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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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Captive Management and Reproduction of the Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus balios)

Authors: Chris Buttermore, Luis Daniel Navarro Gutierrez, Luis Sigler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: atelopus, captive management, conservation, temperature cycling

2024

Food preferences and nutrient composition in captive Southern brown howler monkeys, Alouatta guariba clamitans

Authors: P. Silveira, W. Valler Í, Z. M. B. Hirano, A. N. Dada, M. Laska, L. T. H. Salazar

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: alouatta, alouatta guariba clamitans, animals, correlational analysis, female, food preference, haplorhini, humans, male, nutrient composition, nutrients, Southern brown howler monkey

2024

Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below ground level or ground level exhibitor and influx of visitors

Authors: Nelly Elizabeth Puc-Balam, Luis Armando Sarmiento-Franco, Pedro Geraldo González-Pech

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, visitor effects, white-tailed deer, zoo

2023

Behaviors related to positive, neutral, or negative valence in Odocoileus virginianus in below-ground-level or ground-level exhibitor and influx of visitors

Authors: Nelly Elizabeth Puc-Balam, Luis Armando Sarmiento-Franco, Pedro Geraldo González-Pech

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: Crowd noise, Exhibitor environment, habituation, ungulates, Visitors’ influx

2023

Genetic guidelines for captive breeding and reintroductions of the endangered Black-fronted Piping Guan, Aburria jacutinga (galliformes, cracidae), an Atlantic Forest endemic

Authors: Paulo R. R. Oliveira-Jr, Mariellen C. Costa, Luis F. Silveira, Mercival R. Francisco

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, conservation, endangered species, genetic variability, management

2016

Social status drives social relationships in groups of unrelated female rhesus macaques

Authors: Noah Snyder-Mackler, Jordan N. Kohn, Luis B. Barreiro, Zachary P. Johnson, Mark E. Wilson, Jenny Tung

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: dominance rank, elo, fitness, grooming, kinship, primate, rhesus macaque, social bond formation, social status

2016

Training bottlenose dolphins to overcome avoidance of environmental enrichment objects in order to stimulate play activities

Authors: Márcia P. Neto, Miguel Silveira, Manuel E. dos Santos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, bottlenose dolphin, environmental enrichment, operant conditioning, play-behavior

2016

Body mass dynamics in hand reared clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) cubs from birth to weaning

Authors: Fernando Nájera, Janine Brown, David E. Wildt, Laurie Virolle, Urarikha Kongprom, Luis Revuelta, Karen Goodrowe-Beck

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: clouded leopard, growth rate, hand rearing, neofelis nebulosa

2015

Effects of alternative bedding substrates on lamb welfare, productive performance, and meat quality during the finishing phase of fattening

Authors: Dayane Lemos Teixeira, Genaro Miranda-de la Lama, Morris Villarroel, José Luis Olleta, Sylvia García-Belenguer, Juán Escós, Gustavo Adolfo María

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research

Keywords: bedding substrates, meat quality, social behaviors, stereotypies, welfare

2015

Fear and stress measurements in pure and hybrid red-legged partridges

Authors: José Luis Campo, Sara García Dávila, María García Gil, Olga Torres, Julián Santiago Moreno

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: heterophil to lymphocyte ratio, hybrid partridge, pure red-legged partridge, relative fluctuating asymmetry, tonic immobility duration

2015

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