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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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Impacts of the season and reproductive status on fecal reproductive and adrenocortical steroid metabolites in zoo Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer)

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Kyle Miller, Alan Peters, Ashley D Franklin, Cathleen M Steinbeiser, Janine L Brown, Natalia A Prado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: crocodilians, fecal hormone metabolites, zoo management

2020

Play Behavior in Crocodilians

Authors: V. Dinets

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: alligator, behavior, caiman, crocodile, object, play, sociality

2015

The first case of intersexuality in an African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)

Authors: Sandra Langer, Kerstin Ternes, Dimitri Widmer, Frank Mutschmann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: african dwarf crocodile, intersexuality

2014

Nesting Phenology and Clutch Characteristics of Captive Siamese Crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) in Cambodia

Authors: Steven G. Platt, Vuthy Monyrath, Heng Sovannara, Long Kheng, Thomas R. Rainwater

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: conservation, crocodile farms, crocodylus siamensis, double-clutching, endangered species, incubation, twinning

2012

Ultraviolet Radiation on Innate Immunity and Growth of Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris): Implications for Facilities Design

Authors: Pablo Ariel Siroski, Gisela Laura Poletta, Lucia Fernandez, Hugo Héctor Ortega, Mark Edwin Merchant

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: complement system, crocodilian husbandry, immunity, raising, uv radiations

2012

Ultrasonography of reproductive structures and hormonal correlates of follicular development in female American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, in southwest Louisiana

Authors: Valentine A. Lance, David C. Rostal, Ruth M. Elsey, Phillip L. Trosclair

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: alligators reproduction ovarian follicles eggs vitellogenesis gonadal steroids ultrasonography

2009

Metabolic scaling of antibiotics in reptiles: Basis and limitations

Authors: Elliott R. Jacobson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: antibiotics, reptiles, scaling

1996

Of Iguanas and Dinosaurs- Social Behavior and Communication in Neonate Reptiles

Authors: G.M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: American Zoologist

Keywords: aggregation behavior, birds, diverse types of social behavior, dominance, foraging behavior, iguanas, mammals, migration, newborn, newly hatched reptiles, snakes, social organization, synchronized nest emergence, turtles, vocalization in crocodilians

1977

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