Zoo Animals

With many zoos and wildlife parks focused on captive breeding programmes, nutritional aspects on a wide range of mammals are being investigated. With assistance from zoos, we have produced products which provide essential nutrients to improve diets for carnivores and primates. We can also manufacture milk replacers from an exhaustive list of mammal species kept in zoos.

Primate Meal

Primate Meal is a vitamin, mineral & essential nutrient supplement for captive primates including Monkeys, Apes, Gibbons, Marmosets & Lemurs.

Key Features

Mix with pureed fruit to make a nutrient-enhanced "Primate Cake".
Provides additional vitamins, minerals & antioxidants that may be lacking in a captive diet.
Contains added essential amino acids & fatty acids for healthy skin, cell & brain development.

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Primates eat a variety of leaves, fruits, nuts insects and other sources of animal protein. Primate Meal provides vitamins, minerals, carotenoids (antioxidants), essential amino acids and fatty acids that may be lacking in the captive diet. Primate Meal is usually fed as a cake and may represent from 20-40% of the diet.

Analysis

Nutrient	Composition (per kg)	Composition (per kg Primate Cake)	Nutrient	Composition (per kg)	Composition (per kg Primate Cake)
Protein	220g	120g	Folic Acid	4mg	2mg
Total Fat	52g	28g	Biotin	450µg	230µg
Saturated Fat	13g	7g	Cyanocobalamin	100µg	52µg
Monounsaturated Fat	19g	10g	Calcium	14g	8g
Polyunsaturated Fat	20g	11g	Phosphorous	9g	5g
ME	14MJ	8MJ	Magnesium	430mg	250mg
Retinol	400µg	480μg	Iron(Fe++)	25mg	14mg
Cholecalciferol	60μg	30μg	Zinc	18mg	10mg
d-α-tocopherol	550mg	290mg	Manganese	10mg	5mg
Nicotinamide	150mg	80mg	Copper	3mg	2mg
Pantothenic Acid	56mg	30mg	Iodine	500µg	210µg
Pyridoxine	13mg	7mg	Selenium	140µg	80µg
Riboflavin	10mg	5mg	Total Carotenoids	15mg	9mg
Thiamine	38mg	20mg

Pack Size

20kg.

Preparation of Primate Cake

Puree 800g of mixed fruits in a suitable food processor (eg apple, banana, orange, carrot, pineapple, pear or other available fruits or vegetables).
Add 300ml of water to the puree and mix thoroughly at slow speed.
Weigh 1200g of Primate Meal into a basin, then slowly work the fruit puree into the meal to form a moist dough.
Flatten the dough into a cake tin at a thickness of about 1cm and then freeze.
Once the cake is set it can be sliced into useable squares and fed out.
Cake may be stored frozen for upto 2 weeks.

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