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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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Faecal glucocorticoid metabolites as a measure of adrenocortical activity in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Authors: Anna Hein, Rupert Palme, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Benno Woelfing, Alex D Greenwood, Thea Bechshoft, Ursula Siebert

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenocortical activity, faecal glucocorticoid metabolite monitoring, polar bear, stress

2020


Swimming features in captive odontocetes: Indicative of animals’ emotional state?

Authors: Agathe Serres, Yujiang Hao, Ding Wang

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, Circular swimming, finless porpoise, stress, synchronous swimming, welfare

2020


The Spillover Effect of a Flood on Pets and Their People: Implications for Rental Housing

Authors: Taryn M. Graham, Melanie J. Rock

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: companion animals, housing recovery, natural disaster, tenants, vulnerability

2019


Faecal cortisol metabolites as an indicator of adrenocortical activity in farmed silver foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Authors: Anne Lene Hovland, Anne Marit S. Rød, Marit Skog Eriksen, Rupert Palme, Janicke Nordgreen, Georgia J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: acth stimulation, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, handling, silver fox, stress, validation

2017


Hormonal correlates of development and natal dispersal in wild female owl monkeys (Aotus azarae) of Argentina

Authors: Margaret Corley, Claudia Valeggia, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: dispersal, ovulatory cycling, owl monkey, reproductive suppression, sexual maturity, social monogamy

2017


Ovariectomy influences the circadian rhythm of locomotor activity and the photic phase shifts in the volcano mouse

Authors: Cinthia Juárez-Tapia, Manuel Miranda-Anaya

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: circadian locomotor activity, neotomodon alstoni, ovary, photic phase shifting

2017


Simple but temporally unpredictable puzzles are cognitive enrichment

Authors: Krebs, B. L., & Watters, J. V.

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, anticipatory behavior, foraging enrichment, reward schedules

2017


Decreased emotional reactivity of rats exposed to repeated phase shifts of light–dark cycle

Authors: Monika Okuliarova, Lubos Molcan, Michal Zeman

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behaviour, cardiovascular system, chronodisruption, emotionality, shift-work

2016


Does corticosterone regulate the onset of breeding in free-living birds?: The CORT-Flexibility Hypothesis and six potential mechanisms for priming corticosteroid function

Authors: Christine R. Lattin, Creagh W. Breuner, L. Michael Romero

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, glucocorticoid receptor, gonadotropin inhibitory hormone, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, reproduction, seasonality

2016


Attitudes of Taiwan veterinarians towards animal welfare

Authors: S. Y. Wu, Y. T. Lai, C. Y. Fei, D. S. Jong

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal protection law, animal welfare, attitude, education, taiwan, veterinarians

2015


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