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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
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Global Overview of Environmental Enrichment Studies: What Has Been Done and Future Directions

Authors: Érica da Silva Bachetti, Layane Yamile Viol, Arleu Barbosa Viana-Junior, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal management, animal welfare, animals under human care, captive environment

2024

Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) discriminate between familiar and unfamiliar human visual and olfactory cues

Authors: E. J. Polla, C. C. Grueter, C. L. Smith

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: discrimination, elephant, elephas maximus, heterospecific, olfactory, unimodal, visual

2018

Comparative well-being of horses kept under total or partial confinement prior to employment for mounted patrols

Authors: Gabriela O. Pessoa, Pablo Trigo, Francisco D. Mesquita Neto, Antônio C. C. Lacreta Junior, Ticiana M. Sousa, Joel A. Muniz, Raquel S. Moura

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, heart rate variability, horse, police, stall, stress

2016

The development of a non-invasive behavioral model of thermal heat stress in laboratory mice (Mus musculus)

Authors: J. T. Mufford, M. J. Paetkau, N. J. Flood, G. Regev-Shoshani, C. C. Miller, J. S. Church

Publication/Journal: Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, biochemical research methods, body temperature, cytokine, ethovision, infrared thermography (irt), mouse, neurosciences, physiology, responses, strategy, thermoregulation

2016

Owner perceptions of companion dog expressions of positive emotional states and the contexts in which they occur

Authors: E. L. Buckland, H. A. Volk, C. C. Burn, S. M. Abeyesinghe

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, companion dogs, owner assessments, positive emotion, survey

2014

Are cats (Felis catus) from multi-cat households more stressed? Evidence from assessment of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analysis

Authors: D. Ramos, A. Reche-Junior, P. L. Fragoso, R. Palme, N. K. Yanasse, V. R. Gouvêa, A. Beck, D. S. Mills

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cortisol, enzyme immunoassay, feline, housing, non-invasive

2013

Hormonal stress response of laboratory mice to conventional and minimally invasive bleeding techniques

Authors: C. C. Voigt, P. Klöckner, C. Touma, C. Neuschl, G. Brockmann, F. Göritz, R. Palme, R. Thomsen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, blood samples, corticosterone, dipetalogaster maximus, faecal samples, mus musculus

2013

Do dog owners perceive the clinical signs related to conformational inherited disorders as ‘normal’ for the breed? A potential constraint to improving canine welfare

Authors: R. M. A. Packer, A. Hendricks, C. C. Burn

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, brachycephalic, conformation, dog, owner perception, pedigree analysis

2012

Factors affecting faecal glucocorticoid levels in domestic cats (Felis catus): a pilot study with single and large multi-cat households

Authors: D. Ramos, M. N. Arena, A. Reche-Junior, A. G. T. Daniel, M. V. C. Albino, A. S. Vasconcellos, P. Viau, C. A. Oliveira

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cat, faecal glucocorticoids, feline, life quality, stress

2012

Influence of prior exposure to wood shavings on feather pecking, dustbathing and foraging in adult laying hens

Authors: C.J Nicol, A.C Lindberg, A.J Phillips, S.J Pope, L.J Wilkins, L.E Green

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: chicken, dustbathing, feather pecking, foraging, rearing, substrate

2001

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