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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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Female and male pigs’ performance in a spatial holeboard and judgment bias task

Authors: Sanne Roelofs, Rebecca E. Nordquist, Franz Josef van der Staay

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cognition, judgment bias, memory, pigs, sex differences, spatial learning

2017

The weight of Rothschild giraffe—Is it really well known?

Authors: Markéta Gloneková, Karolína Brandlová, Magdalena Žáčková, Barbora Dobiášová, Kateřina Pechrová, Jaroslav Šimek

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: baringo giraffe, giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, growth function, ungulate, weight gain

2016

Functional significance of a phylogenetically widespread sexual dimorphism in vasotocin/vasopressin production

Authors: Aubrey M. Kelly, James L. Goodson

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, anxiety, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, lateral septum, sexual dimorphism, sociality, vasopressin, vasotocin

2013

Life-History Patterns of Cuban Poeciliid Fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)

Authors: José L. Ponce de León, Rodet Rodríguez, Gunnary León

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: fecundity, richards equation, sexual maturity, size–age curves

2013

Maternal care interacts with prenatal stress in altering sexual dimorphism in male rats

Authors: C. Pérez-Laso, E. Ortega, J. L. R. Martín, M. A. Pérez-Izquierdo, F. Gómez, S. Segovia, M. C. R. Del Cerro

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: accessory olfactory bulb, brain development, corticosterone, estradiol, male rats, maternal behavior, medial preoptic area, prenatal environmental stress, progesterone, testosterone

2013

Sexual segregation in red deer: is social behaviour more important than habitat preferences?

Authors: Joana Alves, António Alves da Silva, Amadeu M. V. M. Soares, Carlos Fonseca

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cervus-elaphus, habitat segregation, mediterranean ecosystem, red deer, reproductive strategy, sexual segregation, social affinity, social segregation

2013

Sexual segregation in rockhopper penguins during incubation

Authors: Katrin Ludynia, Nina Dehnhard, Maud Poisbleau, Laurent Demongin, Juan F. Masello, Christian C. Voigt, Petra Quillfeldt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ecological niche model, energetic requirement, eudyptes chrysocome, falkland islands/islas malvinas, gps logger, maxent, sex-specific behaviour, southern rockhopper penguin, spatial segregation, stable isotope analysis

2013

Maternal gestational androgens are associated with decreased juvenile play in white-faced marmosets (Callithrix geoffroyi)

Authors: Andrew K. Birnie, Shelton E. Hendricks, Adam S. Smith, Ross Milam, Jeffrey A. French

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: androstenedione, intrauterine environment, maternal androgens, organizational effects, prenatal programming, rough-and-tumble play, testosterone

2012

Morphometric sex determination of Milky and Painted storks in captivity

Authors: H. K. A. Ong, K. Chinna, S. K. Khoo, W. L. Ng, B. Y. Wong, K. L. Chow, L. K. CHong, K. Pillai, S. Vellayan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chd genes, logistic regression equation, molecular DNA sexing, morphometics, storks

2012

The captive husbandry and reproduction of the pink-eared turtle (Emydura victoriae) at Perth Zoo

Authors: G. S. Gaikhorst, B. R. Clarke, M. McPharlin, B. Larkin, J. McLaughlin, J. Mayes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, biology, development, diet, ecology, growth

2011

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