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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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Assessment of living conditions in wild boars by analysis of oxidative stress markers

Authors: Luigi Esposito, Simona Tafuri, Natascia Cocchia, Roberto Fasanelli, Nadia Piscopo, Barbara Lamagna, Vincente Eguren, Andrea Amici, Eugenio Iorio, Francesca Ciani

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cortisol, free-range breeding, oxidative stress markers, wild boar, wildlife welfare

2020

Wild boar behaviour during live-trap capture in a corral-style trap: implications for animal welfare

Authors: Åsa Fahlman, Johan Lindsjö, Therese Arvén Norling, Petter Kjellander, Erik Olof Ågren, Ulrika Alm Bergvall

Publication/Journal: Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Keywords: 3R, ethogram, health, hunting, management, refinement, stress, sus scrofa, trapping, wildlife

2020

Preference for and behavioural response to environmental enrichment in a small population of sexually mature, commercial boars

Authors: L. V. Sirovica, M. Creamer, K. M. Horback

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, boar, commercial swine, environmental enrichment, single housing, stereotypic behaviour

2019

Using non-invasive faecal hormone metabolite monitoring to detect reproductive patterns, seasonality and pregnancy in red river hogs (Potamochoerus porcus)

Authors: Jocelyn Bryant, Nadja Wielebnowski, Diane Gierhahn, Tina Houchens, Astrid Bellem, Amy Roberts, Joan Daniels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enzyme immunoassay (eia), faecal hormone metabolite, red river hogs, reproduction

2016

Group composition for fattening entire male pigs under enriched housing conditions—Influences on behaviour, injuries and boar taint compounds

Authors: Mirjam Holinger, Barbara Früh, Edna Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behaviour, androstenone, mounting, organic, skin injuries

2015

Hierarchy formation in newly mixed, group housed sows and management strategies aimed at reducing its impact

Authors: Emma C. Greenwood, Kate J. Plush, William H. E. J. van Wettere, Paul E. Hughes

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, gestation, group housing, hierarchy, mixing, sow

2014

Age over experience: Consistency of aggression and mounting behaviour in male and female pigs

Authors: Corinna C. A. Clark, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, individual differences, sex differences, social behaviour, sus scrofa, temperament

2013

Immunocastration with Improvac™ reduces aggressive and sexual behaviours in male pigs

Authors: Veronica Brewster, Amanda Nevel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, immunocastration, improvac™, male pigs

2013

Behavior, production results and meat quality of intact boars and gilts housed in unmixed groups: A comparative study

Authors: Valerie Vanheukelom, Sanne Van Beirendonck, Jos Van Thielen, Bert Driessen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, boar, meat quality, pig

2012

Review of wallowing in pigs: Description of the behaviour and its motivational basis

Authors: M. B. M. Bracke

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, motivation, mud pool, pigs, wallowing behavior, wallowing behaviour

2011

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