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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.
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Enriched social environment affects the utterance of acoustic signals of captive François’ langurs

Authors: Yinghong Xie, Yinshu Liu, Yifeng Li, Yanhong Zhong, Ruoshuang Liu, Penglai Fan

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, social enrichment, vocal communication, vocal repertoire

2024

Exploration of cultural norms and behavioural beliefs about zoo animal behaviour, welfare, ethics and husbandry practices in a sample of the international zoo community

Authors: Heather Bacon, Catriona Bell, Cathy M Dwyer, Natalie Waran, Yan Qing, Liu Xia, Darren J Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, beliefs, culture, zoo

2023

Gut microbiota of skywalker hoolock gibbons (Hoolock tianxing) from different habitats and in captivity: Implications for gibbon health

Authors: Li‐Ying Lan, Qi‐Xuan Hong, Shao‐Ming Gao, Qi Li, Yu‐Yan You, Wu Chen, Peng‐Fei Fan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captivity, gibbon, microbiota

2023

Aiming low: A resident male’s rank predicts takeover success by challenging males in Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys

Authors: Pingfen Zhu, Baoping Ren, Paul A. Garber, Fan Xia, Cyril C. Grueter, Ming Li

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: elo-rating, male–male competition, rhinopithecus bieti, takeover

2016

Effects of group density, hunting, and temperature on the singing patterns of eastern hoolock gibbons (Hoolock leuconedys) in Gaoligongshan, Southwest China

Authors: Long-Yun Yin, Han-Lan Fei, Gui-Shou Chen, Jia-Hua Li, Liang-Wei Cui, Peng-Fei Fan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: gaoligongshan, hoolock leuconedys, hunting, low density, singing patterns

2016

Postnatal growth and age estimation in Scotophilus kuhlii

Authors: Shiang-Fan Chen, Shang-Shang Huang, Dau-Jye Lu, Tsung-Jen Shen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chiroptera, growth curves, hand rearing, lesser asiatic yellow house bat, vespertilionidae

2016

Social rank versus affiliation: Which is more closely related to leadership of group movements in Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana)?

Authors: Xi Wang, Lixing Sun, Lori K. Sheeran, Bing-Hua Sun, Qi-Xin Zhang, Dao Zhang, Dong-Po Xia, Jin-Hua Li

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: collective movements, leaders, proximity, social grooming, tibetan macaque (macaca thibetana)

2016

Choice of perch characteristics by laying hens in cages with different group size and perching behaviours

Authors: Dong-hua Chen, Jun Bao, Fan-yu Meng, Chun-bo Wei

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, choice, group-size, laying hen, perch

2014

Effect of living conditions on biochemical and hematological parameters of the cynomolgus monkey

Authors: Liang Xie, Qinming Zhou, Shigang Liu, Fan Xu, Carol A. Shively, Qingyuan Wu, Wei Gong, Yongjia Ji, Liang Fang, Leilei Li, Narayan D. Melgiri, Peng Xie

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: blood, cynomolgus monkey, macaca fascicularis, macaque, serum

2014

Grooming reciprocity in male Tibetan macaques

Authors: Dong-Po Xia, Jin-Hua Li, Paul A. Garber, Megan D. Matheson, Bing-Hua Sun, Yong Zhu

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: exchange, grooming, macaca thibetana, male, reciprocity

2013

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