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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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Effects of different rooting materials on behaviour and welfare of finishing pigs

Authors: Ellen Marie Rosvold, Marko Ocepek, Inger Lise Andersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, finishing pigs, rooting material, welfare

2024

Age and Social History Impact Social Interactions between Bull Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) at Denver Zoo

Authors: Taylor S Readyhough, Maura Davis, Sharon Joseph, Anneke Moresco, Amy L Schreier

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, elephant management, group compatibility, pachyderms, social behavior

2023

Immunoglobulin A and Physiologic Correlates of Well-Being in Asian Elephants

Authors: Anneke Moresco, Natalia Prado, Maura Davis, Amy L Schreier, Taylor S Readyhough, Sharon Joseph, Charlie Gray, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: bull, cortisol, elephas maximus, glucocorticoids, musth, oxytocin, secretory IgA, social, stress, welfare

2022

Impacts of Socialization on Bull Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) Stereotypical Behavior

Authors: T.S. Readyhough, S. Joseph, M. Davis, A. Moresco, A.L. Schreier

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, bachelor herd, musth, stereotypy

2022

Social Dynamics of a Newly Integrated Bachelor Group of Asian Elephants (Elephas Maximus): Welfare implications

Authors: Amy Schreier, Taylor S Readyhough, Anneke Moresco, Maura Davis, Sharon Joseph

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: bull elephant welfare, group compatibility, group integration, social behavior

2021

Increasing browse and social complexity can improve zoo elephant welfare

Authors: Monica Lasky, Jennifer Campbell, Jason A Osborne, Erin L Ivory, Jacob Lasky, Corinne J Kendall

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, diet, ex situ, loxodonta africana, management, social

2020

Facilitating the social behaviour of bull elephants in zoos

Authors: M. Hartley, A. Wood, L. Yon

Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook

Keywords: *animal social behavior, animal welfare, behavior, best-practice management, choice, elephant, management, multi-generational family structure, well-being, Zoo Licensing Act, zoos

2019

Case control study on environmental, nutritional and management-based risk factors for tail-biting in long-tailed pigs

Authors: P. A. Kallio, A. M. Janczak, A. E. Valros, S. A. Edwards, M. Heinonen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, environment, feeding, pig, risk factor, tail-biting

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

The effect of trough space and floor space on feeding and welfare of lambs in an intensive finishing system

Authors: Ellen C. Jongman, Maxine Rice, Angus J. D. Campbell, Kym L. Butler, Paul H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: feeder space, feeding behaviour, feedlot, floor space, growth, lambs

2017

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