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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) relational matching: Playing by their own (analogical) rules

Authors: Timothy M. Flemming, Erica Hoy Kennedy

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: analogical reasoning, chimpanzee, cognition, primate, relational matching

2011

Relational Matching in Baboons (Papio papio) With Reduced Grouping Requirements

Authors: J. Fagot, C. Parron

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Keywords: analogy, language, monkey, perceptual grouping

2010

A review of behavioural and physiological responses of sheep to stressors to identify potential behavioural signs of distress

Authors: M. S. Cockram

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behavioral indicators, behaviour, behavioural indicators, distress, sheep, stress

2004

Can Invertebrates Suffer? Or, How Robust is Argument-by-Analogy?

Authors: C.M. Sherwin

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, argument-by-analogy, invertebrates, pain, suffering

2001

Size matters: Impact of item size and quantity on array choice by chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Boysen, Sarah T., Berntson, Gary G., Mukobi, Kimberly L.

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, ability level, above chance, abstraction, acoustics, adaptation, adaptiveness, age, age differences, altruism, amnesia, analogy, animal behavior, animal breeding, animal captivity, animal communication, animal defence, animal developme

2001

Who Needs Consciousness?

Authors: M.S. Dawkins

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cognition, consciousness, emotion

2001

The Use of Analogous Reasoning for Assessing Discomfort in Laboratory Animals

Authors: F.R. Stafleu, E. Rivas, T. Rivas, J. Vorstenbosch, F.R. Heeger, A.C. Beynen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: analogy, animal welfare, assessment, discomfort, postulate

1992

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