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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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A Comparative Multi-Zoo Survey Investigating the Housing and Husbandry of Callimico goeldii

Authors: Amanda Bartlett, James Edward Brereton, Marianne Sarah Freeman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: callitrichid, captive management, enclosure complexity, goeldi's monkey, welfare

2024

The effect of anthropogenic noise on foraging and vigilance in zoo housed pied tamarins

Authors: Fiene Steinbrecher, Jacob C. Dunn, Eluned C. Price, Lisa H. Buck, Claudia A. F. Wascher, Fay E. Clark

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal behaviour, bioacoustics, callitrichid, primate, stressor

2023

Behavioral Implications of Enrichment for Golden Lion Tamarins: A Tool for Ex Situ Conservation

Authors: Kimberly Sanders, Eduardo Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: callitrichid, enrichment, foraging, golden lion tamarin, primate, puzzle feeder

2020

Scratching under positive and negative arousal in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Authors: Sarah J. Neal, Nancy G. Caine

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: anxiety, arousal, callitrichid, excitement, scratching

2016

Group service in macaques (Macaca fuscata), capuchins (Cebus apella) and marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): A comparative approach to identifying proactive prosocial motivations

Authors: Judith Maria Burkart, Carel van Schaik

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: capuchins, cooperative breeding, dictator games, group service, macaques, marmosets, proactive prosociality

2013

Social Effects via Olfactory Sensory Stimuli on Reproductive Function and Dysfunction in Cooperative Breeding Marmosets and Tamarins

Authors: Toni E. Ziegler

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: common marmoset, cotton-top tamarin, olfactory, reproduction, social effects

2013

Factors influencing weight changes in callitrichids at the Bronx zoo

Authors: Elena Kaplan, Nichole Shelmidine

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alloparenting, housing changes, illness, social changes, weight loss

2010

Observational methods to measure behaviors of captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Authors: Lily N. Edwards, Andrew E. Sorkin, Richard C. Rhodes, Katherine H. Petersson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral monitoring, callitrichid, primate, sampling

2010

Sleep quantitation in common marmoset, cotton top tamarin and squirrel monkey by non-invasive actigraphy

Authors: S. Srikantha, J. Suzuki

Publication/Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Keywords: actigraphy, callithrix jacchus, callitrichidae, cebidae, saguinus oedipus, saimiri sciureus, sleep episode length, vigilance

2006

Causes of mortality in captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Authors: Kirsten M. Leong, Scott P. Terrell, Anne Savage

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adenocarcinoma, callitrichid, disease, husbandry, necropsy

2004

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