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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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How Can We Assess Positive Welfare in Ruminants?

Authors: Silvana Mattiello, Monica Battini, Giuseppe De Rosa, Fabio Napolitano, Cathy Dwyer

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, buffaloes, cattle, Five Domains, goats, positive indicators, ruminants, sheep

2019

Application of the Welfare Quality protocol to dairy buffalo farms: Prevalence and reliability of selected measures

Authors: G. De Rosa, F. Grasso, C. Winckler, A. Bilancione, C. Pacelli, F. Masucci, F. Napolitano

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, behavior, bubalus-bubalis, cattle, cows, dairy & animal science, dairy buffalo, food science & technology, housing system, milk, parameters, protein, welfare monitoring, welfare quality®

2015

A continuous recording approach to qualitative behaviour assessment in dairy buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Authors: Fabio Napolitano, Giuseppe De Rosa, Maria Serrapica, Ada Braghieri

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: continuous recording, mediterranean dairy buffalo, observer training, qualitative behaviour assessment, temporal dominant behavioural expression

2015

In-Vitro Indicators of Natural Resistance and Milk-Producing Ability in Dairy Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Authors: Maria Miarelli, Federica Signorelli

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dairy buffalo, in-vitro indicators

2014

Qualitative behaviour assessment of dairy buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Authors: Fabio Napolitano, Giuseppe De Rosa, Fernando Grasso, Françoise Wemelsfelder

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: buffalo, free choice profiling, qualitative behaviour assessment, reliability

2012

Human and animal behaviour in dairy buffalo at milking

Authors: Saltalamacchia, F.; Tripaldi, C.; Castellano, A.; Napolitano, F.; Musto, M.; De Rosa, G.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy buffalo, human-animal relationship, long-term consistency, milking, oxytocin

2007

Repeatability of some animal-related variables in dairy cows and buffaloes

Authors: G. De Rosa, C. Tripaldi, F. Napolitano, F. Saltalamacchia, F. Grasso, V. Bisegna, A. Bordi

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, buffalo, cattle, performance criteria, repeatability, welfare monitoring

2003

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