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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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A novel approach to studying enclosure and support usage in siamangs: using a 3D computer model

Authors: Colleen Goh, Mary L Blanchard, Karl T Bates, Phillip L Manning, Robin H Crompton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: 3d model, behaviour, captive primates, enclosure usage, locomotion, support usage

2017


A comparison of handling methods relevant to the religious slaughter of sheep

Authors: L. S. W. Bates, E. A. Ford, S. N. Brown, G. J. Richards, P. J. Hadley, S. B. Wotton, T. G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, lamb, non-stun religious slaughter, pre-slaughter handling, sheep, v-shaped restrainer

2014


Analyzing acoustic interactions in natural bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) choruses

Authors: Andrea Megela Simmons, James A. Simmons, Mary E. Bates

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: advertisement call, auditory scene, bullfrog, chorus, microphone array

2008


Elephant cognition

Authors: L. Bates, J. Poole, R. Byrne

Publication/Journal: Current Biology

Keywords: cognition, elephants, social behavior, social behaviour, society

2008


Estrogen metabolism in the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Authors: N. M. Czekala, A. Roocroft, M. Bates, J. Allen, B. L. Lasley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: estradiol conjugate, estradiol-17β, estrone

1992


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