Sorry this has taken so long Saddlebilled Stork lovers

Jan 22, 2019

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Sorry this has taken so long Saddlebilled Stork loversTook a bit longer than we thought it would to get all the samples from the various holding institutions around the country, but as of a few months ago we had almost 75% participation.  Kerri and I have been collating results and hope to have some results laid out in an easily understandable format very soon.
Just glancing at the numbers, doesn't appear that there is an obvious nutrional cause for the decreased fecundity in this species, but that won't keep us from searching!

Alfiyah Qothrunnada Zulfa, Rachel, and 1 other like this.

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Evaluating the Nutritional Status in Captive Saddle-billed Storks

Dallas Zoo

Saddle-billed Storks are large, charismatic birds that are rare in captivity. The Dallas Zoo was the first zoo to successfully hatch a live chick and was then able to aid other zoos to have similar successes with their birds. Over the past five years, reproductive success has decreased dramatically throughout the SSP population. To rule out possible nutritional factors, this study has been initiated to evaluate the vitamin and mineral blood levels in the captive population.