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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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Does corticosterone regulate the onset of breeding in free-living birds?: The CORT-Flexibility Hypothesis and six potential mechanisms for priming corticosteroid function

Authors: Christine R. Lattin, Creagh W. Breuner, L. Michael Romero

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, glucocorticoid receptor, gonadotropin inhibitory hormone, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, reproduction, seasonality

2016

Glucocorticoids, individual quality and reproductive investment in a passerine bird

Authors: Stephen H. Patterson, David W. Winkler, Creagh W. Breuner

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: corticosterone, handicap, individual quality, mechanisms of behaviour, offspring provisioning rate, parental behaviour, stress, tachycineta bicolor, tree swallow

2011

In search of relationships between the acute adrenocortical response and fitness

Authors: C. Breuner, S. Patterson, T. Hahn

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, environment, fitness, glucocorticoids, performance, reproduction, stress, survival

2008

Integrating stress physiology, environmental change, and behavior in free-living sparrows

Authors: C. Breuner

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: body condition, facultative altitudinal migration, fat score, glucocorticoids, inclement weather, stress, white-crowned sparrow

2003

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