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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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Moult phenology and the influence of breeding activity in adult African penguins Spheniscus demersus at Allwetterzoo Münster, Germany

Authors: Friederike Schmitz, Wagner Philipp

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captive management, husbandry practice, jackass penguin

2024

Specifically unspecific–Simple devices as feasible and effective enrichment for small mammals

Authors: M Göbel, S Kaiser, H Richter, P Wagner, G Wehrenberg

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal husbandry, animal welfare, behavioral enrichment, Multi-species approach, stereotypy, zoo

2024

Stress behaviors in captive robust capuchins: Effects of humidity, visitors, management and sex

Authors: Marina de la Barrera Cardozo, Wagner A Chiba de Castro, Lucas M Aguiar

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: activity budget, humidity, robust capuchins, space, stress behavior, visitor effect

2021

Coat Clipping of Horses: A Survey

Authors: J. Steinhoff-Wagner

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: equine, shaving, thermoregulation, winter pelage removal experiment

2019

Do aversive-based training methods actually compromise dog welfare?: A literature review

Authors: Joana Guilherme Fernandes, I. Anna S. Olsson, Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dog, training methods, welfare

2017

Coping strategies in captive capuchin monkeys (Sapajus spp.)

Authors: Renata G. Ferreira, Michael Mendl, Paulo Guilherme Carniel Wagner, Talita Araujo, Daniela Nunes, Antonieta Looman Mafra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, behavioural syndromes, capuchin monkeys, psychopathologies, sapajus spp., welfare

2016

Technique for venipuncture of the transverse facial vein in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

Authors: Justin R. Schlanser, George W. Bohart, Deborah W. Paperd, Cynthia Wagner, Mark Marquardt, Tara M. Harrison

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black rhinoceros, diceros-bicornis, transverse facial vein, venipuncture

2016

Effects of mother versus artificial rearing during the first 12 weeks of life on challenge responses of dairy cows

Authors: Kathrin Wagner, Daniel Seitner, Kerstin Barth, Rupert Palme, Andreas Futschik, Susanne Waiblinger

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, isolation, novel object, rearing, social environment, stress

2015

The choice to access outdoor areas affects the behavior of great apes

Authors: Laura M. Kurtycz, Katherine E. Wagner, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: choice, great apes, welfare

2014

Evaluating the physiological and behavioral response of a male and female gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) during an introduction

Authors: Raechel M. Jacobs, Stephen R. Ross, Katherine E. Wagner, Maureen Leahy, Susan T. Meiers, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: androgen, ape, fecal steroid hormones, glucocorticoids, progestagen, stress response

2014

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