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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=Clare%20P.%20Ellsworth&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Are “visitor effects” overestimated? Behaviour in captive lemurs is mainly driven by co-variation with time and weather

Authors: Anne E. Goodenough, Katie McDonald, Kayleigh Moody, Clare Wheeler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: activity budget, captivity, lemur catta, time of day, zoo animals

2019

A Survey of Rabbit Handling Methods Within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

Authors: James Andrew Oxley, Clare Frances Ellis, E. Anne McBride, Wanda Denise McCormick

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, handling, human-animal interactions, laboratory, pets, rabbit, veterinary

2019

Analysis of Factors Relating to Companion Rabbits Relinquished to Two United Kingdom Rehoming Centers

Authors: Clare F. Ellis, Wanda McCormick, Ambrose Tinarwo

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: oryctolagus cuniculus, rabbit, rehoming center, relinquishment, shelter

2017

Provision of ultraviolet basking lights to indoor housed tropical birds and their effect on suspected vitamin D3 deficiency

Authors: Gabby Jeanne-Clare Drake, Robyn L Shea, Andrea Fidgett, Javier Lopez, Robert M Christley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: avian, mbd, osteodystrophy, tropical birds, ultraviolet light, uvb, vitamin d

2017

Companion animal ethics

Authors: Peter Sandøe, Sandra Corr, Clare Palmer

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: companion animal, ethics

2016

On-farm qualitative behaviour assessment in sheep: Repeated measurements across time, and association with physical indicators of flock health and welfare

Authors: Clare J. Phythian, Eleni Michalopoulou, Peter J. Cripps, Jennifer S. Duncan, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based outcomes, consistency, qualitative behaviour assessment, sheep

2016

Early life adversity increases foraging and information gathering in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

Authors: Clare Andrews, Jérémie Viviani, Emily Egan, Thomas Bedford, Ben Brilot, Daniel Nettle, Melissa Bateson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: body mass regulation, contrafreeloading, developmental stress, early life adversity, european starling, food insecurity, foraging, sturnus vulgaris

2015

Effect of forage presentation on feed intake behaviour in stabled horses

Authors: Andrea Dorothea Ellis, Michelle Fell, Katherine Luck, Laura Gill, Heather Owen, Hannah Briars, Clare Barfoot, Patricia Harris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, equine, feed intake, haynets, health, welfare

2015

Physiological and behavioural responses of a small heterothermic mammal to fire stimuli

Authors: Clare Stawski, Jaya K. Matthews, Gerhard Körtner, Fritz Geiser

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: ash, charcoal, marsupial, sminthopsis crassicaudata, smoke, torpor

2015

Inter-observer reliability of Qualitative Behavioural Assessments of sheep

Authors: Clare Phythian, Eleni Michalopoulou, Jennifer Duncan, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: inter-observer reliability, qualitative behaviour assessment, sheep

2013

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