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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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Environmental Enrichment in Rabbit Husbandry: Comparative Impacts on Performance and Welfare

Authors: Karim El-Sabrout, Anjum Sherasiya, Sohail Ahmad, Sarah Aggag, Eleonora Nannoni, Damiano Cavallini, Giovanni Buonaiuto

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behavior, environmental stress, housing enrichment, productive performance, rabbit, sensors, welfare

2024

The behavioural effects of feeding lean meat vs whole rabbit carcasses to zoo jaguars Panthera onca

Authors: Line Enemark, Marcus Clauss, Linn Lagerström, Anita Burkevica, Jenny Gustafsson, Julia Johnsson, Peter Lundgren, Helle L. H. Rhode

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords:

2023

Rabbit relinquishment through online classified advertisements in the United Kingdom: when, why, and how many?

Authors: Vikki Neville, Keith Hinde, Elaine Line, Rae Todd, Richard Anthony Saunders

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: online advertisements, rabbit, relinquishment

2019

A Survey of Rabbit Handling Methods Within the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

Authors: James Andrew Oxley, Clare Frances Ellis, E. Anne McBride, Wanda Denise McCormick

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, handling, human-animal interactions, laboratory, pets, rabbit, veterinary

2019

Hair cortisol concentrations in New Zealand white rabbits subjected to surgery

Authors: T. Peric, A. Comin, M. Corazzin, M. Montillo, F. Canavese, M. Stebel, A. Prandi

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cortisol, hair, hpa axis, rabbit, surgery

2018

Analysis of Factors Relating to Companion Rabbits Relinquished to Two United Kingdom Rehoming Centers

Authors: Clare F. Ellis, Wanda McCormick, Ambrose Tinarwo

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: oryctolagus cuniculus, rabbit, rehoming center, relinquishment, shelter

2017

A meta-analysis on the effects of the housing environment on the behaviour, mortality, and performance of growing rabbits

Authors: R. Sommerville, R. Ruiz, X. Averós

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, growing rabbit, meta-analysis, mortality, performance

2017

Relocation and Hair Cortisol Concentrations in New Zealand White Rabbits

Authors: Tanja Peric, Antonella Comin, Mirco Corazzin, Marta Montillo, Federico Canavese, Marco Stebel, Alberto Prandi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: cortisol, hair, hpa axis, rabbit, relocation

2017

Social Behavior of Adult Male New Zealand White Rabbits Housed in Groups or Pairs in the Laboratory

Authors: Louis DiVincenti, Angelika Rehrig

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: rabbits, refinement, social housing, welfare

2017

The welfare of ducks during foie gras production

Authors: I. Rochlitz, D. M. Broom

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, control of feeding behaviour, foie gras, force-feeding, liver steatosis, mulard duck

2017

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