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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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A new feeding concept offering speciesappropriate animal enrichment and visitor attraction at the same time

Authors: Viktoria Michel, Marcus Clauss, Dennis WH Müller, Sven Hammer

Publication/Journal: Der Zoologische Garten NF

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, human-animal interactions, visitor feeding experience

2021


Animal health and welfare state and technical efficiency of dairy farms: possible synergies

Authors: L. Tremetsberger, C. Winckler, J. Kantelhardt

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cows, data envelopment analysis, malmquist index, on-farm assessment, welfare quality®

2019


Animal welfare complementing or conflicting with other sustainability issues

Authors: D. M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cows, domestic cats, emissions, greenhouse gases, placebo, road traffic accidents

2019


Drivers of stereotypic behaviour and physiological stress among captive jungle cat (Felis chaus Schreber, 1777) in India

Authors: Loganathan Marinath, Janice Vaz, Dileep Kumar, Krishnamoorthy Thiyagesan, Nagarajan Baskaran

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, biological and environmental factors, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite, small felid, stereotype

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


Evaluation of visible eye white and maximum eye temperature as non-invasive indicators of stress in dairy cows

Authors: Y. Gómez, R. Bieler, A. K. Hankele, M. Zähner, P. Savary, E. Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cattle crush, claw trimming, feed rack, heart rate variability, saliva cortisol

2018


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


Using Farm Animal Welfare Protocols as a Base to Assess the Welfare of Wild Animals in Captivity-Case Study: Dorcas Gazelles (Gazella dorcas)

Authors: Marina Salas, Xavier Manteca, Teresa Abaigar, Maria Delclaux, Conrad Ensenat, Eva Martinez-Nevado, Miguel Angel Quevedo, Hugo Fernandez-Bellon

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, captivity, dorcas gazelle, enclosure, protocol, welfare, zoo

2018


Welfare Effects of the Use of a Combination of Local Anesthesia and NSAID for Disbudding Analgesia in Dairy Calves—Reviewed Across Different Welfare Concerns

Authors: Mette S. Herskin, Bodil H. Nielsen

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: affective state, behavior, dehorning, local anesthesia, NSAID, pain, welfare

2018


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