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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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Ability of the Public to Recognize Dogs Considered to Be Dangerous under the Dangerous Dogs Act in the United Kingdom

Authors: Catherine A. Webster, Mark J. Farnworth

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: breed-specific legislation, dangerous dogs, dog breeds, pit bull terrier

2019

Aggression in working mules and subsequent aggressive treatment by their handlers in Egyptian brick kilns—Cause or effect?

Authors: Ahmed B. A. Ali, Mohammed A. El Sayed, Amy K. McLean, Camie R. Heleski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: aggression, behavior, mules, welfare, working equids

2019

Aggressive behavior and stress response after oxytocin administration in male Norway rats selected for different attitudes to humans

Authors: Rimma Gulevich, Rimma Kozhemyakina, Svetlana Shikhevich, Maria Konoshenko, Yury Herbeck

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggressive, corticosterone, oxytocin, rats, selection, tame

2019

Aggressive sexual behavior of a dromedary bull causing sudden death in a male calf-camel

Authors: Amir Saeed Samimi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: generalized hypoxia, necropsy and histopathology, suffocation, trunk compression, videotaped trials

2019

Behavioral and endocrine correlates of dominance in captive female Jackson’s hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)

Authors: Kelly S. Spratt, Jeffrey S. Spratt, Joan E. Bauman, Charles Ray Chandler

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: antelope, captive management, fecal corticoids, social rank, stress

2019

Does group size matter? Captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) behavior as a function of group size and composition

Authors: Sarah J. Neal Webb, Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, captivity, chimpanzee, group composition, group-size, management

2019

Effect of density and relative aggressiveness on agonistic and affiliative interactions in a newly formed group of horses

Authors: Marc Pierard, Paul McGreevy, Rony Geers

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: affiliative interactions, agonistic interactions, group housing, horse, social behavior

2019

Friend or foe: reconciliation between males and females in wild chacma baboons

Authors: Christine E. Webb, Alice Baniel, Guy Cowlishaw, Elise Huchard

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, chacma baboon, male–female association, postconflict affiliation, reconciliation

2019

Investigation of the efficacy of the GnRH agonist deslorelin in mitigating intraspecific aggression in captive male Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Authors: Jessica J. Harley, Aisling Power, John D. Stack

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: agonistic behavior androgens, bachelor groups, testosterone

2019

Maternal-Neonatal Pheromone/Interomone Added to Cat Litter Improves Litter Box Use and Reduces Aggression in Pair-Housed Cats

Authors: John J. McGlone, Arlene Garcia, William G. Thompson, Glenna M. Pirner

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, feline, interomone, pheromone, stress

2019

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