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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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Animal agency, animal awareness and animal welfare

Authors: M Špinka

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: affective functioning, animal welfare, awareness, boredom, inter-individual differences, ontogeny

2019

Important role of dominance in allogrooming behaviour in beef cattle

Authors: Radka Šárová, Anke Kristina Gutmann, Marek Špinka, Ilona Stěhulová, Christoph Winckler

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: allogrooming, beef cattle, dominance, reciprocity, social hierarchy, social network analysis

2016

Long-term familiarity creates preferred social partners in dairy cows

Authors: Anke Kristina Gutmann, Marek Špinka, Christoph Winckler

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cattle, nearest neighbour, preferential relationship, social behaviour

2015

Maternal behaviour in beef cows is individually consistent and sensitive to cow body condition, calf sex and weight

Authors: Ilona Stěhulová, Marek Špinka, Radka Šárová, Lydie Máchová, Robert Kněz, Pavel Firla

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: beef cattle, body condition, maternal style, parity, sex-biased maternal investment

2013

Nursing behaviour in lactating sows kept in isolation, in acoustic and visual contact

Authors: Jitka Šilerová, Marek Špinka, Kristýna Neuhauserová

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: group behaviour, nursing behaviour, pig, synchronization, vocalization

2013

Revisiting Play Elements and Self-Handicapping in Play: A Comparative Ethogram of Five Old World Monkey Species

Authors: Milada Petrů, Marek Špinka, Veronika Charvátová, Stanislav Lhota

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: guenons, langurs, play-behavior, primates, signaling

2009

Head rotations in the play of Hanuman langurs (semnopithecus entellus): Description and analysis of function

Authors: Milada Petru, Marek Špinka, Stanislav Lhota, Petr Šípek

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: hanuman langurs, head rotation, play, play signals, semnopithecus entellus, social play

2008

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