Researchers will investigate if live food enriched with vitamin D (by exposure to ultraviolet sunlight) can increase vitamin D and improve growth in captive animals.
Researchers will determine if allostatic load (a cumulative health measure associated with repeated and chronic stressors) can predict increased risk of disease and early mortality in wild eastern gorillas.
Researchers will investigate recent outbreaks of encephalomyocarditis virus, a rodent-borne virus that causes deaths in captive animals worldwide, most notably elephants.