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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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Validation of a Field Technique and Characterization of Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Analysis in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Carson M. Murray, Matthew R. Heintz, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Lisa A. Parr, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: acth, chimpanzee, circadian rhythm, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, field methods, parturition

2013

Factors affecting aggression among females in captive groups of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: B.A. Beisner, L.A. Isbell

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: aggression, colony management, dominance rank, ground substrate, welfare

2011

Too hungry to learn? Hungry broiler breeders fail to learn a Y-maze food quantity discrimination task

Authors: L.A. Buckley, L.M. McMillan, V. Sandilands, B.J. Tolkamp, P.M. Hocking, R.B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler breeders, choice test, feed restriction, learning, stress

2011

Validation of a cortisol enzyme immunoassay and characterization of salivary cortisol circadian rhythm in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Matthew R. Heintz, Rachel M. Santymire, Lisa A. Parr, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: acth challenge, chimpanzee, cortisol circadian rhythm, salivary cortisol

2011

The effect of feeding a high fibre diet on the welfare of sows housed in large dynamic groups

Authors: C.L. Stewart, L.A. Boyle, M.E.E. McCann, N.E. O'Connell

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, dynamic group, high fiber diets, physiological measures, sows

2010

Visual kin recognition in nonhuman primates: (Pan troglodytes and Macaca mulatta): Inbreeding avoidance or male distinctiveness?

Authors: Lisa A. Parr, Matthew Heintz, Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Emily Wroblewski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: face, inbreeding, kin recognition, male distinctiveness, phenotypic matching

2010

Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) lack expertise in face processing

Authors: Lisa A. Parr, Matthew Heintz, Gauri Pradhan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: configural cues, face processing, inversion effect, rhesus monkey

2008

Death feigning by grass snakes in response to handling by human “predators.”

Authors: P.T. Gregory, L.A. Isaac, R.A. Griffiths

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: antipredator behavior, colubridae, death feigning, fear, handling (psychology), immobility response, predatory behavior, snakes, tonic immobility

2007

Immobility and supination in garter snakes (Thamnophis elegans) following handling by human predators

Authors: P.T. Gregory, L.A. Gregory

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animals, colubridae, escape reaction, female, handling (psychology), individuality, male, motor activity, nonmammilian viviparity, predatory behavior, reaction time, supination, tonic immobility response

2006

Influence of teeth resection on the skin temperature and acute phase response in newborn piglets

Authors: S. Llamas Moya, L.A. Boyle, P.B. Lynch, S. Arkins

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acute phase proteins, animal welfare, cortisol, pigs, skin temperature, teeth resection

2006

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