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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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Comparison of the behaviour of piglets raised in an artificial rearing system or reared by the sow

Authors: Magdalena Rzezniczek, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Roland Weber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: artificial piglet rearing system, belly nosing, early weaning, play-fighting, resting behaviour

2015

Degree of synchrony based on individual observations underlines the importance of concurrent access to enrichment materials in finishing pigs

Authors: Bettina Zwicker, Roland Weber, Beat Wechsler, Lorenz Gygax

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment object, exploratory behaviour, feeding regime, synchronous

2015

Housing conditions influence cortical and behavioural reactions of sheep in response to videos showing social interactions of different valence

Authors: Sabine Vögeli, Martin Wolf, Beat Wechsler, Lorenz Gygax

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: attentiveness, emotion, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fnirs), mood, sheep, social interaction

2015

Welfare by the ear: comparing relative durations and frequencies of ear postures by using an automated tracking system in sheep

Authors: S. Vögeli, B. Wechsler, L. Gygax

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, automated tracking, ear posture, emotion, sheep, video analysis

2014

Behavioural and physiological reactions of goats confronted with an unfamiliar group either when alone or with two peers

Authors: Antonia Patt, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Edna Hillmann, Rupert Palme, Nina M. Keil

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic interactions, goat, grouping, introduction, social behaviour, social support, stress

2013

Factors influencing the welfare of goats in small established groups during the separation and reintegration of individuals

Authors: Antonia Patt, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Edna Hillmann, Rupert Palme, Nina M. Keil

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic interactions, goat, grouping, isolation, loose-housing, social behaviour, stress

2013

Short- and long-term effects of eight enrichment materials on the behaviour of finishing pigs fed ad libitum or restrictively

Authors: Bettina Zwicker, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Roland Weber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, enrichment, exploration, feeding, motivation, pigs

2013

Floor quality and space allowance in intensive beef production: a review

Authors: B. Wechsler

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, finishing beef cattle, floor quality, legislation, space allowance

2011

Socio-Spatial Relationships in Dairy Cows

Authors: L. Gygax, G. Neisen, B. Wechsler

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: dairy cow, relationship, spatial

2010

Behavioural and physiological assessment of positive and negative emotion in sheep

Authors: Nadine Reefmann, Beat Wechsler, Lorenz Gygax

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: autonomic nervous system, emotion, heart rate, human-animal interaction, ovis, perspiration, respiration, rmssd, sampling duration, sheep

2009

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