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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=Robert%20Brown&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Global Overview of Environmental Enrichment Studies: What Has Been Done and Future Directions

Authors: Érica da Silva Bachetti, Layane Yamile Viol, Arleu Barbosa Viana-Junior, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal management, animal welfare, animals under human care, captive environment

2024

Investigation through Animal–Computer Interaction: A Proof-of-Concept Study for the Behavioural Experimentation of Colour Vision in Zoo-Housed Primates

Authors: Vinícius Donisete Lima Rodrigues Goulart, Robert John Young

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ACI, animal experimentation, animal welfare, animal-computer-interaction, behavioural research, colour vision, sensory ecology, zoo

2024

Sixty Years of Tinbergen’s Four Questions and Their Continued Relevance to Applied Behaviour and Welfare Research in Zoo Animals: A Commentary

Authors: Robert Kelly, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal management, behavioural ecology, causation, conservation, function, ontogeny, phylogeny, zoo animal husbandry

2024

Welfare and Enrichment of Managed Nocturnal Species, Supported by Technology

Authors: Fiona French, Paige Bwye, Laura Carrigan, Jon Charles Coe, Robert Kelly, Tiff Leek, Emily C. Lynch, Eric Mahan, Cathy Mingee

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal-computer-interaction, armadillo, aye-aye, bushbaby, collaborative design, coral, environmental enrichment, nocturnal, potto, vampire bat

2024

Assessing the impact of environmental enrichment on behavior in understudied armadillo species: A case study

Authors: Robert Kelly, Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, armadillo, environmental enrichment, evidence-based husbandry, zoo behavior

2023

Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) in a walk-through enclosure

Authors: Yuri Garcia de Abreu Rezende, Marina Bonde Queiroz, Robert John Young, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acoustic stress, animal welfare, behaviour, captivity, sound pressure, two-toed sloth

2023

Behavioural Indicators of Pain and Suffering in Arthropods and Might Pain Bite Back?

Authors: Robert W. Elwood

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Chelicerata, contests, Mandibulata, nociception, pain, traumatic mating, venom

2023

Blood pressure monitoring in zoologically managed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Marietta D Danforth, Victoria L Clyde, Balbine Jourdan, Robert Korman, Leann Beehler, Samuel Wann, Priya Bapodra, Hayley Murphy, Trevor Gerlach, Sabina Rich

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: blood pressure monitoring, bonobos, zoo

2023

Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Dawn Zimmerman, Balbine Jourdan, Douglas E Crews, Barbara A Wolfe, Donald L Neiffer, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress

2023

Exploring the Effect of Age on the Reproductive and Stress Physiology of Octopus bimaculoides Using Dermal Hormones

Authors: Stephanie Chancellor, Bret Grasse, Taylor Sakmar, David Scheel, Joel S. Brown, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: California two-spot octopus, cortisol, estradiol, progesterone, senescence, testosterone

2023

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