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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=footpad%20dermatitis

Evaluation of a pressure sensitive walkway for objective gait analysis in normal and arthritic domestic ducks (Cairina moschata domestica)

Authors: J. D. Sheldon, M. J. Adkesson, M. C. Allender, R. S. Bailey, J. N. Langan, S. K. Chinnadurai

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: analgesia, carprofen, encapsulated butorphanol tartate, footpad dermatitis, force platform, hydrochloride, lameness, pain, parrots amazona-vertralis

2019

Improving Leg Health in Broiler Chickens: A Systematic Review of the Effect of Environmental Enrichment

Authors: I. J. Pedersen, B. Forkman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler chicken, environmental enrichment, leg health, light, stocking density

2019

An automated positioning system for monitoring chickens’ location: Effects of wearing a backpack on behaviour, leg health and production

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bart Ampe, Bert Reubens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: body weight, broiler chicken, habituation, position monitoring, ultra-wideband, welfare

2018

Added dietary vegetables and fruits improved coat quality of capybara in Seoul Zoo, Republic of Korea: A case study

Authors: Hyungeun Shim, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hair coat, hystricomorph rodents, nutrition, vitamin c requirement

2017

Effect of free-range access, shelter type and weather conditions on free-range use and welfare of slow-growing broiler chickens

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bart Ampe, Bert Reubens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: artificial shelter, fearfulness, leg health, outdoor, poultry, short rotation coppice

2017

Fit for transport? Broiler chicken fitness assessment for transportation to slaughter

Authors: L. Jacobs, E. Delezie, L. Duchateau, K. Goethals, D. Vermeulen, J. Buyse, F. A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, animal-based welfare measure, broiler chicken, fitness-for-transport assessment, physiological stress, pre-slaughter phase

2017

Hot chicks, cold feet

Authors: Randi Oppermann Moe, Jon Bohlin, Andreas Flø, Guro Vasdal, Solveig Marie Stubsjøen

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, chicken, footpad, infrared thermography, stress-induced hyperthermia, thermal imaging

2017

Infrared Thermography as a Diagnostic Tool for Pododermatitis in Captive Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Authors: Anita Tolpinrud, Michelle F O'Brien, Will S. M. Justice, Michelle Barrows, Oliver D.M Steele, Sophie Gent, Anna Meredith

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: bumblefoot, foot pad dermatitis, temperature, thermal imaging

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

Effects of carprofen, meloxicam and butorphanol on broiler chickens’ performance in mobility tests

Authors: B. Hothersall, G. Caplen, R. M. A. Parker, C. J. Nicol, A. E. Waterman-Pearson, C. A. Weeks, J. C. Murrell

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: analgesia, animal welfare, broiler chicken, lameness, mobility, pain

2016

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