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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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Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Dawn Zimmerman, Balbine Jourdan, Douglas E Crews, Barbara A Wolfe, Donald L Neiffer, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress

2023

Environmental Enrichment Devices Are Safe and Effective at Reducing Undesirable Behaviors in California Sea Lions and Northern Elephant Seals during Rehabilitation

Authors: Kirsten Donald, Amanda Benedetti, Vinícius Donisete Lima Rodrigues Goulart, Alissa Deming, Hendrik Nollens, Grey Stafford, Sabrina Brando

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, habituation, pinnipeds, rehabilitation, stereotypic behavior

2023

Abnormal behavior and the self-regulation of motivational state

Authors: Donald M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, cognition, emotion, feelings, motivation, stereotypy

2019

Challenges and solutions: An analysis of community-reported needs of AZA collaboratively managed animal populations

Authors: Lauren Wilson, Candice Dorsey, Donald Moore

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: population health, population management, SSP program, sustainability

2019

Stress and Animal Welfare: Key Issues in the Biology of Humans and Other Animals

Authors: Donald M Broom, Ken G Johnson

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal welfare, one health, One Stress, One Welfare, stress, welfare assessment

2019

Unwanted Horse Population in Illinois: Perceptions of Horse Owners, Non-Horse Owners, and Equine Industry Stakeholders

Authors: Kelsey Myers, Fatima Mohammed, Justin W. Rickard, Donald E. Meyer, Aslihan D. Spaulding

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: equine, Illinois, survey, unwanted horse, welfare

2019

Optimal marine mammal welfare under human care: Current efforts and future directions

Authors: Sabrina Brando, Donald M. Broom, Cristina Acasuso-Rivero, Fay Clark

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cetacean, husbandry, marine mammal, pinniped, welfare

2018

Nitrous oxide as a humane method for piglet euthanasia: Behavior and electroencephalography (EEG)

Authors: Jean-Loup Rault, Nikki Kells, Craig Johnson, Rachel Dennis, Mhairi Sutherland, Donald C. Lay Jr

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aversive, carbon dioxide, death, gas, swine, welfare

2015

Development of aggressive phenotypes in zebrafish: interactions of age, experience and social status

Authors: Lesley Ricci, Cliff H. Summers, Earl T. Larson, Donald O'Malley, Richard H. Melloni

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, danio rerio, development, dominant–subordinate, experience, ontogeny, social hierarchy, social stress, zebrafish

2013

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

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