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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=Y.%20Sun&ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords

Keeping and breeding the rescued Sunda pangolins (Manis javanica) in captivity

Authors: Fuhua Zhang, Jiaming Yu, Shibao Wu, Shaoshan Li, Cuiyun Zou, Qiaoyun Wang, Ruyong Sun

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, diet transition, husbandry, maintenance, pholidota

2017

Social rank versus affiliation: Which is more closely related to leadership of group movements in Tibetan macaques (Macaca thibetana)?

Authors: Xi Wang, Lixing Sun, Lori K. Sheeran, Bing-Hua Sun, Qi-Xin Zhang, Dao Zhang, Dong-Po Xia, Jin-Hua Li

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: collective movements, leaders, proximity, social grooming, tibetan macaque (macaca thibetana)

2016

Cumulative experience, age-class, sex and season affect the behavioural responses of European badgers (Meles meles) to handling and sedation

Authors: Q. Sun, C. Stevens, C. Newman, C. D. Buesching, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, badger, behavioural response, injection, restraint, sedation

2015

Grooming reciprocity in male Tibetan macaques

Authors: Dong-Po Xia, Jin-Hua Li, Paul A. Garber, Megan D. Matheson, Bing-Hua Sun, Yong Zhu

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: exchange, grooming, macaca thibetana, male, reciprocity

2013

Significance of grooming behavior in two polygynous groups of western black crested gibbons: Implications for understanding social relationships among immigrant and resident group members

Authors: Zhen-Hua Guan, Bei Huang, Wen-He Ning, Qing-Yong Ni, Guo-Zheng Sun, Xue-Long Jiang

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: grooming interaction, nomascus concolor, polygynous, social network analysis, wuliang mountains

2013

Historical and current records of aquarium cetaceans in China

Authors: P. Zhang, N. Sun, Z. Yao, X. Zhang

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: asr, cetacean, chinese aquarium, status, survey

2012

The use of long acting subcutaneous levonorgestrel (LNG) gel depot as an effective contraceptive option for cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Authors: C.J. Wheaton, A. Savage, A. Shukla, D. Neiffer, W. Qu, Y. Sun, B. L. Lasley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: biodegradable injectate, contraception, estrone conjugates, pregnanediol-3-glucuronide

2011

Stereotypic behavior and fecal cortisol level in captive giant pandas in relation to environmental enrichment

Authors: Juan Liu, Yue Chen, Liran Guo, Bo Gu, Hui Liu, Anyan Hou, Xuefeng Liu, Lixing Sun, Dingzhen Liu

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, environmental enrichment, fecal cortisol, stereotypic behavior, stress

2006

Efficacy of levonorgestrel when administered as an irradiated, slow-release injectable matrix for feline contraception

Authors: Sheri Looper, Gary Anderson, Yichun Sun, Atul Shukla, Bill Lasley

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cat, estrogen, pregnancy, progesterone

2001

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