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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.
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Farmer perspectives on welfare outcome assessment: learnings from four farm assurance scheme consultation exercises

Authors: L. van Dijk, S. Elwes, D. C. J. Main, S. M. Mullan, J. Jamieson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy, farm assurance schemes, farmer perspectives, laying hens, outcome-based measures

2018


Playful pigs: Evidence of consistency and change in play depending on litter and developmental stage

Authors: S. M. Brown, R. Peters, I. M. Nevison, A. B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: growth, litter differences, piglet, play, weaning

2018


Developing a horse welfare assessment protocol

Authors: S. M. Viksten, E. K. Visser, S. Nyman, H. J. Blokhuis

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, assessment, equine, horse, protocol, welfare quality®

2017


Hot chicks, cold feet

Authors: Randi Oppermann Moe, Jon Bohlin, Andreas Flø, Guro Vasdal, Solveig Marie Stubsjøen

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, chicken, footpad, infrared thermography, stress-induced hyperthermia, thermal imaging

2017


Infrared Thermography as a Diagnostic Tool for Pododermatitis in Captive Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Authors: Anita Tolpinrud, Michelle F O'Brien, Will S. M. Justice, Michelle Barrows, Oliver D.M Steele, Sophie Gent, Anna Meredith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bumblefoot, foot pad dermatitis, temperature, thermal imaging

2017


Inter-observer reliability of Qualitative Behavioural Assessments (QBA) of housed sheep in Norway using fixed lists of descriptors

Authors: K. Muri, S. M. Stubsjøen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, fixed list of descriptors, inter-observer reliability, qualitative behavioural assessments, sheep

2017


Zoo foraging ecology: development and assessment of a welfare tool for captive animals

Authors: S. M. Troxell-Smith, C. J. Whelan, S. B. Magle, J. S. Brown

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, exhibit preferences, giving-up densities, parma wallaby, patagonian cavy

2017


Zoo Foraging Ecology: Preference and Welfare Assessment of Two Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) at the Brookfield Zoo

Authors: S. M. Troxell-Smith, J. V. Watters, Whelan, C. J. Brown, J. S.

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral enrichment, giving-up density, okapi, repetitive behavior

2017


Does mirror enrichment improve primate well-being?

Authors: B. de Groot, S. M. Cheyne

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, captivity, self-recognition, solitary, stress

2016


A preliminary case study of the effect of shoe-wearing on the biomechanics of a horse’s foot

Authors: O. Panagiotopoulou, J. W. Rankin, S. M. Gatesy, J. R. Hutchinson

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: hoof care, horse, horse racing, horse shoes, welfare

2016


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