Dr. Amanda is able to use her background to review and craft diets based off the best medical and nutritional information available. She does the necessary research and builds a diet that meets the needs of the animal. At the same time she is communicative, flexible, and willing to make adjustments if the animal does not consume the diet as much as we hoped. Dr. Amanda is easy to reach and very responsive when questions arise. She is a great partner and expert to help improve the diets and nutrition at your institution.
Georgia Aquarium
Dr. Ardente is highly knowledgeable and asks all the “right” questions before making a recommendation. She is thorough with analysis and follows up on cases.
Maria Spriggs, DVM, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Ardente reports are comprehensive and informative. She works within the restrictions of animal health conditions, dietary preference and cost concerns. Following her recommendations has noticeably improved the health of our animals!
Tracey Gilbert, DVM, NEW Zoo
We worked with Amanda until we hired a full time Nutritionist; in addition to helping us with the “big ticket” items and emerging issues, she was vital to make the zoo staff and upper management that a Nutritionist is another component of the Animal Health Team.
Carlos R. Sanchez, DVM, Director of Animal Health, Veterinary Medical Center, Oregon Zoo
Amanda is always a pleasure to work with. The reports are very thorough and comprehensive.
Stephanie McCain, DVM, Birmingham Zoo
Dr. Ardente is extremely knowledgeable and her diet evaluations have been an excellent way to keep up the best possible care of our collection.
Sam Prestia, Coastal Wilds
We hired Dr. Ardente to review our 100+ animal collection’s current feeding protocol and to perform a complete nutritional analysis and revamp all the diets based on best current nutritional practices. We also have several animals with medical conditions that required specialized diets and/or weight loss protocols. Dr. Ardente was professional and such a pleasure to work with. As a veterinarian, I was so happy to have the nutritional help and expertise but I also needed a little help to get the keepers on board. She was of great help in working closely with the keepers to not only tease out the sometimes poorly organized data that came her way but to also provide the new diets in a way that helped the keepers get on board with the new diet program. I highly recommend hiring Dr. Ardente whether it be for the nutritional needs of a specific animal, exhibit, or for your whole collection.
— Serena Brenner, MS, DVM, Head Contract Veterinarian for CuriOdyssey (San Mateo, CA)