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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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URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=bengalensis

Time Budget and Activity Patterns During the Mating Period of Flat-headed Cat Prionailurus planiceps in Captivity

Authors: Patchara Danaisawadi, Sutida Piriyarom, Warit Krasaeden, Satreerat Pramkasem, Saranya Rurkkhum, Surasak Yimprasert

Publication/Journal: Tropical Natural History

Keywords:

2023

Training in the Dark: Using Target Training for Non-Invasive Application and Validation of Accelerometer Devices for an Endangered Primate (Nycticebus bengalensis)

Authors: K Nekaris, Marco Campera, Marianna Chimienti, Carly Murray, Michela Balestri, Zak Showell

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal training plan, animal welfare, bio-logger, positive reinforcement, random forest, strepsirrhine

2022

Naturalising diet to reduce stereotypic behaviours in slow lorises rescued from wildlife trade

Authors: Padcha Chatpongcharoen, Marco Campera, Phadet Laithong, Nancy L Gibson, KAI Nekaris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exudate enrichment, gummivory, insectivory, rescue centre, Thailand

2021

Development of an environmental enrichment programme: case study of white Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris bengalensis) and jaguar (Panthera onca) at Moscow Zoo

Authors: Aleksei Aleksandrovich Podturkin, Natalia Papaeva

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bengal tiger, data collection, enrichment programme, evaluation, jaguar

2020

A Survey of Husbandry Practices for Lorisid Primates in North American Zoos and Related Facilities

Authors: Grace Fuller, Christopher W. Kuhar, Patricia M. Dennis, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: exhibit design, loris tardigradus, nycticebus coucang, nycticebus pygmaeus, perodicticus potto, potto, pygmy loris, slender loris, slow loris

2013

Behavioral and adrenocortical responses to environmental changes in leopard cats (Felis bengalensis)

Authors: Kathy Carlstead, Janine L. Brown, John Seidensticker

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: environmental enrichment, exploratory behavior, felidae, stereotypic pacing, stress, urinary cortisol

1993

The influence of food presentation on the behavior of small cats in confined environments

Authors: David J. Shepherdson, Kathy Carlstead, Jill D. Mellen, John Seidensticker

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budget, bengalensis, environmental enrichment, f, felis viverrina, predation, stereotypic behavior

1993

Urinary monitoring of adrenal responses to psychological stressors in domestic and nondomestic felids

Authors: Kathy Carlstead, Janine L. Brown, Steven L. Monfort, Richard Killens, David E. Wildt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

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1992

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