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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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Euthanasia methods, corticosterone and haematocrit levels in Xenopus laevis: evidence for differences in stress?

Authors: G.A. Archard, A.R. Goldsmith

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, euthanasia, haematocrit, stress, xenopus laevis

2010


Sensory Ecology on the High Seas: the Odor World of the Procellariiform Seabirds

Authors: G.A. Nevitt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology

Keywords: olfaction, procellariiformes, seabirds, sub-antarctic.

2008


Testing Olfactory Foraging Strategies in an Antarctic Seabird Assemblage

Authors: G. Nevitt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology

Keywords: albatross, odour cue, olfaction, petrel, procellariiform seabird, pyrazine, shearwater, smell

2004


Spontaneous Use of Magnitude Discrimination andOrdination by the Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Authors: R.W. Shumaker, A.M. Palkovich, B.B. Beck, G.A. Guagnano, H. Morowitz

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animals, appetitive behavior, attention, discrimination learning, female, male, motivation, pongo pygmaeus/psychology, problem solving

2001


A Mouse is Not Just a Mouse

Authors: F. Sluyter, G.A. Van Oortmerssen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: aggression, animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, genetics, inbred lines, mouse

2000


Characterization of Milk Cortisol Concentrations as a Measure of Short-Term Stress Responses in Lactating Dairy Cows

Authors: G.A. Verkerk, A.M. Phipps, J.F. Carragher, L.R. Matthews, K. Stelwagen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acth, animal welfare, cortisol, dairy cow, milk, plasma, stress, transport

1998


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