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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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Dietary management, husbandry, and body weights of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) during successful pregnancies at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Authors: Kathleen Sullivan, Katherine Kerr, Rachel Wanty, Bryan Amaral, Francisco Olea-Popelka, Eduardo Valdes

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: calving, exercise, fertility, gestation, nutrition, obesity

2016

Positive and negative gestational handling influences placental traits and mother-offspring behavior in dairy goats

Authors: Emma M. Baxter, Johan Mulligan, Sarah A. Hall, Jo E. Donbavand, Rupert Palme, Emad Aldujaili, Adroaldo J. Zanella, Cathy M. Dwyer

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, goats, handling, placenta, prenatal stress

2016

Assessment of the reproductive physiology of the potto (Perodicticus potto) through fecal hormone metabolite analyses and trans-abdominal ultrasonography

Authors: Katherine M. MacKinnon, Michael J. Guilfoyle, William F. Swanson, Monica A. Stoops

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: elisa, lorisid, reproduction, ultrasonography, wildlife endocrinology

2015

Daytime mother–calf relationships in reticulated giraffes (Giraffa cameloparadalis reticulate) at the Kyoto City Zoo

Authors: Masayuki Nakamichi, Chisa Murata, Ryo Eto, Naoko Takagi, Kazunori Yamada

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive giraffes, development, mother­–calf relationships, proximity, suckling, weaning

2015

Hematological and serum biochemical analytes reflect physiological challenges during gestation and lactation in killer whales (Orcinus orca)

Authors: Todd R. Robeck, Hendrik H. Nollens

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cetacean, hematology, orca, pregnancy, serum chemistry

2013

Ultrasonographic monitoring of fetal development in unrestrained bonobos (Pan paniscus) at the Milwaukee County Zoo

Authors: Barbara Drews, Leanne M. Harmann, Leann L. Beehler, Barbara Bell, Reinhard F. Drews, Thomas B. Hildebrandt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: positive reinforcement, pregnancy test, prenatal growth, reproduction, ultrasound

2011

Arterial vascularization in the giraffe brain

Authors: Hieronim Frackowiak Hubert Jakubowski

Publication/Journal: Annales zoologici Fennici

Keywords: artery, brain, giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe

2008

Onset of sentience: The potential for suffering in fetal and newborn farm animals

Authors: David J. Mellor, Tamara J. Diesch

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: birth, fetus, neural development, neuroactivators, neuroinhibitors, newborn, suffering, unconsciousness

2006

Endocrine and ultrasonographic characterization of a successful pregnancy in a Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) supplemented with a synthetic progestin

Authors: T. L. Roth, H. L. Bateman, J. L. Kroll, B. G. Steinetz, P. R. Reinhart

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: embryo, fetus, parturition, progesterone, prolactin, relaxin

2004

Partial hydatidiform mole in a pregnant chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Isolde W. J. Debyser, Hiroaki Soma, Peernel Zwart

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: DNA ploidy analysis, hcg-sp1 assay, trophoblastic disease

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