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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.
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Age and Social History Impact Social Interactions between Bull Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) at Denver Zoo

Authors: Taylor S Readyhough, Maura Davis, Sharon Joseph, Anneke Moresco, Amy L Schreier

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, elephant management, group compatibility, pachyderms, social behavior

2023

Immunoglobulin A and Physiologic Correlates of Well-Being in Asian Elephants

Authors: Anneke Moresco, Natalia Prado, Maura Davis, Amy L Schreier, Taylor S Readyhough, Sharon Joseph, Charlie Gray, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bull, cortisol, elephas maximus, glucocorticoids, musth, oxytocin, secretory IgA, social, stress, welfare

2022

Impacts of Socialization on Bull Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Stereotypical Behavior

Authors: T.S. Readyhough, S. Joseph, M. Davis, A. Moresco, A.L. Schreier

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, bachelor herd, musth, stereotypy

2022

Social Dynamics of a Newly Integrated Bachelor Group of Asian Elephants (Elephas Maximus): Welfare implications

Authors: Amy Schreier, Taylor S Readyhough, Anneke Moresco, Maura Davis, Sharon Joseph

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: bull elephant welfare, group compatibility, group integration, social behavior

2021

Increasing browse and social complexity can improve zoo elephant welfare

Authors: Monica Lasky, Jennifer Campbell, Jason A Osborne, Erin L Ivory, Jacob Lasky, Corinne J Kendall

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, diet, ex situ, loxodonta africana, management, social

2020

Facilitating the social behaviour of bull elephants in zoos

Authors: M. Hartley, A. Wood, L. Yon

Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook

Keywords: *animal social behavior, animal welfare, behavior, best-practice management, choice, elephant, management, multi-generational family structure, well-being, Zoo Licensing Act, zoos

2019

Safewalk: Improving Enrichment and Adoption Rates for Shelter Dogs by Changing Human Behavior

Authors: Terri M. Bright, Louise Hadden

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: dogs, enrichment, human behavior, shelter, shelter dogs

2017

Management and design of hospital pens relative to behavior of the compromised dairy cow: A questionnaire survey of Iowa dairy farms

Authors: Katrine K. Fogsgaard, Mette S. Herskin, Patrick J. Gorden, Leo L. Timms, Jan K. Shearer, Suzanne T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, dairy cattle, hospital pens, sickness behavior

2016

The effect of conspecific removal on behavioral and physiological responses of dairy cattle

Authors: J. K. Walker, D. R. Arney, N. K. Waran, I. G. Handel, C. J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: agriculture, animal welfare, association, calves, conspecific, cows, dairy & animal science, dairy cattle, food science & technology, heifers, immune system, immunoglobulin a, milk, salivary iga, secretory immunoglobulins, separation, serum, social behavior

2015

Young Blond d’Aquitaine, Angus and Limousin bulls differ in emotional reactivity: Relationships with animal traits, stress reactions at slaughter and post-mortem muscle metabolism

Authors: Cécile Bourguet, Véronique Deiss, Alain Boissy, E. M. Claudia Terlouw

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, breed, cattle, emotional reactivity, meat quality, slaughter stress

2015

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