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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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Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo-housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)

Authors: Brett Williams, Jennifer Campbell, Corinne Kendall, Jade Tuttle, Emily C. Lynch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ceratotherium, social behavior, welfare, zoo animal

2023

Rapid recovery of the cortisol response following social subordination in rainbow trout

Authors: Brett M. Culbert, Kathleen M. Gilmour

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: food intake, hpi axis, oncorhynchus-mykiss, social stress, specific growth rate, subordinate behaviour

2016

Characterization of hatch-size and growth rates of captive and wild-reared brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) chicks

Authors: Erica A. Prier, Brett D. Gartrell, Murray A. Potter, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, John McLennan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: development, hindlimb, limb deformities, postnatal growth

2013

How domestication modulates play behavior: A comparative analysis between wild rats and a laboratory strain of Rattus norvegicus

Authors: Brett T. Himmler, Rafal Stryjek, Klaudia Modlinska, Stephanie M. Derksen, Wojciech Pisula, Sergio M. Pellis

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal domestication, animal play, animal strain differences, rats

2013

A test of maternal programming of offspring stress response to predation risk in threespine sticklebacks

Authors: Brett C. Mommer, Alison M. Bell

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: glucocorticoid, hpa axis, maternal programming, parental effect, predators

2013

Captive animal liability: 19th century foundations and 20th century modifications

Authors: Brett Bannor

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: absolute liability, captive animal, oliver wendell holmes, united states supreme court

2003

Comparison of noninvasive methods for the evaluation of female reproductive condition in a large viviparous lizard, Tiliqua nigrolutea

Authors: Brett D. Gartrell, Jane E. Girling, Ashley Edwards, Susan M. Jones

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: blue-tongued skink, gestation, palpation, radiology, reproductive-status, ultrasound

2002

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