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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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  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
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Glucocorticoids and behavior in non-human primates: A meta-analytic approach to unveil potential coping mechanisms

Authors: Roberto Fiorini-Torrico, Kristel Myriam De Vleeschouwer, Lisieux Fuzessy, Leonardo de Carvalho Oliveira

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavior, captive, coping, Correlations, cortisol, meta-analysis, non-human primates, Stress alleviation, stress response, wild

2024

Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid and androgen metabolites in the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)

Authors: Gabriella L. Flacke, Linda M. Penfold, Franz Schwarzenberger, Graeme B. Martin, César A. Rosales-Nieto, Monique C. J. Paris

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: acth challenge, cortisol, enzyme immunoassay (eia), Fecal steroid hormone metabolites, Pygmy hippo, testosterone

2023

Tactile responses to environmental enrichment in captive Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)

Authors: Karen Lucchini, Rebecca Umeed, Paulo Jorge Parreira dos Santos, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Bruna Bezerra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, Exploratory behaviours, Infant lifting, Tactile behaviours

2023

TACTILE RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN CAPTIVE ANTILLEAN MANATEES (Trichechus manatus manatus)

Authors: Karen Lucchini, Rebecca Umeed, Paulo Jorge Parreira dos Santos, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Bruna Bezerra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: communication, manatees, tactile signals

2023

Understanding behaviour to improve the welfare of an ornamental fish

Authors: Manuela Lombardi Brandão, Felipe Dorigão‐Guimarães, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, André Vitor Salinas Pereira, Lethicia Vian, Thais Billalba Carvalho, Eliane Gonçalves‐de‐Freitas

Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology

Keywords: Angelfish, cognitive ability, environmental enrichment, feeding, reproduction, social interaction

2021

Impact of environmental enrichment and social group size in the aggressiveness and foraging activity of Serrapinnus notomelas

Authors: Alexandre da Silva, Marcos R Lima, Paulo C Meletti, Fernando C Jerep

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental complexity, feeding activity, fish behavior, shoal size

2020

Coping strategies in captive capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.)

Authors: Renata G. Ferreira, Michael Mendl, Paulo Guilherme Carniel Wagner, Talita Araujo, Daniela Nunes, Antonieta Looman Mafra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, behavioural syndromes, capuchin monkeys, psychopathologies, sapajus spp., welfare

2016

Environmental enrichment on the behavior and welfare of cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)

Authors: V. D. L. Assis, T. S. G. Carvalho, V. M. Pereira, R. T. F. Freitas, C. E. P. Saad, A. C. Costa, A. A. A. Silva

Publication/Journal: Arquivo Brasileiro De Medicina Veterinaria E Zootecnia

Keywords: cockatiel, environmental enrichment

2016

Genetic guidelines for captive breeding and reintroductions of the endangered Black-fronted Piping Guan, Aburria jacutinga (galliformes, cracidae), an Atlantic Forest endemic

Authors: Paulo R. R. Oliveira-Jr, Mariellen C. Costa, Luis F. Silveira, Mercival R. Francisco

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aves, conservation, endangered species, genetic variability, management

2016

Mixed-species associations in cuxiús (genus Chiropotes)

Authors: Christopher A. Shaffer, Adrian A. Barnett, Tremaine Gregory, Fabiano de Melo, Leandro Moreira, Thiago H. G. Alvim, Viviane S. Moura, Anderson Filó, Tatiane Cardoso, Marcio Port-Carvalho, Ricardo Rodrigues dos Santos, Sarah A. Boyle

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bearded sakis, brazil, guyana, polyspecific association, suriname

2016

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