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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=Nadine%20A.%20Richter&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Specifically unspecific–Simple devices as feasible and effective enrichment for small mammals

Authors: M Göbel, S Kaiser, H Richter, P Wagner, G Wehrenberg

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, behavioral enrichment, Multi-species approach, stereotypy, zoo

2024

From the individual to the population–and back again? Emphasising the role of the individual in animal welfare science

Authors: Sophie Helene Richter, Sara Hintze

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal personality, animal welfare, inter-individual differences, welfare assessment

2019

Time constraints imposed by anthropogenic environments alter social behaviour in longtailed macaques

Authors: Pascal R. Marty, Brianne Beisner, Stefano S. K. Kaburu, Krishna Balasubramaniam, Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Nadine Ruppert, Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah, Ahmad Ismail, Małgorzata E. Arlet, Edward R. Atwill, Brenda McCowan

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic environment, human–wildlife interactions, nonhuman primates, social interactions, stress, time constraints

2019

Animal Welfare in Conservation Breeding: Applications and Challenges

Authors: Alison L. Greggor, Greg A. Vicino, Ronald R. Swaisgood, Andrea Fidgett, Deena Brenner, Matthew E. Kinney, Susan Farabaugh, Bryce Masuda, Nadine Lamberski

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral monitoring, captive breeding, conservation breeding, opportunities to thrive, reintroduction, welfare assessment, zoo

2018

Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)

Authors: Sophie Brajon, Nadine Ringgenberg, Stephanie Torrey, Renée Bergeron, Nicolas Devillers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour

2017

Initial founders of captive populations are genetically representative of natural populations in critically endangered dusky gopher frogs, Lithobates sevosus

Authors: Kristin M. Hinkson, Natochia L. Henry, Nina M. Hensley, Stephen C. Richter

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive population management, ex situ, genetic variation, relatedness

2016

Looking on the bright side of bias—Validation of an affective bias test for laboratory mice

Authors: Dana Marie Graulich, Sylvia Kaiser, Norbert Sachser, S. Helene Richter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affective bias test, animal welfare, emotion assessment, environmental enrichment, laboratory mice

2016

Dog behavior but not frontal brain reaction changes in repeated positive interactions with a human: A non-invasive pilot study using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Authors: Lorenz Gygax, Nadine Reefmann, Therese Pilheden, Felix Scholkmann, Linda Keeling

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fnirs), indicator, positive affective states

2015

Assessment of key parameters for gunshot used on cattle: a pilot study on shot placement and effects of diverse ammunition on isolated cattle heads

Authors: K. J. Schiffer, S. K. Retz, U. Richter, B. Algers, O. Hensel

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, brain damage, cattle, gunshot, slaughter, stunning

2014

Associations of behaviour with secretory immunoglobulin A and cortisol in domestic cats during their first week in an animal shelter

Authors: Nadine Gourkow, Alora LaVoy, Gregg A. Dean, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cat, cortisol, immunoglobulin a, shelter

2014

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