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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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Quantifying animals’ perception of environmental predictability using anticipatory behavior

Authors: A. A. Podturkin, B. L. Krebs, J. V. Watters

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biol

Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, predictability, reliable cue, sea lion

2023

A Quantitative Approach for Using Anticipatory Behavior as a Graded Welfare Assessment

Authors: Aleksei A Podturkin, Bethany L Krebs, Jason V Watters

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: appetitive behavior, pinniped, sea lion, zoo animal

2022

Assessing Animal Welfare with Behavior: Onward with Caution

Authors: Jason V Watters, Bethany L Krebs, Caitlin L Eschmann

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: affect, anticipatory behavior, behavioral context, behavioral diagnosis, behavioral diversity, inductive argument, natural behavior, stereotypy, zoo

2021

Assessing and Enhancing the Welfare of Animals with Equivocal and Reliable Cues

Authors: J. V. Watters, B. L. Krebs

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective state, agency, anticipatory behavior, appetitive behavior, human-animal relationship, judgement bias

2019

Applying Behavioral Conditioning to Identify Anticipatory Behaviors

Authors: Bethany L. Krebs, Erika Torres, Charlie Chesney, Veronica Kantoniemi Moon, Jason V. Watters

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, zoo animals

2017

Simple but temporally unpredictable puzzles are cognitive enrichment

Authors: Krebs, B. L., & Watters, J. V.

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, anticipatory behavior, foraging enrichment, reward schedules

2017

Assessing stress in animal populations: Do fecal and plasma glucocorticoids tell the same story?

Authors: Michael J. Sheriff, Charles J. Krebs, Rudy Boonstra

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: bile cortisol metabolites, corticosteroid-binding globulin, fecal cortisol metabolites, free cortisol, hormonal challenge, non-invasive monitoring, seasonal comparison, snowshoe hares

2010

Acute stress affects the physiology and behavior of allergic mice

Authors: M. A. Sutherland, G. P. Shome, L. E. Hulbert, N. Krebs, M. Wachtel, J. J. McGlone

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: allergy, asthma, cytokines, mice, stress, swim test

2009

Tail docking in pigs: acute physiological and behavioural responses

Authors: M. A. Sutherland, P. J. Bryer, N. Krebs, J. J. McGlone

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cortisol, pigs, tail docking

2008

Successful artificial insemination in the corn snake, Elaphe gutatta, using fresh and cooled semen

Authors: Kelli J. Mattson, Alyse De Vries, Susie M. McGuire, Jessi Krebs, Edward E. Louis, Naida M. Loskutoff

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: artificial insemination, corn snake

2007

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