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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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Development of an evidence-based welfare approach for cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) under human care

Authors: B Fischer, M Flint, K Cole, KA George

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, cheetah, hair cortisol, human care, zoo

2021

The influence of sex, rearing history, and personality on abnormal behaviour in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Daan W Laméris, Nicky Staes, Marina Salas, Steffi Matthyssen, Jonas Verspeek, Jeroen MG Stevens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, bonobo, great ape, personality, rearing, zoo

2021

Saliva and Blood Cortisol Measurement in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus): Methodology, Application, and Limitations

Authors: Daniela Rickert, Ralph Simon, Lorenzo von Fersen, Katrin Baumgartner, Thomas Bertsch, Clemens Kirschbaum, Michael Erhard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, blood cortisol, bottlenose dolphin, saliva cortisol, stress measurement, tursiops-truncatus

2021

The influence of sex, rearing history, and personality on abnormal behaviour in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Daan W Laméris, Nicky Staes, Marina Salas, Steffi Matthyssen, Jonas Verspeek, Jeroen MG Stevens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, great ape, personality, rearing, zoo

2020

Aggression and social support predict long-term cortisol levels in captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus Sapajus apella)

Authors: Allie E. Schrock, Corinne Leard, Meredith C. Lutz, Jerrold S. Meyer, Regina Paxton Gazes

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: hair cortisol, information centrality, social network analysis, stress

2019

Coat Clipping of Horses: A Survey

Authors: J. Steinhoff-Wagner

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: equine, shaving, thermoregulation, winter pelage removal experiment

2019

Comparing hair cortisol concentrations from various body sites and serum cortisol in Holstein lactating cows and heifers during thermal comfort zone

Authors: Jalil Ghassemi Nejad, Bae-Hun Lee, Ji-Yung Kim, Byong-Wan Kim, Befekadu Chemere, Kyu-Hyun Park, Kyung-Il Sung

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: hair cortisol, heifers, holstein cows, serum cortisol, various body sites

2019

Effects of parity and litter size on cortisol measures in commercially housed sows and their offspring

Authors: Sanne Roelofs, Lisa Godding, Jeanne R. de Haan, Franz Josef van der Staay, Rebecca E. Nordquist

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: birth weight, hair cortisol, pigs, salivary cortisol, stress

2019

Relationship between resilience and stress: Perceived stress, stressful life events, HPA axis response during a stressful task and hair cortisol

Authors: María Ángeles García-León, José Manuel Pérez-Mármol, Raquel Gonzalez-Pérez, María del Carmen García-Ríos, María Isabel Peralta-Ramírez

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: hair cortisol, laboratory stressor, life events, perceived stress, resilience, salivary cortisol

2019

Welfare of feral cats and potential influencing factors

Authors: Elisabeth Marianne Gilhofer, Ines Windschnurer, Josef Troxler, Veronika Heizmann

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: animal welfare, colony cats, environment, health status, human-animal relationship, stray cats

2019

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