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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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Use of fecal glucocorticoid and salivary cortisol concentrations as a measure of well-being of New York City carriage horses

Authors: S. Mercer-Bowyer, D. C. Kersey, J. J. Bertone

Publication/Journal: Javma-Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Keywords: animal welfare, feces, indicators, metabolites, plasma-cortisol, stress, tool, veterinary sciences

2017

An initial investigation into the effects of isolation and enrichment on the welfare of laboratory pigs housed in the PigTurn® system, assessed using tear staining, behaviour, physiology and haematology

Authors: S. P. DeBoer, J. P. Garner, R. R. McCain, D. C. Lay Jr, S. D. Eicher, J. N. Marchant-Forde

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, enrichment, isolation, pigs, tear staining

2015

Increasing the Frequency of Co-Mingling Piglets During the Lactation Period Alters the Development of Social Behavior Before and After Weaning

Authors: V. T. Kanaan, D. C. Lay, B. T. Richert, E. A. Pajor

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: piglets, social behavior

2012

Anuran gender identification by fecal steroid analysis

Authors: D. C. Szymanski, D. H. Gist, T. L. Roth

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibians, estrogen, gender determination, hormone, progesterone, testosterone, toads

2006

Analysis of urinary immunoreactive steroid metabolites and gonadotropins for characterization of the estrous cycle, breeding period, and seasonal estrous activity of captive killer whales (Orcinus orca)

Authors: T. R. Robeck, A. L. Schneyer, J. F. McBain, L. M. Dalton, M. T. Walsh, N. M. Czekala, D. C. Kraemer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: delphinidae, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing-hormone, reproductive endocrinology

1993

Serum and urinary levels of reproductive hormones associated with the estrous cycle in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Authors: W. M. Knox, K. V. Miller, D. C. Collins, P. B. Bush, T. E. Kiser, R. L. Marchinton

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: estradiol, lh, progesterone, urine

1992

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