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Food preference of the moose (\kur{Alces alces}) at zoological gardens
 ŠERÁKOVÁ, Veronika
The thesis deals with food preferences of elk (Alces alces) in Czech zoological gardens and contains observation of food preferences in zoo Hluboká nad Vltavou. The results are compared with food offer and preference in the wilds described in literature. The first part of the thesis is aimed at literary review about elk, its characteristic, categorization, distribution and biology. It is focused mainly on the studies dealing with feeding habits and food preferences of elk in the wilds and captivity. The second part describes observation of food preferences of three elks in zoo Hluboká nad Vltavou, provided during 10 feedings. The food quality and composition of feed ration was also evaluated not only in zoo Hluboká nad Vltavou, but also in zoo Praha and zoo Brno (based on information from local zoo keepers). Analysis of variance showed that there are differences in feeding latency between various types of food. Elks preferred dried herbs, carrot and oak bark. On the contrary, elks did not preferred oat flakes and both granules for giraffes and elks. Recommendation for feed ration improving, including also food preferences of the elk were also suggested.
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The nutrition of the moose (Alces alces) at zoological gardens
 ŠERÁKOVÁ, Veronika
The thesis focuses on the nutrition of the moose (Alces alces) at zoological gardens in Prague, Brno and Chomutov. The first part contains the literary research relating to the moose, where its characteristics, categorization, expansion and biology are described. Furthermore, the thesis describes the anatomy and function of the moose digestive system, and at last on the moose nutrition at zoological gardens. In the second part of the thesis the actual observation was carried out in the three zoological gardens. Nutrition, composition of the feeding dose and content of nutrients in the feeding dose according to the weight categories were evaluated. The concluding part of the thesis evaluates the results and compares the feeding doses at the three zoological gardens.
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