Table 3: Spider and woolly monkeys diet nutrient analyses, food group
percentages, and fecal cortisol concentrations (SEM) from three zoological
institutions in Europe.
Zoo 6
Zoo 7
Zoo 6
Zoo 7
Zoo 8
Study 2 spider monkeys
Study 3 woolly monkeys
Diet nutrients, % (dry matter basis)
Protein
18
12
22
15
12
Fat
19
8
12
12
7
Fiber
8.5
4.1
9.0
8.3
5.6
Carbohydrates
54
75
55
62
75
Total sugar
20
35
22
28
41
Sucrose
4.8
3.7
3.2
3.7
4.9
Fructose
10.7
9.9
6.7
8.0
13.8
Glucose
6.5
8.1
3.5
4.6
6.9
Diet food group, % (as fed)
Fruit
30
49
19
30
44
Vegetable
60
42
68
60
48
Nutritionally complete
6
4
5
4
0
Breads and grains
2
5
0
2
6
Miscellaneous
2
0
8
4
2
Cortisol analyses
Fecal cortisol, ng/
nutritionally complete feed utilized by Zoos 6 and 7 was Leaf Eater Primate (Mazuri Zoo Foods,
Witham, Essex, UK). cortisol is measured on a DM basis. difference in fecal cortisol concentration
between spider monkey institutions () are indicated by
superscripts a, b and among woolly monkey institutions by superscripts x, y.