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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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Qualitative behaviour assessment for zoo-housed polar bears (Ursus maritimus): Intra- and inter-day consistency and association to other indicators of welfare

Authors: Cecilie Ravn Skovlund, Marlene Katharina Kirchner, Barbara Contiero, Signe Ellegaard, Xavier Manteca, Mikkel Stelvig, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Björn Forkman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords:

2023

Both feather peckers and victims are more asymmetrical than control hens

Authors: Fernanda M. Tahamtani, Björn Forkman, Lena K. Hinrichsen, Anja B. Riber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, feather pecking, fluctuating asymmetry, laying hen, skeletal traits

2017

Effect of increasing amounts of straw on pigs’ explorative behaviour

Authors: Margit Bak Jensen, Mette S. Herskin, Björn Forkman, Lene Juul Pedersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exploratory behaviour, growing pigs, rooting material, straw, welfare

2015

Pain evaluation in dairy cattle

Authors: Karina Bech Gleerup, Pia Haubro Andersen, Lene Munksgaard, Björn Forkman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cattle, pain behaviour, pain evaluation, pain face, pain scale

2015

How much is enough? The amount of straw necessary to satisfy pigs’ need to perform exploratory behaviour

Authors: Lene J. Pedersen, Mette S. Herskin, Björn Forkman, Ulrich Halekoh, Kristian M. Kristensen, Margit B. Jensen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, activity, growing pigs, rooting material, straw, welfare

2014

I like my dog, does my dog like me?

Authors: Therese Rehn, Ulrika Lindholm, Linda Keeling, Björn Forkman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, canine, human-animal relationship, mdors, strange situation procedure

2014

Interaction between sows’ aggressiveness post mixing and skin lesions recorded several weeks later

Authors: Björn Tönepöhl, Anne K. Appel, Barbara Voß, Uta König von Borstel, Matthias Gauly

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggressiveness, indicator trait, individual behaviour, reproductive traits, skin lesions, sow

2013

Investigating the importance of vision in poultry: Comparing the behaviour of blind and sighted chickens

Authors: Sophie Collins, Björn Forkman, Helle H. Kristensen, Peter Sandøe, Paul M. Hocking

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, blindness, chicken, social isolation, vision, welfare

2011

Implications of sensory ecology for species coexistence: biased perception links predator diversity to prey size distribution

Authors: Kamran Safi, Björn M. Siemers

Publication/Journal: Evolutionary Ecology

Keywords: echolocation, neuroecology, niche segregation, predator–prey interaction, sensor filtering, sensory bias

2009

The sensory basis of prey detection in captive-born grey mouse lemurs, Microcebus murinus

Authors: Marcus Piep, Ute Radespiel, Elke Zimmermann, Sabine Schmidt, Björn M. Siemers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: foraging, grey mouse lemur, insectivorous, microcebus murinus, prey detection, primates, sensory ecology

2008

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