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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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Reducing stress and stereotypic behaviors in captive female pygmy slow lorises (Nycticebus pygmeaus)

Authors: Josue Alejandro, Yumi Yamanashi, Kei Nemoto, Keiko Mouri, Ching-wen Huang, Fred B. Bercovitch, Michael A. Huffman

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: all-female groups, animal welfare, fecal glucocorticoids, social housing, stereotypic behaviors, Xanthonycticebus

2023

Costs and benefits of living in a vegetated, compared with non‐vegetated, enclosure in male Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Josue Alejandro, Michael A Huffman, Fred B Bercovitch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budget, environment, japanese macaques, naturalistic enclosure, vegetation, zoo welfare

2021

Environmental, biological, and social factors influencing fecal adrenal steroid concentrations in female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Rafaela S. C. Takeshita, Fred B. Bercovitch, Michael A. Huffman, Keiko Mouri, Cécile Garcia, Lucie Rigaill, Keiko Shimizu

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, glucocorticoids, macaca fuscata, seasonality, stress

2014

Dietary specialization and Eucalyptus species preferences in Queensland koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Authors: Alexis L. Higgins, Fred B. Bercovitch, Jennifer R. Tobey, Chris Hamlin Andrus

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eucalyptus, feeding behavior, phascolarctos, secondary plant metabolites

2011

Estimating daily walking distance of captive African elephants using an accelerometer

Authors: E.S. Rothwell, F.B. Bercovitch, J.R.M. Andrews, M.J. Anderson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity level, gps, loxodonta africana

2011

Developmental milestones among African elephant calves on their first day of life

Authors: Fred B. Bercovitch, Jeff Andrews

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: elephant, first occurrences, growth, nursing

2010

The structure of social relationships among captive female giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: Meredith J. Bashaw, Mollie A. Bloomsmith, Terry L. Maple, Fred B. Bercovitch

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: matrix correlation, relationship, social preference, symmetry, ungulate

2007

Reproductive life history of South African cheetahs (Acynonyx jubatus jubatus) at the San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park, 1970–2005

Authors: Paula Augustus, Kelly Casavant, Natalie Troxel, Randy Rieches, Fred Bercovitch

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cheetah, cub survivorship, litter size, reproduction, sex ratio

2006

Sociosexual behavior, male mating tactics, and the reproductive cycle of giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis

Authors: F. Bercovitch, M. Bashaw, S. Delcastillo

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: fecal steroids, giraffe, pregnanes, reproductive behavior, reproductive behaviour, sexual selection

2006

Fecal steroid analysis of female giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) reproductive condition and the impact of endocrine status on daily time budgets

Authors: Susan M. del Castillo, Meredith J. Bashaw, Marilyn L. Patton, Randy R. Rieches, Fred B. Bercovitch

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: fecal assay, feeding strategies, giraffe, progesterone, reproductive strategies, time budgets

2005

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