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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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Getting to the Meat of It: The Effects of a Captive Diet upon the Skull Morphology of the Lion and Tiger

Authors: David M. Cooper, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, David W. Macdonald, Bruce D. Patterson, Galina P. Salkina, Viktor G. Yudin, Andrew J. Dugmore, Andrew C. Kitchener

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: captivity, conservation, development, linear morphometrics, ontogeny, panthera, phenotypic plasticity, taxonomy, welfare, wild

2023

Physiological and Behavioral Indicators to Measure Crustacean Welfare

Authors: Rebecca Adams, Catherine E. Stanley, Elena Piana, Robin L. Cooper

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: crayfish, heating, slaughter

2019

Animal welfare initiatives improve feather cover of cage-free laying hens in the UK

Authors: S. Mullan, C. Szmaragd, M. D. Cooper, J. H. M. Wrathall, J. Jamieson, A. Bond, C. Atkinson, D. C. J. Main

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, feather loss, hen, industry, policy

2016

Effects of Long-Term Exposure to an Electronic Containment System on the Behaviour and Welfare of Domestic Cats

Authors: N. Kasbaoui, J. Cooper, D. S. Mills, O. Burman

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: cats, electronic containment, free-roaming cats, welfare

2016

Winning agonistic encounters increases testosterone and androgen receptor expression in Syrian hamsters

Authors: Catherine T. Clinard, Abigail K. Barnes, Samuel G. Adler, Matthew A. Cooper

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, androgen receptors, estrogen alpha receptors, medial amygdala, resiliency, testosterone

2016

Best practice framework for animal welfare certification schemes

Authors: D. C. J. Main, S. Mullan, C. Atkinson, M. Cooper, J. H. M. Wrathall, H. J. Blokhuis

Publication/Journal: Trends in Food Science & Technology

Keywords: animal welfare certification, best practices

2014

Metabolic rate and body size are linked with perception of temporal information

Authors: Kevin Healy, Luke McNally, Graeme D. Ruxton, Natalie Cooper, Andrew L. Jackson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: comparative analysis, critical flicker fusion, evolutionary ecology, predator–prey, temporal resolution

2013

Detecting autocorrelation problems from GPS collar data in livestock studies

Authors: H.L. Perotto-Baldivieso, S.M. Cooper, A.F. Cibils, M. Figueroa-Pagán, K. Udaeta, C.M. Black-Rubio

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal tracking, distance statistics, livestock, sampling intervals

2012

Hierarchical steepness, counter-aggression, and macaque social style scale

Authors: Krishna N. Balasubramaniam, Katharina Dittmar, Carol M. Berman, Marina Butovskaya, Mathew A. Cooper, Bonaventura Majolo, Hideshi Ogawa, Gabriele Schino, Bernard Thierry, Frans B. M. De Waal

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: counter-aggression, hierarchical steepness, independent contrasts, macaques, social style scale

2012

Welfare outcomes assessment in laying hen farm assurance schemes

Authors: D. C. J. Main, S. Mullan, C. Atkinson, A. Bond, M. Cooper, A. Fraser, W. J. Browne

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, farm assurance, feather loss, laying hen, sampling, welfare outcomes

2012

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