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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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The impact of morning light intensity and environmental temperature on body temperatures and alertness

Authors: Marije te Kulve, Luc J. M. Schlangen, Lisje Schellen, Arjan J. H. Frijns, Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: alertness, light, productivity, sleepiness, thermophysiology

2017

Neophobia is linked to behavioural and haematological indicators of stress in captive roe deer

Authors: Chloé Monestier, Nicolas Morellet, Hélène Verheyden, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Eric Bideau, Anaïs Denailhac, Bruno Lourtet, Nicolas Cebe, Denis Picot, Jean-Luc Rames, A. J. Mark Hewison

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural syndrome, captivity, fructosamine, novel object, physiological parameters, repeatability

2017

Behaviour, wounds, weight loss and adrenal weight of rabbit does as affected by semi-group housing

Authors: Stephanie Buijs, Luc Maertens, Katleen Hermans, Jürgen Vangeyte, Frank André Maurice Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, locomotion, skin lesions, social behaviour, stress

2015

Glucocorticoid metabolites in rabbit faeces–Influence of environmental enrichment and cage size

Authors: Stephanie Buijs, Linda J. Keeling, Sophie Rettenbacher, Luc Maertens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cage size, corticosterone, enrichment, faeces, rabbit, transport

2011

Personality affects zebra finch feeding success in a producer-scrounger game

Authors: Morgan David, Frank Cézilly, Luc-Alain Giraldeau

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural syndrome, competition, exploration, information use, scrounger tactic, social foraging, speed-accuracy trade-off, taeniopygia guttata, zebra finch

2011

Cow gait scores and kinematic gait data: can people see gait irregularities?

Authors: A. Van Nuffel, M. Sprenger, F.A.M. Tuyttens, W. Maertens

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, automatic detection, dairy cows, gait score, kinematic gait data, lameness

2009

Reliability of categorical versus continuous scoring of welfare indicators: lameness in cows as a case study

Authors: F.A.M. Tuyttens, M. Sprenger, A. Van Nuffel, W. Maertens, S. Van Dongen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, discrete scale, gait, repeatability, visual analogue scale

2009

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