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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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The effects of enrichment novelty versus complexity in cages of group-housed rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Authors: Usama A. Abou-Ismail, Michael T. Mendl

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: complexity, enrichment, laboratory rats, novelty, welfare

2016

Behavioral changes and feathering score in heat stressed broiler chickens fed diets containing different levels of propolis

Authors: Usama Taha Mahmoud, Mootaz Ahmed Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, Madeha Hosni Ahmed Darwish, Todd Jay Applegate, Heng-wei Cheng

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, broiler, feather, heat stress, panting, propolis

2015

The effects of witnessing managemental procedures during the light versus the dark phase of the light cycle on behaviour, performance and welfare of laboratory rats

Authors: Usama A. Abou-Ismail, Radi A. Mohamed, Sherif Z. El-Kholya

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: laboratory rats, managemental procedures., time of witnessing, welfare

2015

Let sleeping rats lie: Does the timing of husbandry procedures affect laboratory rat behaviour, physiology and welfare?

Authors: Usama A. Abou-Ismail, Oliver H. P. Burman, Christine J. Nicol, Michael Mendl

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: husbandry procedures, laboratory rats, sleep, welfare

2008

Removing individual rats affects indicators of welfare in the remaining group members

Authors: Oliver Burman, Diane Owen, Usama AbouIsmail, Mike Mendl

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, laboratory rat, social disruption, social stress

2008

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