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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.
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Effects of Restraint Stress on Circulating Corticosterone and Met Enkephalin in Chickens: Induction of Shifts in Insulin Secretion and Carbohydrate Metabolism

Authors: Colin G. Scanes, Krystyna Pierzchała-Koziec, Alina Gajewska

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, Met-enkephalin, stress

2024

Effects of Restraint Stress on Circulating Corticosterone and Met Enkephalin in Chickens: Induction of Shifts in Insulin Secretion and Carbohydrate Metabolism

Authors: Colin G. Scanes, Krystyna Pierzchała-Koziec, Alina Gajewska

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance, Met-enkephalin, stress

2024

Effects of Background Color on Stress-Linked Behavior in the Critically Endangered Lake Oku Clawed Frog (Xenopus longipes)

Authors: Arabella E Graves, Jemma E Dias, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, husbandry, welfare, zoo research

2023

Zoo studies in primate physiology, health, and welfare

Authors: Ashley N Edes

Publication/Journal: american Journal of Primatology

Keywords: primates, zoos

2023

Physical and behavioral indicators associated with hormonal changes during musth in zoo-housed and free-ranging Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Chase A LaDue, Kathleen E Hunt, MG Sachintha M Samaraweera, Rajnish PG Vandercone, Wendy K Kiso, Elizabeth W Freeman

Publication/Journal: Theriogenology Wild

Keywords: androgens, conservation, glucocorticoids, temporal gland secretion, thyroid hormones, urine dribbling

2022

Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?

Authors: Jack Boultwood, Michelle O’Brien, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect

2021

Effects of conditioning on the welfare of jaguars (Panthera onca) in captivity

Authors: LCF Garcia, B Dallago, LGD Dantas, FEM Bernal

Publication/Journal: Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

Keywords: feline, jaguar, positive reinforcement, salivary cortisol, stress, training

2021

Sex and Age Differences in Activity Budgets in a Population of Captive African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus)

Authors: Trystin Figel, Sean P Coyne, Kirsten Martin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: African penguins, aquatic birds, Captive animal behavior, endangered animal welfare

2021

Social effects on AVT and CRF systems

Authors: Tobias Backström, Per-Ove Thörnqvist, Svante Winberg

Publication/Journal: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Keywords: aggression, arginine vasotocin, AVT receptor, corticotrophin-releasing factor, CRF receptor, rainbow-trout, social stress

2021

URINARY CORTICOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN FREE-RANGING AND MANAGED CANE TOADS (RHINELLA MARINA)

Authors: Tarra Freel, Elizabeth Koutsos, Larry J Minter, Troy N Tollefson, Frank Ridgley, Janine L Brown, Dustin Smith, Heather Scott, Kimberly Ange-van Heugten

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: amphibians, cane toad, urinary corticosterone, welfare

2021

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