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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.
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Detection of pathogenic Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis using water filtration, animal and bait testing

Authors: Jeffrey Wimsatt, Sanford H. Feldman, Meghan Heffron, Meagan Hammond, Margaret P. Roth Ruehling, Kristine L. Grayson, Joseph C. Mitchell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibians, batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, chytridiomycosis, keratin, molecular beacon realtime pcr, water testing

2014


Acute stress disrupts performance of zebrafish in the cued and spatial memory tests: The utility of fish models to study stress–memory interplay

Authors: Gaikwad S, Stewart A, Hart P, Wong K, Piet V, Cachat J, Kalueff AV.

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: anxiety-related states, cognitive neuroscience research, cued memory, danio rerio, interplay, memory, spatial memory, zebrafish

2011


Estimating Mortality of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in an Experimental Recreational Catch-and-Release Fishery

Authors: M. J. W. Stokesbury, J. D. Neilson, E. Susko, S. J. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: atlantic bluefin tuna, catch-and-release fishery, mortality, recreational fishery

2011


Spatial learning and memory differs between single and cohabitated guinea pigs

Authors: Ivo H. Machatschke, Barbara Bauer, Lisa M. Glenk, Eva Millesi, Bernard Wallner

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cortisol, guinea pig, isolation, learning, social enrichment, stress

2011


Artificial illumination reduces bait-take by small rainforest mammals

Authors: Andrew J. Bengsen, Luke K. P. Leung, Steven J. Lapidge, Iain J. Gordon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bait, feral pig, giving-up density, patch use, predation risk

2010


Is sodium fluoroacetate (1080) a humane poison?

Authors: M. Sherley

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: 1080, animal welfare, bait, poison, sodium fluoroacetate, vertebrate pest

2007


Evaluation of the tranquilliser trap device (TTD) for improving the humaneness of dingo trapping

Authors: C.A. Marks, L. Allen, F. Gigliotti, F. Busana, T. Gonzalez, M. Lindeman, P.M. Fisher

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dingo, humaneness, trapping, vertebrate pest, wild dog

2004


Habituation, capture and relocation of Sykes monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus) on the coast of Kenya

Authors: N.N. Moinde, M.A. Suleman, H. Higashi, J. Hau

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus, conservation, release, relocation, sykes monkeys

2004


Non-lethal control of fox predation: the potential of generalised aversion

Authors: D.W. Macdonald, S.E. Baker

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, bitrex®, conditioned taste aversion, generalised aversion, red fox, repellency

2004


Withholding information in semifree-ranging Tonkean macaques (Macaca tonkeana)

Authors: A. M. Ducoing, B. Thierry

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: deception, information withholding, macaques, primates, tonkean macaques

2003


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