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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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Effect of predictability on the stress response to chasing in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr

Authors: Angelico Madaro, Anders Fernö, Tore S. Kristiansen, Rolf Erik Olsen, Marnix Gorissen, Gert Flik, Jonatan Nilsson

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: allostasis, conditioning, habituation, predictability, salmon, stress

2016

On-farm evaluation of the Salmon Welfare Index Model (SWIM 1.0): theoretical and practical considerations

Authors: O. Folkedal, J. M. Pettersen, M. B. M. Bracke, L. H. Stien, J. Nilsson, C. Martins, O. Breck, P. J. Midtlyng, T. Kristiansen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, aquaculture, atlantic salmon, diagnostic, sea cage, semantic modelling

2016

Development of automatic surveillance of animal behaviour and welfare using image analysis and machine learned segmentation technique

Authors: M. Nilsson, A. H. Herlin, H. Ardo, O. Guzhva, K. Astrom, C. Bergsten

Publication/Journal: animal

Keywords: agriculture, behaviour analysis, computer vision, dairy & animal science, house, image segmentation, pigs, ratio of areas, temperature, thermal comfort, veterinary sciences

2015

Genomic resources and genetic diversity of captive lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis)

Authors: Friederike Bock, Susanne Gallus, Axel Janke, Frank Hailer, Beatrice L. Steck, Vikas Kumar, Maria A. Nilsson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: control region, intron, lesser kudu, spiral-horned antelope, tragelaphus imberbis

2014

Public attitudes towards grief in animals

Authors: N. McGrath, J. Walker, D. Nilsson, C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animals, emotion, grief, public attitudes, separation

2013

Female koalas prefer bellows in which lower formants indicate larger males

Authors: Benjamin D. Charlton, William A. H. Ellis, Jacqui Brumm, Karen Nilsson, W. Tecumseh Fitch

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: acoustic cues to body size, female mating preference, formant frequency, koala, phascolarctos cinereus, vocal communication

2012

Hormonal regulation of female nuptial coloration in a fish

Authors: Helen Nilsson Sköld, Trond Amundsen, Per Andreas Svensson, Ian Mayer, Jens Bjelvenmark, Elisabet Forsgren

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: chromatophores, female ornament, gobiusculus flavescens, melanocyte stimulating hormone, melatonin, prolactin, sexual selection

2008

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