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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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Recognising emotional expressions in captive bottlenose dolphins: Can lay observers agree using qualitative behavioural assessment?

Authors: Emma Warner, Sabrina Brando, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare assessment, aquarium, captive dolphins, dolphin behaviour, free choice profiling, qualitative behaviour assessment, tursiops-truncatus, zoo

2022

Using Qualitative Behaviour Assessment to Investigate Human-Animal Relationships in Zoo-Housed Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: Freisha Patel, Francoise Wemelsfelder, Samantha J. Ward

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, free choice profiling, HAR, human-animal interaction, keeper-animal interactions, qba

2019

Application of Free Choice Profiling to assess the emotional state of dogs housed in shelter environments

Authors: Laura Arena, Franҫoise Wemelsfelder, Stefano Messori, Nicola Ferri, Shanis Barnard

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: emotions, free choice profiling, generalised procrustes analysis, qualitative behavioural assessment, shelter dogs, welfare

2017

Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of horses exposed to short-term emotional treatments

Authors: Sara Hintze, Eimear Murphy, Iris Bachmann, Francoise Wemelsfelder, Hanno Würbel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural expression, emotional state, free choice profiling, horse, qualitative behaviour assessment

2017

Emotions after victory or defeat assessed through qualitative behavioural assessment, skin lesions and blood parameters in pigs

Authors: Irene Camerlink, Mieke Peijnenburg, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Simon P. Turner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, emotions, pig, qualitative behavioural assessment

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

On-farm Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dairy goats in different housing conditions

Authors: Lilia Grosso, Monica Battini, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Sara Barbieri, Michela Minero, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Silvana Mattiello

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy goat, indoor housing, inter-observer reliability, pasture, qualitative behaviour assessment

2016

Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of dogs in the shelter and home environment and relationship with quantitative behaviour assessment and physiological responses

Authors: Jessica K. Walker, Arnja R. Dale, Richard B. D’Eath, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural expression, canis familiaris, dog, saliva cortisol, shelter

2016

Use of Qualitative Behaviour Assessment as an indicator of welfare in donkeys

Authors: Michela Minero, Emanuela Dalla Costa, Francesca Dai, Leigh Anne Margaret Murray, Elisabetta Canali, Francoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: donkeys, qualitative behaviour assessment, welfare assessment

2016

Validating the Use of Qualitative Behavioral Assessment as a Measure of the Welfare of Sheep During Transport

Authors: Sarah L. Wickham, Teresa Collins, Anne L. Barnes, David W. Miller, David T. Beatty, Catherine A. Stockman, Dominique Blache, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Patricia A. Fleming

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavioral expression, driving, flooring, qba, ventilation

2015

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