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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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Age‐based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves

Authors: Patrick T Freeman, Erica L Anderson, Kristin B Allen, Caitlin E O'Connell‐Rodwell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: african elephant, age, behavioral development, cross-sectional, early social behavior, play

2021

A Framework for Using Epidemiology in Animal Welfare Science

Authors: F Mata

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, case-control, cohort, cross-sectional, epidemiology

2021

Body Condition Scores (BCS) in European zoo elephants’ (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) lifetimes – a longitudinal analysis

Authors: Christian Schiffmann, Marcus Clauss, Stefan Hoby, Daryl Codron, Jean-Michel Hatt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body condition scoring, longitudinal analysis, zoo elephant

2019

Improving Leg Health in Broiler Chickens: A Systematic Review of the Effect of Environmental Enrichment

Authors: I. J. Pedersen, B. Forkman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler chicken, environmental enrichment, leg health, light, stocking density

2019

Relationship between resilience and stress: Perceived stress, stressful life events, HPA axis response during a stressful task and hair cortisol

Authors: María Ángeles García-León, José Manuel Pérez-Mármol, Raquel Gonzalez-Pérez, María del Carmen García-Ríos, María Isabel Peralta-Ramírez

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: hair cortisol, laboratory stressor, life events, perceived stress, resilience, salivary cortisol

2019

Development of a Canine Care and Welfare Knowledge Scale: Implications for Welfare and Preventing Dogfighting

Authors: Maria A. Iliopoulou, Rene P. Rosenbaum, Carla L. Carleton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: attitude, canine care and welfare knowledge scale, canine welfare, development, humane education evaluation, prevention of canine abuse/neglect, psychology

2017

From play to proficiency: The ontogeny of stone-tool use in coastal-foraging long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) from a comparative perception-action perspective

Authors: Amanda W. Y. Tan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal foraging behavior, *animal learning, *tool use, animal ethology, animal play, monkeys

2017

Infrared Thermography as a Diagnostic Tool for Pododermatitis in Captive Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Authors: Anita Tolpinrud, Michelle F O'Brien, Will S. M. Justice, Michelle Barrows, Oliver D.M Steele, Sophie Gent, Anna Meredith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bumblefoot, foot pad dermatitis, temperature, thermal imaging

2017

Cross-Sectional Study of Characteristics of Owners and Nonowners Surrendering Cats to Four Australian Animal Shelters

Authors: Sarah Zito, John Morton, Mandy Paterson, Dianne Vankan, Pauleen C. Bennett, Jacquie Rand, Clive J. C. Phillips

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal shelter, cats, owner surrender

2016

Early life stress accelerates behavioral and neural maturation of the hippocampus in male mice

Authors: Bath K.G, Manzano-Nieves G, Goodwill H

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: early life stress, mice

2016

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