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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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Emotional states and emotional contagion in pigs after exposure to a positive and negative treatment

Authors: Inonge Reimert, Stephanie Fong, T. Bas Rodenburg, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, emotional contagion, emotions, empathy, pigs

2017

The flehmen response and pseudosuckling in a captive, juvenile Southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis)

Authors: Heide D. Island, Julia Wengeler, Hannah Claussenius-Kalman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: flehmen, olfaction, pheromone, sea otter, stereotypy

2017

Gradually reducing sow contact in lactation is beneficial for piglet welfare around weaning

Authors: Emily M. de Ruyter, William H. E. J. van Wetter, David S. Lines, Kate J. Plush

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: intermittent suckling, piglet behaviour, weaning, weaning stress, welfare

2017

Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)

Authors: Sophie Brajon, Nadine Ringgenberg, Stephanie Torrey, Renée Bergeron, Nicolas Devillers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour

2017

Behavioural differences between weaner pigs with intact and docked tails

Authors: M. A. Paoli, H. P. Lahrmann, T. Jensen, R. B. D'Eath

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, intact tail, pigs, tail docking, tail-biting

2016

Can tail-in-mouth behaviour in weaned piglets be predicted by behaviour and performance?

Authors: Camilla Munsterhjelm, Mari Heinonen, Anna Valros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: pig, social behaviour, tail-biting, tail-in-mouth

2016

Intranasal oxytocin administration in relationship to social behaviour in domestic pigs

Authors: Irene Camerlink, Inonge Reimert, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: nose contact, oxytocin, pig, social behaviour, welfare

2016

Positive and negative gestational handling influences placental traits and mother-offspring behavior in dairy goats

Authors: Emma M. Baxter, Johan Mulligan, Sarah A. Hall, Jo E. Donbavand, Rupert Palme, Emad Aldujaili, Adroaldo J. Zanella, Cathy M. Dwyer

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, goats, handling, placenta, prenatal stress

2016

Comparison of the behaviour of piglets raised in an artificial rearing system or reared by the sow

Authors: Magdalena Rzezniczek, Lorenz Gygax, Beat Wechsler, Roland Weber

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: artificial piglet rearing system, belly nosing, early weaning, play-fighting, resting behaviour

2015

Trailer temperature and humidity during winter transport of cattle in Canada and evaluation of indicators used to assess the welfare of cull beef cows before and after transport

Authors: C. Goldhawk, E. Janzen, L. A. González, T. Crowe, J. Kastelic, C. Kehler, M. Siemens, K. Ominski, E. Pajor, K. S. Schwartzkopf-Genswein

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: beef cattle, beef cows, cows, cull, humidity, trailer, transport, travel

2015

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