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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.
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Aggressive interactions are associated with reductions in RFamide-related peptide, but not kisspeptin, neuronal activation in mice

Authors: Kimberly J. Jennings, Jenny Chang, Hweyryoung Cho, David J. Piekarski, Kimberly A. Russo, Lance J. Kriegsfeld

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: agonistic, challenge effect, gnih, metastin, rfrp

2016

Central oxytocin receptors mediate mating-induced partner preferences and enhance correlated activation across forebrain nuclei in male prairie voles

Authors: Zachary V. Johnson, Hasse Walum, Yaseen A. Jamal, Yao Xiao, Alaine C. Keebaugh, Kiyoshi Inoue, Larry J. Young

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: functional connectivity, immediate-early gene, monogamy, pair-bonding, social attachment, social decision-making network

2016

Social buffering enhances extinction of conditioned fear responses in male rats

Authors: Kaori Mikami, Yasushi Kiyokawa, Yukari Takeuchi, Yuji Mori

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, fear extinction, freezing, social buffering, stress

2016

Social Support Modulates Stress-Related Gene Expression in Various Brain Regions of Piglets

Authors: E. Kanitz, T. Hameister, A. Tuchscherer, M. Tuchscherer, B. Puppe

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Keywords: hpa axis, limbic brain regions, mRNA expression, pig, social buffering, social deprivation

2016

Subcaste differences in neural activation suggest a prosocial role for oxytocin in eusocial naked mole-rats

Authors: Georgia A. Hathaway, Mariela Faykoo-Martinez, Deane E. Peragine, Skyler J. Mooney, Melissa M. Holmes

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, c-fos, eusocial, naked mole-rat, oxytocin, prosocial, social status, sub-caste

2016

Behavioral and endocrine evaluation of the stressfulness of single-pen housing compared to group-housing and social isolation conditions

Authors: Vanessa Guesdon, Maryse Meurisse, Didier Chesneau, Sophie Picard, Frédéric Lévy, Elodie Chaillou

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cortisol, crf, dopamine, emotion, fos, prolactin

2015

Defensive responses of Brandt’s voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) to stored cat feces

Authors: Ibrahim M. Hegab, Yajuan Jin, Manhong Ye, Aiqin Wang, Baofa Yin, Shengmei Yang, Wanhong Wei

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, c-fos mrna, cat feces, hormones, lasiopodomys brandtii, medial hypothalamus

2014

Behavioral characterization of non-copulating male mice

Authors: W. Portillo, E. Antonio-Cabrera, F. J. Camacho, N. F. Díaz, R. G. Paredes

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: estradiol, non-copulating (nc), olfactory preference, sexual incentive motivation

2013

Deficits in male sexual behavior in adulthood after social instability stress in adolescence in rats

Authors: Cheryl M. McCormick, Matthew R. Green, Nicole M. Cameron, Feather Nixon, Marisa J. Levy, Rachel A. Clark

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: adolescence, copulatory behavior, partner preference test, reproductive behavior, sexual motivation, stress, testosterone

2013

Sex-specific activity and function of hypothalamic nonapeptide neurons during nest-building in zebra finches

Authors: James D. Klatt, James L. Goodson

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: bird, nesting, oviduct, oxytocin, vasopressin

2013

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