores: Present food frozen in ice Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 4 | ||
Carnivores: Present food inside objects (e.g. Boomer balls) Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 4 | ||
Primates: Present food in puzzle feeders Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 3 | ||
Carnivores: Provide devices to simulate live prey, including sounds, lures, pulleys and bungees Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 3 | ||
Primates: Hide food in containers (including boxes and bags) Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 2 | ||
Primates: Present food frozen in ice Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 2 | ||
Primates: Maximise both horizontal and vertical food presentation locations Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 2 | ||
Primates: Formulate diet to reflect nutritional composition of wild foods (including removal of domestic fruits) Action Link | Likely to be beneficial | 2 | ||
Primates: Change the number of feeds per day Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 2 | ||
Primates: Feed individuals in social groups Action Link | Trade-off between benefit and harms | 2 | ||
Amphibians: Identify and breed a similar species to refine husbandry techniques prior to working with target species Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | ||
Amphibians: Vary enclosure temperature to simulate seasonal changes in the wild Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | ||
Amphibians: Vary artificial rainfall to simulate seasonal changes in the wild Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | ||
Amphibians: Provide multiple egg laying sites within an enclosure Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 | ||
Amphibians: Provide natural substrate for species which do not breed in water (e.g. burrowing/tunnel breeders) Action Link | Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) | 2 |
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Management of Captive Animals - Published 2018
Captive Animal Synopsis
