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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.
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  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
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The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021

The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021

Relational responding by eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina) in a series of color discrimination tasks

Authors: Katherine A. Leighty, Alison P. Grand, Victoria L. Pittman Courte, Margaret A. Maloney, Tamara L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal cognition, color perception, turtles, visual discrimination

2013

Turtle Vocalizations as the First Evidence of Posthatching Parental Care in Chelonians

Authors: Camila R. Ferrara, Richard C. Vogt, Renata S. Sousa-Lima

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: giant south american river turtle, parental care, podocnemis expansa, sound, turtles

2013

Observation of reproductive cycle of female yellow-margined box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata) using radiography and ultrasonography

Authors: Ting-Yu Chen, Yen-Tao Lee, Chau-Hwa Chi

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cuora flavomarginata, radio-graphy, reproductive cycle, ultrasonography, yellow-margined box turtle

2011

Computed tomography of the vertebral column and coelomic structures in the normal loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)

Authors: A. L. S. Valente, R. Cuenca, M. Zamora, M. L. Parga, S. Lavin, F. Alegre, I. Marco

Publication/Journal: The Veterinary Journal

Keywords: chelonians, computed tomography, cross-sectional anatomy, diagnostic imaging, three-dimensional reconstruction

2007

Influence of environmental humidity and dietary protein on pyramidal growth of carapaces in African spurred tortoises (Geochelone sulcata)

Authors: C. S. Wiesner, C. Iben

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Keywords: animal welfare, captive, carapace, dietary protein level, geochelone sulcata, humidity, management, testudinidae, tortoise

2003

Metabolic scaling of antibiotics in reptiles: Basis and limitations

Authors: Elliott R. Jacobson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: antibiotics, reptiles, scaling

1996

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