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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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Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species

Authors: Alyssa M Hartzheim, Jennifer L Terry, Emily K Field, Natalie T Haydt, Sinlan Poo, Lorin A Neuman‐Lee

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology

Keywords: immunology, stress, tortoise

2022

Recent Studies in Reptile and Amphibian Welfare: Some Relevant Publications for the Zoo Herpetologist

Authors: Robert W. Mendyk

Publication/Journal: Herpetological Review

Keywords: amphibian, reptile, welfare, zoo

2022

Stress response of farmed European abalone reveals rapid domestication process in absence of intentional selection

Authors: Sébastien Lachambre, Rob Day, Pierre Boudry, Sylvain Huchette, Antoine Rio-Cabello, Timothée Fustec, Sabine Roussel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abalone aquaculture, behavioural adaptation, domestication syndrome, farm stressors, immune response, responses to stress

2017

Faecal avoidance and selective foraging: do wild mice have the luxury to avoid faeces?

Authors: Patrick T. Walsh, Erin McCreless, Amy B. Pedersen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: antiparasite behaviour, faecal avoidance, faecal–oral transmission, feeding behaviour, laboratory mouse, parasite, peromyscus, selective foraging, wild immunology

2013

Traumatized and inflamed — But resilient: Glial aromatization and the avian brain

Authors: Kelli A. Duncan, Bradley J. Walters, Colin J. Saldanha

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aromatase, avian, injury, neuroprotection

2013

Evaluation of the acute phase protein haptoglobin as an indicator of herd health in slaughter pigs

Authors: A. Van den Berg, J. Danuser, J. Frey, G. Regula

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal health, animal welfare, haptoglobin, immunology, monitoring, pig

2007

Immune defense and reproductive pace of life in peromyscus mice

Authors: L.B. Martin, Z.M. Weil, R.J. Nelson

Publication/Journal: Ecology

Keywords: animals, antibody formation, cellular immunity, female, imunocompetence, life history, male, peromyscus spp., peromyscus/immunology, peromyscus/physiology, reproduction/physiology, rodent, species specificity, trade-off, wound healing/immunology, wound healing/physiology

2007

Manifestations of chronic and acute stress in dogs

Authors: Bonne Beerda, Matthijs B.H. Schilder, Jan. A.R.A.M. van Hooff, Hans W. de Vries

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dogs, immunology, physiology, stress, welfare

1997

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