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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=argali%20sheep

Vocalisations in Farm Animals: a Step Towards Positive Welfare Assessment

Authors: Karin A Laurijs, Elodie F Briefer, Inonge Reimert, Laura E Webb

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: emotions, farm animals, positive welfare, vocalisations

2021

The Use of a “Go/Go” Cognitive Bias Task and Response to a Novel Object to Assess the Effect of Housing Enrichment in Sheep (Ovis aries)

Authors: Emma Stephenson, Marie J Haskell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, enrichment, novel object, sheep, welfare

2020

Development and Implementation of Baseline Welfare Assessment Protocol for Captive Breeding of Wild Ungulate-Punjab Urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis, Lydekker 1913)

Authors: Romaan Hayat Khattak, Zhensheng Liu, Liwei Teng

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, body condition, Pakistan, protocol, Punjab urial, veterinary assessment, welfare

2019

Farm Animal Cognition—Linking Behavior, Welfare and Ethics

Authors: Christian Nawroth, Jan Langbein, Marjorie Coulon, Vivian Gabor, Susann Oesterwind, Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Eberhard von Borell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, cattle, enrichment, goats, horses, human-animal interactions, pigs, sheep

2019

How Can We Assess Positive Welfare in Ruminants?

Authors: Silvana Mattiello, Monica Battini, Giuseppe De Rosa, Fabio Napolitano, Cathy Dwyer

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, buffaloes, cattle, Five Domains, goats, positive indicators, ruminants, sheep

2019

Social personality in sheep: Can social strategies predict individual differences in cognitive abilities, morphology features, and reproductive success?

Authors: Genaro C. Miranda-de la Lama, María Pascual-Alonso, Lorena Aguayo-Ulloa, Wilmer S. Sepúlveda, Morris Villarroel, Gustavo A. María

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: cognitive abilities, reproductive success, sheep, social personality, social strategies

2019

A systematic review of the potential uses of on-animal sensors to monitor the welfare of sheep evaluated using the Five Domains Model as a framework

Authors: ES Fogarty, DL Swain, GM Cronin, M Trotter

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, five domains model, remote monitoring, sensor, sheep, systematic review

2019

A Framework to Assess the Impact of New Animal Management Technologies on Welfare: A Case Study of Virtual Fencing

Authors: Caroline Lee, Ian G. Colditz, Dana L. M. Campbell

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare, avoidance learning, cattle, cognition, cognitive activation theory of stress, livestock, sheep, virtual fencing

2018

Sheep farmers’ attitudes to farm inspections and the role of sanctions and rewards as motivation to reduce the prevalence of lameness

Authors: Nlbh Liu, J. Kaler, E. Ferguson, H. O'Kane, L. E. Green

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, attitudes, lameness, legislation, rewards, sanctions

2018

Daily rhythms of behavioral and hormonal patterns in male dromedary camels housed in boxes

Authors: L. Aube, M. Fatnassi, D. Monaco, T. Khorchani, G. M. Lacalandra, M. Hammadi, B. Padalino

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: behavior, camel, circadian rhythm, concentrations, cortisol, daily rhythm, diurnal rhythm, horse, locomotor-activity, multidisciplinary sciences, plasma-cortisol concentrations, pregnant sows, sheep, stereotypies, testosterone, welfare

2017

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