Feed Mix, 2003, Volume 11, Number 4
A bright future ahead for zoo nutrition
Zoo animal feed is a niche market taken to the extreme, but thanks to the efforts of the recently established European Zoo Nutrition Centre, it is a rapidly developing one. The first hurdle is to establish the
requirements of the many different species kept captive in zoos, then to collect and collate the data to re-apply it back into the commercial business of zoos and conservation. Commercial feeds do exist for zoo animals, but the market does still appear to have room for expanszon.
By Sarah Mellor
Zoo animal feed is a niche market taken to the extreme, but thanks to the efforts of the recently established European Zoo Nutrition Centre, it is a rapidly developing one. The first hurdle is to establish the
requirements of the many different species kept captive in zoos, then to collect and collate the data to re-apply it back into the commercial business of zoos and conservation. Commercial feeds do exist for zoo animals, but the market does still appear to have room for expanszon.
By Sarah Mellor