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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=euthanasia

Blood L-Lactate Concentration as an Indicator of Outcome in Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) Admitted to a Wildlife Rescue Center

Authors: Elena Di Lorenzo, Riccardo Rossi, Fabiana Ferrari, Valeria Martini, Stefano Comazzi

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: biomarkers, blood lactate concentration, blood parameters, prognostic factors, roe deer

2020

Effects of physiological changes and social life events on adrenal glucocorticoid activity in female zoo-housed Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, Katie L Edwards, Nadja Wielebnowski, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal sociality, cortisol, elephants, estrous cycle, euthanasia, phase determination, pregnancy, urine

2020

Philosophy of a “Good Death” in Small Animals and Consequences for Euthanasia in Animal Law and Veterinary Practice

Authors: Kirsten Persson, Felicitas Selter, Gerald Neitzke, Peter Kunzmann

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal death, euthanasia guidelines, moral stress, veterinary ethics

2020

The Ethics and Welfare Implications of Keeping Western European Hedgehogs (erinaceus Europaeus) in Captivity

Authors: S. A. Jones, Stella Chapman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: captivity, disabled, ethics, hedgehogs, welfare

2019

Unwanted Horse Population in Illinois: Perceptions of Horse Owners, Non-Horse Owners, and Equine Industry Stakeholders

Authors: Kelsey Myers, Fatima Mohammed, Justin W. Rickard, Donald E. Meyer, Aslihan D. Spaulding

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: equine, Illinois, survey, unwanted horse, welfare

2019

Physiological and behavioural evaluation of common anaesthesia practices in the rainbow trout

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: 2-phenoxyethanol, anaesthetic, aversion, cortisol, stress

2018

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: The Common Swine Industry Audit: Future steps to assure positive on-farm animal welfare utilizing validated, repeatable and feasible animal-based measures

Authors: M. Pairis-Garcia, S. J. Moeller

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: agriculture, audit, dairy & animal science, euthanasia, finishing pigs, sows, swine, system, united-states, welfare

2017

Companion-Animal Caregiver Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Regarding End-of-Life Care

Authors: Roschelle A. Heuberger, Jessica Pierce

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: companion animal, end-of-life care, euthanasia, hospice, palliative care

2017

Determination of swine euthanasia criteria and analysis of barriers to euthanasia in the United States using expert opinion

Authors: C. R. Mullins, M. D. Pairis-Garcia, K. A. George, R. Anthony, A. K. Johnson, G. J. Coleman, J. L. Rault, S. T. Millman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, decision-making, education, euthanasia, swine, timeliness

2017

The effect of age and method of gas delivery on carbon dioxide euthanasia of pigs

Authors: M. A. Sutherland, P. J. Bryer, B. L. Backus

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: age, animal welfare, behaviour, carbon dioxide, euthanasia, pigs

2017

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