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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=Joanne%20D.%20Altman&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Personality Characteristics Predictive of Social Pairing Outcome in Orange-Winged Amazon Parrots (Amazona amazonica)

Authors: Jamie M. Douglas, Joanne Paul-Murphy, Elizabeth Stelow, David Sanchez-Migallon Guzman, Irina Udaltsova

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: amazon parrots, amazona amazonica, compatibility, orange-winged, pair housing, personality assessment, welfare

2024

Behavioural and physiological responses of laying hens to automated monitoring equipment

Authors: Stephanie Buijs, Francesca Booth, Gemma Richards, Laura McGaughey, Christine J. Nicol, Joanne Edgar, John F. Tarlton

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, automated monitoring, domestic fowl, preening, thermography

2018

Assessing Effectiveness of a Nonhuman Animal Welfare Education Program for Primary School Children

Authors: Roxanne D. Hawkins, Joanne M. Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal cruelty, animal welfare, children, education, evaluation

2017

Behavioural testing based breeding policy reduces the prevalence of fear and aggression related behaviour in Rottweilers

Authors: Joanne A. M. van der Borg, Elisabeth A. M. Graat, Bonne Beerda

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, behavioural testing, c-barq, dog, fear, prevalence

2017

Effects of maternal vocalisations on the domestic chick stress response

Authors: Joanne Edgar, Ilana Kelland, Suzanne Held, Elizabeth Paul, Christine Nicol

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, chicken, maternal, simulation, vocalisation, welfare

2015

Social buffering in a bird

Authors: Joanne Edgar, Suzanne Held, Elizabeth Paul, Isabelle Pettersson, Robbie I'Anson Price, Christine Nicol

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bird, chicken, empathy, maternal, social buffering, socially mediated arousal

2015

The Puerto Rican parrot reintroduction program: Sustainable management of the aviary population

Authors: Joanne Earnhardt, Jafet Vélez-Valentín, Ricardo Valentin, Sarah Long, Colleen Lynch, Kate Schowe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amazona vitatta, captive population management, poplink, risk analysis, zoorisk

2014

Effects of dopamine agonists on calling behavior in the green tree frog, Hyla cinerea

Authors: Anna Creighton, Dara Satterfield, Joanne Chu

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amphibian, apomorphine, dopamine, quinpirole, skf-38393, vocalization

2013

Promiscuity, inbreeding and dispersal propensity in great tits

Authors: Marta Szulkin, Joanne R. Chapman, Samantha C. Patrick, Ben C. Sheldon

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: dispersal, extrapair paternity, extrapair young, great tit, inbreeding depression, mate choice, outbreeding, parus major, promiscuity

2012

Lessons in Primate Heat Tolerance: A Commentary Based on the “Human Zoo” Experience

Authors: Carla Litchfield, Jillian Dorrian, Joanne Davis, Kurt Lushington, Drew Dawson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: heat tolerance, primate

2011

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