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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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Condensed tannins reduce browsing and increase grazing time of free-ranging goats in semi-arid savannas

Authors: Ntuthuko R. Mkhize, Ignas M. A. Heitkönig, Peter F. Scogings, Luthando E. Dziba, Herbert H. T. Prins, Willem F. de Boer

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: feeding behaviour, foraging, herbivore, polyethylene glycol

2015

Effects of rearing and housing environment on behaviour and performance of pigs with different coping characteristics

Authors: J. Bolhuis, W. Schouten, J. Schrama, V. Wiegant

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coping strategy, environmental change, environmental enrichment, ontogeny, personality, pig welfare

2006

Behavioural development of pigs with different coping characteristics in barren and substrate-enriched housing conditions

Authors: J. E. Bolhuis, W. G. P. Schouten, J. W. Schrama, V. M. Wiegant

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: coping strategy, environmental enrichment, housing, ontogeny, personality, pig welfare

2005

Behavioural testing for aggression in the domestic dog

Authors: Willem J. Netto, Doreen J.U. Planta

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, assessment, behavior, behaviour, biting/attack behaviour, breeding, dog

1997

Evaluation of progesterone and 20-oxo-progestagens in the plasma of Asian (Elephas maximus) and African (Loxodonta africana) elephants

Authors: Franz Schwarzenberger, Günter Strauss, Hans- O. Hoppen, Willem Schaftenaar, Steph J. Dieleman, Wolfgang Zenker, Olivier Pagan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: 5α-reduced 20-oxo-pregnanes, estrous cycle, pregnancy, progesterone, reproductive monitoring

1997

Fecal progestagen evaluations to monitor the estrous cycle and pregnancy in the okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

Authors: Franz Schwarzenberger, Martina Patzl, Richard Francke, Andreas Ochs, Rob Buiter, Willem Schaftenaar, Walter De Meurichy

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: estrous cycle, fecal progestagen, okapi, reproductive monitoring

1993

Coping styles of tethered sows

Authors: Schouten, W. G.; Wiepkema, P. R.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: chronic stress, coping, development, heart rate, stereotypy

1991

Relationship between plasma cortisol and stereotypic activities in pigs

Authors: E.M.C. Terlouw, Lawrence,A.B., J. Ladewig, A.M. De Passille, J. Rushen, W.G.P. Schouten

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: abnormal behavior, chain-chewing, coping, polydipsia, stereotypy, stress

1991

Stereotypic behavior, endogenous opioids, and postfeeding hypoalgesia in pigs

Authors: Jeffrey Rushen, Anne Marie B. De Passillé, Willem Schouten

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: environmentally induced analgesia, naloxone, opioids, pigs, stereotypies, stress

1990

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