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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.
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  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
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Measuring heart rate in captive chimpanzees without anesthesia

Authors: Satoshi Hirata, Etsuko Nogami, Toshifumi Udono

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: chimpanzees, heart rate measurements

2024


Effects of rearing methods on feather-damaging behavior and corticosterone metabolite excretion in the peach-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis Vieillot)

Authors: Kazumasa Ebisawa, Satoshi Kusada, Shunya Nakayama, Chungyu Pai, Rie Kinoshita, Hiroshi Koie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: Agapornis roseicollis Vieillot, corticosterone metabolite, feather-damaging behavior, hand rearing, parental rearing with neonatal handling, peach-faced lovebird

2022


Adult-adult social play in captive chimpanzees: Is it indicative of positive animal welfare?

Authors: Yumi Yamanashi, Etsuko Nogami, Migaku Teramoto, Naruki Morimura, Satoshi %J Applied Animal Behaviour Science Hirata

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: animal welfare, chimpanzee, social play

2018


Adult-adult social play in captive chimpanzees: Is it indicative of positive animal welfare?

Authors: Yumi Yamanashi, Etsuko Nogami, Migaku Teramoto, Naruki Morimura, Satoshi Hirata

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: all-male group, animal welfare, chimpanzee, positive welfare, social behaviour, social play

2018


Nasal temperature drop in response to a playback of conspecific fights in chimpanzees: A thermo-imaging study

Authors: Fumihiro Kano, Satoshi Hirata, Tobias Deschner, Verena Behringer, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, emotion, great ape, skin temperature, thermo-imaging

2016


Ovarian cycle approach by rectal temperature and fecal progesterone in a female killer whale, Orcinus orca

Authors: Satoshi Kusuda, Yuka Kakizoe, Koji Kanda, Tomoko Sengoku, Yohei Fukumoto, Itsuki Adachi, Yoko Watanabe, Osamu Doi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: body temperature, cetacean, estrous cycle, fecal hormone, progestagen

2011


Relationship between gonadal steroid hormones and vulvar bleeding in southern tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla

Authors: Satoshi Kusuda, Tomoko Endoh, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Itsuki Adachi, Osamu Doi, Junpei Kimura

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: anteater, estradiol, estrous cycle, pregnancy, progesterone

2011


Development of a noncontact and long-term respiration monitoring system using microwave radar for hibernating black bear

Authors: Satoshi Suzuki, Takemi Matsui, Hiroshi Kawahara, Shinji Gotoh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hibernation, japanese black bear, microwave radar, monitoring, noncontact, respiratory rate

2009


Excretion patterns of fecal progestagens, androgen and estrogen during pregnancy, parturition and post partum in okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

Authors: Satoshi Kusuda, Koki Morikaku, Ken-ichi Kawada, Kenji Ishiwada, Osamu Doi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Reproduction and Developement

Keywords: estrous cycle, fecal hormone, okapi (okapia johnstoni), pregnancy, progesterone

2007


General Intelligence as a Domain-Specific Adaptation

Authors: Satoshi Kanazawa

Publication/Journal: Psychological Review

Keywords: brain, evolution, genetics, intelligence, problem solving, psychology

2004


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