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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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The effects of human-zoo ambassador animal interactions on millennial populations

Authors: Brittany Fischer, Madeline Winans, Kimberly Cole, Sara Adamczak, Lauren Sommers, Kelly Ann George

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

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

2024

URINARY CORTICOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN FREE-RANGING AND MANAGED CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA)

Authors: Tarra Freel, Elizabeth Koutsos, Larry J Minter, Troy N Tollefson, Frank Ridgley, Janine L Brown, Dustin Smith, Heather Scott, Kimberly Ange-van Heugten

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: amphibians, cane toad, urinary corticosterone, welfare

2021

Behavioral Implications of Enrichment for Golden Lion Tamarins: A Tool for Ex Situ Conservation

Authors: Kimberly Sanders, Eduardo Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: callitrichid, enrichment, foraging, golden lion tamarin, primate, puzzle feeder

2020

Individual and environmental risk factors associated with fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in zoo-housed Asian and African elephants

Authors: J. L. Brown, K. Carlstead, J. D. Bray, D. Dickey, C. Farin, K. Ange-van Heugten

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: behavior, choice, hormones, indicators, maximus, noninvasive assessment, Salivary cortisol secretion, serum, stress responses, welfare

2019

A longitudinal study of hair cortisol concentrations in Macaca nemestrina mothers and infants

Authors: Kimberly S. Grant, Julie M. Worlein, Jerrold S. Meyer, Melinda A. Novak, Rose Kroeker, Kendra Rosenberg, Caroline Kenney, Thomas M. Burbacher

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cortisol, fetal exposure, hair, infant macaque, pregnancy

2017

Aggressive interactions are associated with reductions in RFamide-related peptide, but not kisspeptin, neuronal activation in mice

Authors: Kimberly J. Jennings, Jenny Chang, Hweyryoung Cho, David J. Piekarski, Kimberly A. Russo, Lance J. Kriegsfeld

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: agonistic, challenge effect, gnih, metastin, rfrp

2016

Playful handling of laboratory rats is more beneficial when applied before than after routine injections

Authors: Sylvie Cloutier, Kimberly L. Wahl, Jaak Panksepp, Ruth C. Newberry

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal handling, fear and anxiety, injection, pain, play behaviour, positive affective states

2015

Comparing options for pair housing rhesus macaques using behavioral welfare measures

Authors: Kate C. Baker, Mollie A. Bloomsmith, Brooke Oettinger, Kimberly Neu, Caroline Griffis, Valérie A. M. Schoof

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavioral management, cage design, introduction, primate, social

2014

Partial replacement of an artificial nectar diet with native browse for feather-tail gliders (Acrobates pygmaeus) in captivity

Authors: Ella A. Herrmann, Kimberly Vinette Herrin, Wendy Gleen, Paul Davies, Rodd Stapley, Vanessa Stebbings, Joanna Wiszniewski, Rebecca Spindler, Graham J. Faichney, Alexandre V. Chaves

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acrobates pygmaeus, behavioral, captivity, feather-tail glider, live weight, nutritional

2013

Robust behavioral effects of song playback in the absence of testosterone or corticosterone release

Authors: Kimberly A. Rosvall, Dustin G. Reichard, Stephen M. Ferguson, Danielle J. Whittaker, Ellen D. Ketterson

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, androgen responsiveness, challenge hypothesis, corticosterone, hpa, hpg, low-amplitude song, playback, simulated territorial intrusion, testosterone

2012

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