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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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Behavioral and endocrine correlates of dominance in captive female Jackson’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)

Authors: Kelly S. Spratt, Jeffrey S. Spratt, Joan E. Bauman, Charles Ray Chandler

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: antelope, captive management, fecal corticoids, social rank, stress

2019

Non-ovarian aromatization is required to activate female sexual motivation in testosterone-treated ovariectomized quail

Authors: Catherine de Bournonville, Jacques Balthazart, Gregory F. Ball, Charlotte A. Cornil

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: approach behavior, aromatase activity, female sexual behavior, japanese quail, partner preference, tamoxifen, vorozole

2016

Implementing a low-starch biscuit-free diet in zoo gorillas: The impact on behavior

Authors: E. H. Less, R. Bergl, R. Ball, P. M. Dennis, C. W. Kuhar, S. R. Lavin, M. A. Raghanti, J. Wensvoort, M. A. Willis, K. E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, regurgitation and reingestion, undesirable behavior, western lowland gorilla

2014

Implementing a low-starch biscuit-free diet in zoo gorillas: The impact on health

Authors: E. H. Less, K. E. Lukas, R. Bergl, R. Ball, C. W. Kuhar, S. R. Lavin, M. A. Raghanti, J. Wensvoort, M. A. Willis, P. M. Dennis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, health, insulin resistance, resistant starch, western lowland gorilla

2014

Captive Husbandry and Socialization of the Red-Billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Authors: Malcolm D. Burgess, David Woolcock, Ray B. Hales, Rebecca Waite, Alison J. Hales

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive management, early-life socialization, foster, learnt behavior, reintroduction

2012

Influence of diet transition on serum calcium and phosphorus and fatty acids in Zoo giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Authors: E.A. Koutsos, D. Armstrong, R. Ball, C. Dikeman, J. Hetherington, L. Simmons, E.V. Valdes, M. Griffin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browser, herbivore, mineral, n3 fatty acid, nutrition

2011

Effects of genistein in the maternal diet on reproductive development and spatial learning in male rats

Authors: Evan R. Ball, Mary Kay Caniglia, Jenna L. Wilcox, Karla A. Overton, Marra J. Burr, Brady D. Wolfe, Brian J. Sanders, Amy B. Wisniewski, Craige C. Wrenn

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anogenital distance, genistein, phytoestrogen, spatial learning, water maze

2010

Highly Accurate Antibody Assays for Early and Rapid Detection of Tuberculosis in African and Asian Elephants

Authors: R. Greenwald, O. Lyashchenko, J. Esfandiari, M. Miller, S. Mikota, J. H. Olsen, R. Ball, G. Dumonceaux, D. Schmitt, T. Moller, J. B. Payeur, B. Harris, D. Sofranko, W. R. Waters, K. P. Lyashchenko

Publication/Journal: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Keywords: elephants, mycobacterium tuberculosis, trunk wash culture, tuberculosis, zoonotic disease

2009

Serum concentrations of amino acids, fatty acids, lipoproteins, vitamins A and E, and minerals in apparently healthy, free-ranging southern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffe)

Authors: Debra A. Schmidt, Ray L. Ball, Douw Grobler, Mark R. Ellersieck, Mark E. Griffin, Scott B. Citino, Mitchell Bush

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cholesterol, protein, ruminant

2007

Effects of pregnancy on spatial cognition in female Hooded Long-Evans rats

Authors: Karin J. Bodensteiner, Peter Cain, Andrea S. Ray, Lyndsey A. Hamula

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: cognition, hippocampus, hormone, pregnancy, rat, spatial memory, water maze

2006

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