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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=benchmark

Benchmarking Giant Panda Welfare in Tourism: A Co-Design Approach for Animals, Tourists, Managers, and Researchers

Authors: Yulei Guo, David Fennell

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, benchmark, co-design, giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), tourism, visitor comments

2024

Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?

Authors: Jack Boultwood, Michelle O’Brien, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect

2021

Complexities of Using Wild versus Captive Activity Budget Comparisons for Assessing Captive Primate Welfare

Authors: Christian P. Howell, Susan M. Cheyne

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animals, behavior, primates, well-being, zoos

2019

Perceptions of Equid Well Being Well-Being in South Dakota

Authors: Lindsey R. McNeill, Rebecca C. Bott, Sara L. Mastellar, Gemechis Djira, Heidi K. Carroll

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: equid well being, five freedoms, horse care, perceptions of welfare, south dakota

2018

Improving adjuvant systems for polyclonal egg yolk antibody (IgY) production in laying hens in terms of productivity and animal welfare

Authors: Christopher Marcq, Didier Marlier, Yves Beckers

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Keywords: adjuvant, animal welfare, immunoglobulins, laying hens, vaccine

2015

Social and environmental factors affecting fecal glucocorticoids in wild, female white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus)

Authors: Sarah D. Carnegie, Linda M. Fedigan, Toni E. Ziegler

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: dry season, glucocorticoids, male stability, reproductive state, stress

2011

What do population-level welfare indices suggest about the well-being of zoo elephants?

Authors: Georgia J. Mason, Jake S. Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acyclicity, captivity, longevity, stereotypic behavior, stress

2010

A population-based on-farm evaluation protocol for comparing the welfare of pigs between farms

Authors: X. Goossens, L. Sobry, F. Ödberg, F. Tuyttens, D. Maes, S. De Smet, F. Nevens, G. Opsomer, F. Lommelen, R. Geers

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based parameters, environment, housing, management, pig husbandry

2008

Altricial and precocial mammals: A model of neural and muscular development

Authors: Theodore I. Grand

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: golden lion tamarin, maturation of social and locomotor skills, red panda, wildebeest

1992

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