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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.
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Inter-specific interactions involving Lemur catta housed in mixed-species exhibits in UK zoos

Authors: Samantha Law, Susanne Prankel, Christoph Schwitzer, John Dutton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aggression, captivity, lemur catta, mixed-species housing, zoos

2021

Growing into the self: the development of personality in rhesus macaques

Authors: Christoph von Borell, Lars Kulik, Anja Widdig

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal personality, behavioural character, behavioural development, behavioural syndrome, first maternity, natal dispersal, nonhuman primate, rhesus macaques, temperament

2016

Important role of dominance in allogrooming behaviour in beef cattle

Authors: Radka Šárová, Anke Kristina Gutmann, Marek Špinka, Ilona Stěhulová, Christoph Winckler

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: allogrooming, beef cattle, dominance, reciprocity, social hierarchy, social network analysis

2016

Long-term familiarity creates preferred social partners in dairy cows

Authors: Anke Kristina Gutmann, Marek Špinka, Christoph Winckler

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cattle, nearest neighbour, preferential relationship, social behaviour

2015

Agreement between different sleep states and behaviour indicators in dairy cows

Authors: Emma Ternman, Matti Pastell, Sigrid Agenäs, Corina Strasser, Christoph Winckler, Per Peetz Nielsen, Laura Hänninen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural sleep, dairy cows, eeg, nrem sleep, rem sleep

2014

Repeated innovation in great apes

Authors: Héctor Marín Manrique, Christoph J. Völter, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cognitive flexibility, great ape, inhibitory control, innovation, primates, prior knowledge, problem solving, puzzle box

2013

Electronic detection of lameness in dairy cows through measuring pedometric activity and lying behavior

Authors: Maher Alsaaod, Christoph Römer, Jens Kleinmanns, Kathrin Hendriksen, Sandra Rose-Meierhöfer, Lutz Plümer, Wolfgang Büscher

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cows, lameness, locomotion, pedometer

2012

Social licking in dairy cattle—Effects on heart rate in performers and receivers

Authors: Simone Laister, Barbara Stockinger, Anna-Maria Regner, Karin Zenger, Ute Knierim, Christoph Winckler

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affective states, affiliative social behavior, affiliative social behaviour, allogrooming, cardiac activity, dairy cows

2011

Reliability and feasibility of selected measures concerning resting behaviour for the on-farm welfare assessment in dairy cows

Authors: Gudrun Plesch, Nina Broerkens, Simone Laister, Christoph Winckler, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cow housing, on-farm welfare assessment, reliability, resting behaviour

2010

Thermal windows on the body surface of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) studied by infrared thermography

Authors: Nicole M. Weissenböck, Christoph M. Weiss, Harald M. Schwammer, Helmut Kratochvil

Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology

Keywords: elephants, infrared thermography, loxodonta africana, skin temperature, thermal windows

2010

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