The ethical assessment of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in wildlife conservation

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Elena Mercugliano, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Ilaria Pollastri, Maria Michela Spiriti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Frank Göritz, Susanne Holtze, Cesare Galli, Jan Stejskal, Silvia Colleoni, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, David Ndeereh, Isaac Lekolool, Stephen Ngulu, Dominic Mijele, Daniel Čižmár, Raffaella Simone, Lisa Schrade, Simone Basile, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies (art), biodiversity conservation, conservation ethics, Ethical assessment, research ethics

2024

The Animal-Visitor Interaction Protocol (AVIP) for the assessment of Lemur catta walk-in enclosure in zoos

Authors: Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Daniela Florio, Linda Ferrante, Francesca Bandoli, Elisabetta Macchi, Alessia Muzzo, Barbara de Mori

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal welfare, AVIP, lemur, zoo

2022

An Ethical Assessment Tool (ETHAS) to Evaluate the Application of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Mammals’ Conservation: The Case of the Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Maria Michela Spiriti, Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando, Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Daniela Florio, Francesco Andreucci, Silvia Colleoni, Cesare Galli, Frank Göritz, Robert Hermes, Susanne Holtze, Giovanna Lazzari, Steven Seet, Jan Zwilling, Jan Stejskal, Samuel Mutisya, David Ndeereh, Stephen Ngulu, Richard Vigne, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, assisted reproductive technologies, conservation ethics, ethical review process, ethical risk assessment, ethical self-assessment, northern white rhinoceros

2021

The Ethical Assessment of Touch Pools in Aquariums by Means of the Ethical Matrix

Authors: Pierfrancesco Biasetti, Daniela Florio, Claudia Gili, Barbara de Mori

Publication/Journal: Journal of Agricultural Environmental Ethics

Keywords: animal–visitor interactions, ethical management of aquariums, ethical matrix, fish welfare, touch pools, zoo visitors

2020

A Protocol for the Ethical Assessment of Wild Animal-Visitor Interactions (AVIP) Evaluating Animal Welfare, Education, and Conservation Outcomes

Authors: Barbara de Mori, Linda Ferrante, Daniela Florio, Elisabetta Macchi, Ilaria Pollastri, Simona Normando

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, animal–visitor interactions, conservation education, ethical matrix, ethics, giraffa camelopardalis, One Welfare, risk-assessment, wildlife tourism, zoo visitors

2019

Social buffering ameliorates conditioned fear responses in female rats

Authors: Akiko Ishii, Yasushi Kiyokawa, Yukari Takeuchi, Yuji Mori

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: estrus cycle, fear conditioning, female, sex difference, social buffering

2016

Social buffering enhances extinction of conditioned fear responses in male rats

Authors: Kaori Mikami, Yasushi Kiyokawa, Yukari Takeuchi, Yuji Mori

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, fear extinction, freezing, social buffering, stress

2016

The strain of an accompanying conspecific affects the efficacy of social buffering in male rats

Authors: Kayo Nakamura, Akiko Ishii, Yasushi Kiyokawa, Yukari Takeuchi, Yuji Mori

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: brown norway, conspecific buffering, fear conditioning, fischer 344, strain differences

2016

Effects of early rearing conditions on problem-solving skill in captive male chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Naruki Morimura, Yusuke Mori

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: chimpanzees, cognitive task, problem-solving skill, rearing condition

2010

Validation of salivary cortisol and testosterone assays in chimpanzees by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Authors: Nobuyuki Kutsukake, Koki Ikeda, Seijiro Honma, Migaku Teramoto, Yusuke Mori, Ikuo Hayasaka, Rain Yamamoto, Takafumi Ishida, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, Toshikazu Hasegawa

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: chimpanzees, cortisol, liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (lc-ms/ms), salivary steroids, testosterone

2009

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