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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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Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in captive olive baboons (Papio anubis): The effects of age, sex, rearing, stress, and pregnancy

Authors: S. J. Neal, A. M. Achorn, S. J. Schapiro, W. D. Hopkins, J. H. Simmons

Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol

Keywords: *Papio anubis/genetics/physiology, age factors, animals, baboons, early adversity, female, lymphocytes, male, neutrophil‐lymphocyte ratio, neutrophils, physiological, pregnancy, sex factors, stress

2024

Thermal Imaging to Assess the Health Status in Wildlife Animals under Human Care: Limitations and Perspectives

Authors: Daniel Mota-Rojas, Alfredo MF Pereira, Julio Martínez-Burnes, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Patricia Mora-Medina, Alejandro Casas-Alvarado, Jennifer Rios-Sandoval, Ana de Mira Geraldo, Dehua Wang

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: infrared thermography, pain, thermal status, thermal window

2022

Assessing Animal Welfare with Behavior: Onward with Caution

Authors: Jason V Watters, Bethany L Krebs, Caitlin L Eschmann

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: affect, anticipatory behavior, behavioral context, behavioral diagnosis, behavioral diversity, inductive argument, natural behavior, stereotypy, zoo

2021

Fish Behavior: Training and Enrichment

Authors: Ilana R Alderman, Leigh A Clayton

Publication/Journal: Clinical Guide to Fish Medicine

Keywords: enrichment, fish, training

2021

Diagnosis of hypothermia in the European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, using infrared thermography

Authors: Kathryn E South, Kelly Haynes, Angus C Jackson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology

Keywords: hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, hypothermia, infrared thermography, non-invasive technology, rehabilitation

2020

Hematology and Plasma Biochemistry Value Differences Between Acclimated and Recently Captive Female Southern Stingrays, Dasyatis americana

Authors: Krystan Grant, Terry Campbell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captive, environmental change, hematology, plasma chemistry, stingrays, wild

2020

A review of Asian and African elephant gastrointestinal anatomy, physiology and pharmacology

Authors: Whitney Greene, Ellen S. Dierenfeld, Susan Mikota

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: african elephant, asian elephant, elephas maximus, gastrointestinal, loxodonta africana, nutrition, pathology, pharmacology, physiology

2019

Annual fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in pregnant and pseudopregnant polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in North American zoos

Authors: Jocelyn Bryant, Terri Roth

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: cortisol, eia, polar bear, pregnancy test, seasonality, stress

2018

Pharmacological therapy with a combination of alprazolam and fluoxetine and use of the trace element lithium gluconate for treating anxiety disorders and aggression in dogs

Authors: Stefania Pineda, Bernadette Anzola, Verónica Ruso, Miguel Ibáñez, Álvaro Olivares

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: alprazolam, anxiety, benzodiazepine, fluoxetine, lithium

2018

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

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