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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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Inter-annual patterns of aggression and pair bonding in captive American flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Authors: Nathan B. Frumkin, Tina W. Wey, Megan Exnicios, Caroline Benham, Mitchell G. Hinton, Samantha Lantz, Carolyn Atherton, Debbie Forde, Jordan Karubian

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive animals, personality, social networks, ucinet, zoo management

2016

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

Does the presence of a human affect the preference of enrichment items in young, isolated pigs?

Authors: Shelly P. DeBoer, Joseph P. Garner, Donald C. Lay Jr, Susan D. Eicher, Jeffrey R. Lucas, Jeremy N. Marchant-Forde

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: housing, isolation, mat, mirror, preference, swine

2013

Plasma cortisol and noradrenalin concentrations in pigs: automated sampling of freely moving pigs housed in the PigTurn versus manually sampled and restrained pigs

Authors: J. N. Marchant-Forde, D. L. Matthews, R. Poletto, R. R. McCain, D. D. Mann, R. T. Degraw, J. M. Hampsch, S. Peters, G. T. Knipp, C. B. Kissinger

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, blood sampling, cortisol, noradrenalin, pigs, restraint

2012

Collection of semen by manual stimulation and ejaculate characteristics of the black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto)

Authors: Debbie F. Melville, Elizabeth G. Crichton, Trish Paterson-Wimberley, Steve D. Johnston

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: assisted breeding, chiroptera, flying-fox, spermatozoa

2008

Pup development and maternal behavior in captive Key Largo woodrats (Neotoma floridana smalli)

Authors: Christina A. Alligood, Catharine J. Wheaton, Holly M. Forde, Kathleen N. Smith, Andre J. Daneault, Robert C. Carlson, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: foraging, nursing, rodent development

2008

Heart rate variability as a measure of autonomic regulation of cardiac activity for assessing stress and welfare in farm animals — A review

Authors: Eberhard von Borell, Jan Langbein, Gérard Després, Sven Hansen, Christine Leterrier, Jeremy Marchant-Forde, Ruth Marchant-Forde, Michela Minero, Elmar Mohr, Armelle Prunier, Dorothée Valance, Isabelle Veissier

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cardiac activity, farm animals, heart rate variability, stress, welfare

2007

Suppression of ovulation in Nile Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibious) using melengestrol acetate-treated feed or high dose Depo-Provera injection

Authors: Catharine J. Wheaton, Sharon Joseph, Kelly Reid, Tricia Webster, Mary Richards, Holly M. Forde, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: 5-α-reduced progesterone metabolites, captive, contraception, reproduction

2007

Grizzly Bear Food Habits in the Northern Yukon, Canada

Authors: A. Grant MacHutchon Debbie W. Wellwood

Publication/Journal: Ursus

Keywords: canada, diet, food habits, grizzly bear, ursus-arctos, yukon

2003

Ovarian hormone concentrations and genital swelling patterns in female chimpanzees with Norplant implants

Authors: Tammie Bettinger, Debbie Cougar, D. Rick Lee, Bill L. Lasley, Janette Wallis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: contraception, estrone, implant, levonorgestrel, pregnanediol

1997

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