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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.
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Reactions of sheep towards three sets of emotional stimuli: (In)Consistency in respect to stimulus valence and sheep identity

Authors: Lorenz Gygax, Sabine Vögeli

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, consistency, ear postures, fnirs, personality, valence

2016

Dog behavior but not frontal brain reaction changes in repeated positive interactions with a human: A non-invasive pilot study using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Authors: Lorenz Gygax, Nadine Reefmann, Therese Pilheden, Felix Scholkmann, Linda Keeling

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fnirs), indicator, positive affective states

2015

Housing conditions influence cortical and behavioural reactions of sheep in response to videos showing social interactions of different valence

Authors: Sabine Vögeli, Martin Wolf, Beat Wechsler, Lorenz Gygax

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: attentiveness, emotion, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fnirs), mood, sheep, social interaction

2015

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