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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=Wendy%20K.%20Foster&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Effects of time of day, visitor pressure and weather on the behaviour of captive American bison Bison bison

Authors: Rogerio Vicentini, Aline Cristina Sant’Anna, Wendy Mercedes Rauw, Diego Moya, Maria Delclaux Real de Asua, John Scott Church, Yuri Regis Montanholi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: American buffalo, bovid, captive environment, meteorological parameters, remote monitoring, wild cattle

2024

Behavioral characterization of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): defining progressive stages of male sexual behavior in in-situ and ex-situ populations

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Rajnish PG Vandercone, Wendy K Kiso, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: elephant, musth, reproduction, sri lanka, temporal gland secretions, zoo

2022

Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Kathleen E Hunt, MG Sachintha M Samaraweera, Rajnish PG Vandercone, Wendy K Kiso, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild

Keywords: androgens, conservation, glucocorticoids, temporal gland secretion, thyroid hormones, urine dribbling

2022

The association between infrared thermal imagery of core eye temperature, personality, age and housing in cats

Authors: Shannon Foster, Carrie Ijichi

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coping, feline, personality, stress, temperament, thermography, welfare

2017

Impact of mimicking natural dispersion on breeding success of captive North American Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Authors: Sierra J. Gillman, Karen Ziegler-Meeks, Carol Eager, Thomas A. Tenhundfeld, Wendy Shaffstall, Mary Jo Stearns, Adrienne E. Crosier

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aza, breeding, carnivore, cheetah, ssp

2017

Few sex effects in the ontogeny of mother-offspring relationships in eastern grey kangaroos

Authors: Wendy J. King, Anne W. Goldizen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: associative behaviour, distress call, kin cluster, macropus-giganteus, mother-offspring relationship, spatial proximity, weaning

2016

Dairy calves’ preference for rearing substrate

Authors: Gemma Margaret Worth, Karin Elisif Schütz, Mairi Stewart, Vanessa Marion Cave, Mary Foster, Mhairi Anne Sutherland

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, calves, housing, preference, substrate, welfare

2015

Use of salivary cortisol to evaluate the influence of rides in dromedary camels

Authors: Yasmine N. Majchrzak, Gabriela F. Mastromonaco, Wendy Korver, Gary Burness

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: acth challenge, animal rides, environmental enrichment, enzyme immunoassay, saliva stability, salivary cortisol

2015

Heat stress: A major contributor to poor animal welfare associated with long-haul live export voyages

Authors: Malcolm P. Caulfield, Heather Cambridge, Susan F. Foster, Paul D. McGreevy

Publication/Journal: The Veterinary Journal

Keywords: animal welfare, heat stress, live export, thermoregulation, transport

2014

The welfare of Australian livestock transported by sea

Authors: Susan F. Foster, Karen L. Overall

Publication/Journal: The Veterinary Journal

Keywords: animal welfare, cattle, live export, mortality, sheep, ship, transport

2014

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