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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=cross-fostering

Influences of Rearing Environment on Behaviour and Welfare of Captive Chilean Flamingos: A Case Study on Foster-Reared and Parent-Reared Birds

Authors: Peter Kidd, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behaviour, cross-fostering, development, flamingos, foster-rearing, husbandry, welfare

2021


Cross-fostering in gray wolves (Canis lupus lupus)

Authors: Inger Scharis, Mats Amundin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: canis lupus, cross-fostering, pup growth rate, pup survival, wolf conservation

2015


Early life adversity increases foraging and information gathering in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

Authors: Clare Andrews, Jérémie Viviani, Emily Egan, Thomas Bedford, Ben Brilot, Daniel Nettle, Melissa Bateson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: body mass regulation, contrafreeloading, developmental stress, early life adversity, european starling, food insecurity, foraging, sturnus vulgaris

2015


Successful transfer of a Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) pouch young to a yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) surrogate

Authors: David J. McLelland, Kate Fielder, Gayl Males, Nathan Langley, David Schultz

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: assisted reproduction, cross-foster, macropod, zoo

2015


Begging response of gull chicks to the red spot on the parental bill

Authors: Alberto Velando, Sin-Yeon Kim, Jose Carlos Noguera

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: begging response, coadaptation, cross-fostering, larus michahellis, parent–offspring communication, parental signal, releasing mechanism, tinbergen, yellow-legged gull

2013


Vertical and horizontal transmission of nest site preferences in titmice

Authors: Tore Slagsvold, Kari Wigdahl Kleiven, Ane Eriksen, Lars Erik Johannessen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal tradition, blue tit, copying, cultural transmission, cyanistes caeruleus, great tit, nest site preference, parus major, social learning

2013


The welfare implications of large litter size in the domestic pig II: management factors

Authors: E. M. Baxter, K. M. D. Rutherford, R. B. D'Eath, G. Arnott, S. P. Turner, Sand,, P. e, V. A. Moustsen, F. Thorup, S. A. Edwards, A. B. Lawrence

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cross-fostering, human-animal interaction, litter size, nurse sow, split suckling

2013


Cognitive sciences to relate ear postures to emotions in sheep

Authors: Boissy, A.; Aubert, A.; Désiré, L.; Greiveldinger, L.; Delval, E.; Veissier, I.

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cognition, ear postures, emotions, sheep

2011


Pairs of zebra finches with similar ‘personalities’ make better parents

Authors: Wiebke Schuett, Sasha R. X. Dall, Nick J. Royle

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, behavioural syndrome, cross-fostering, exploration, negotiation, parental care, sexual selection, taeniopygia guttata, temperament, zebra finch

2011


Parent-offspring recognition in Brandt’s voles, Lasiopodomys brandti

Authors: Qilin Li, Li Zhang

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: brandt's vole, cross-fostering, dyadic encounter, familiarity, lasiopodomys brandti, parent-offspring recognition

2010


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