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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=M.%20S.%20Dawkins&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

The Science of Animal Welfare: Understanding What Animals Want

Authors: Marian Stamp Dawkins

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal welfare

2021


Animal Welfare as Preventative Medicine

Authors: Dawkins,

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, antimicrobial resistance, immunity, positive emotions, stress

2019


Animal welfare with and without consciousness

Authors: M. S. Dawkins

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: affective state, animal welfare, behavior, consciousness, emotion, emotions, ethics, expressions, feelings, hard problem, liking, motivation, science, states, stress, systems, zoology

2017


Availability and use of designated hospital pens in Danish dairy herds

Authors: H. Houe, P. T. Thomsen, C. Amdi, M. S. Herskin, B. Forkman, M. B. Jensen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, denmark, disease incidence, hoof/leg disorders, hospital pen

2016


Evaluation of a novel rodenticide: acute sub-lethal effects of a methaemoglobin-inducing agent

Authors: R. J. Quy, T. J. Gibson, M. S. Lambert, C. T. Eason, N. G. Gregory

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, hypoxaemia, methaemoglobin (methb), methaemoglobinaemia, rat, sub-lethal

2015


Hormonal and behavioural stress responses to capture and radio-collar fitting in free-ranging pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)

Authors: M. S. Munerato, J. A. Marques, N. A. Caulkettt, W. M. Tomás, E. S. Zanetti, R. G. Trovati, G. T. Pereira, R. Palme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, enzyme immunoassay, glucocorticoids, pampas deer, qualitative behaviour assessment, southern pantanal wetland

2015


Transport of horses for slaughter in Iceland

Authors: R. C. Roy, M. S. Cockram, I. R. Dohoo, S. Ragnarsson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dehydration, horses, injury, lairage, transport

2015


Housing condition and nesting experience do not affect the Time to Integrate to Nest Test (TINT)

Authors: M. L. Rock, A. Z. Karas, M. S. Gallo, K. Pritchett-Corning, B. N. Gaskill

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, husbandry, mice, nest building, stress

2014


Differential effects of dietary protein on early life-history and morphological traits in natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) tadpoles reared in captivity

Authors: Filipa M. S. Martins, Maria do Mar Oom, Rui Rebelo, Gonçalo M. Rosa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive rearing, epidalea calamita, metamorphosis, morphology, protein, tadpoles

2013


In search of the behavioural correlates of optical flow patterns in the automated assessment of broiler chicken welfare

Authors: Marian Stamp Dawkins, Russell Cain, Kathryn Merelie, Stephen J. Roberts

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, broiler chicken welfare, gait, hockburn, optical-flow, pododermatitis

2013


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