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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.
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Assessing animal welfare at the farm level: do we care sufficiently about the individual?

Authors: C. Winckler

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, group measures, individual measures, on-farm assessment, purpose, welfare improvement

2019

The development of fault bars in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) increases with acute stressors and individual propensity: implications for animal welfare

Authors: A. Arrazola, S. Torrey

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, feather growth, gallus gallus domesticus, psychological stress, stress response, welfare indicator

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

Effects of environmental enrichment on activity and lameness in commercial broiler production

Authors: Guro Vasdal, Judit Vas, Ruth C. Newberry, Randi Oppermann Moe

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavioral activity, broiler chickens, environmental enrichment, lameness, poultry welfare

2019

Improving Leg Health in Broiler Chickens: A Systematic Review of the Effect of Environmental Enrichment

Authors: I. J. Pedersen, B. Forkman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler chicken, environmental enrichment, leg health, light, stocking density

2019

Is the rotarod test an objective alternative to the gait score for evaluating walking ability in chickens?

Authors: J. Malchow, A. Dudde, J. Berk, E. T. Krause, O. Sanders, B. Puppe, L. Schrader

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler, domestic fowl, gait score, motor co-ordination, walking ability

2019

An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Accuracy and registration success in a free-range area

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, Bart Ampe, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bert Reubens, Jarissa Maselyne, Shaojie Zhuang, Johan Criel, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: accuracy, outdoor, poultry, signal reception, ultra-wideband, vegetation

2018

An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Effects of wearing a backpack on behaviour, leg health and production

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bart Ampe, Bert Reubens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: body weight, broiler chicken, habituation, position monitoring, ultra-wideband, welfare

2018

Dietary management of a Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas) troop to improve body and coat condition and reduce parasite burden

Authors: Francis Cabana, Praveena Jayarajah, Pei Yee Oh, Chia-Da Hsu

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: diet, dominance, fibre, primate, soluble carbohydrates, trichuris

2018

Evaluation of a dustbathing substrate and straw bales as environmental enrichments in commercial broiler housing

Authors: Mary Baxter, Carley L. Bailie, Niamh E. O’Connell

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: broiler chicken, dustbathing, environmental enrichment, leg health, welfare

2018

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