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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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Behavioural responses to season and adult sex ratio in the fantail darter Etheostoma flabellare

Authors: Cynthia F. O'Rourke, Tamra C. Mendelson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: adult sex ratio, aggression, behavioural plasticity, etheostoma flabellare, mate competition, mate solicitation, operational sex ratio, parental care, reproductive success, season

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


Noise exposure during early development influences the acoustic startle reflex in adult rats

Authors: Natalia Rybalko, Zbyněk Bureš, Jana Burianová, Jiří Popelář, Jolana Grécová, Josef Syka

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: auditory system, behavioral, critical period, development, noise exposure, prepulse inhibition, startle reflex

2011


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