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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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Assessing walking posture with geometric morphometrics: Effects of rearing environment in pigs

Authors: Céline Tallet, Emilie Sénèque, Claire Mégnin, Stéphane Morisset, David Val-Laillet, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Carole Fureix, Martine Hausberger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: methodology, pig, posture analysis, rearing condition, welfare

2016

Standardising the assessment of environmental enrichment and tail-docking legal requirements for finishing pigs in Europe

Authors: B. Hothersall, L. Whistance, H. Zedlacher, B. Algers, E. Andersson, M. Bracke, V. Courboulay, P. Ferrari, C. Leeb, S. Mullan, J. Nowicki, M. C. Meunier-Salaün, T. Schwarz, L. Stadig, D. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, inspector, legislation, pig, tail docking

2016

Mapping farm animal welfare education at university level in Europe

Authors: G. Illmann, L. Keeling, Meli,, M. ová, ime,, M. ková, V. Ilieski, C. Winckler, Ko,, L. t'ál, M. C. Meunier-Salaün, Mihina,, H. Spoolder, G. Fthenakis, R. árová, M. pinka

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal science, animal welfare, europe, farm animals, university education, veterinary medicine

2014

Effects of neonatal castration on social behaviour, human–animal relationship and feeding activity in finishing pigs reared in a conventional or an enriched housing

Authors: Céline Tallet, Armelle Brilloüet, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Valérie Paulmier, Carole Guérin, Armelle Prunier

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, castration, housing system, human-animal relationship, pig

2013

Participation in group defence: proximate factors affecting male behaviour in wild white-faced capuchins

Authors: H. Meunier, P. Molina-Vila, S. Perry

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: audience effect, cebus capucinusecooperation, group defenceeintergroup aggression, playback experiment, white-faced capuchin

2012

Stability of social hierarchy in growing female pigs and pregnant sows

Authors: Jean-Philippe Parent, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Elsa Vasseur, Renée Bergeron

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: hierarchy, pig, sow, stability, time

2012

Development of approach and handling tests for the assessment of reactivity to humans of sows housed in stall or in group

Authors: Caroline Clouard, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün, Nicolas Devillers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural test, consistency, human-animal relationship, reliability, sows, welfare

2011

A meta-analysis of the combined effect of housing and environmental enrichment characteristics on the behaviour and performance of pigs

Authors: Xavier Averós, Ludovic Brossard, Jean-Yves Dourmad, Karel H. de Greef, Helen L. Edge, Sandra A. Edwards, Marie-Christine Meunier-Salaün

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: enrichment, group-size, k-value, meta-analysis, pig, slat

2010

Quantitative assessment of the effects of space allowance, group size and floor characteristics on the lying behaviour of growing-finishing pigs

Authors: X. Averós, L. Brossard, J. Y. Dourmad, K. H. de Greef, H. L. Edge, S. A. Edwards, M. C. Meunier-Salaün

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: growing-finishing pig, lying behaviour, meta-analysis, slatted floor, space requirement

2009

Resource Influence on the Form of Fur Rubbing Behaviour in White-Faced Capuchins

Authors: H. Meunier, O. Petit, J. L. Deneubourg

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: cebus capucinus, collective behavior, collective behaviour, furrubbing, resource impact

2008

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