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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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Affective styles and emotional lateralization: A promising framework for animal welfare research

Authors: Charlotte Goursot, Sandra Düpjan, Birger Puppe, Lisette MC Leliveld

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affective states, animal welfare, emotional reactivity, emotional regulation, hemispheric dominance, individuality, motivational tendencies, motor lateralization, personality, stable individual traits

2021

Effects of Positive Reinforcement Training and Novel Object Exposure on Salivary Cortisol Levels under Consideration of Individual Variation in Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Susan Hambrecht, Ann-Kathrin Oerke, Michael Heistermann, Johannes Hartig, Paul W Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: glucocorticoid response, individuality, physiological stress, zoo elephants

2021

Effects of physiological changes and social life events on adrenal glucocorticoid activity in female zoo-housed Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Authors: Sharon S Glaeser, Katie L Edwards, Nadja Wielebnowski, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: animal sociality, cortisol, elephants, estrous cycle, euthanasia, phase determination, pregnancy, urine

2020

Acoustic analysis of cattle (Bos taurus) mother–offspring contact calls from a source–filter theory perspective

Authors: Mónica Padilla de la Torre, Elodie F. Briefer, Tom Reader, Alan G. McElligott

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, calf, cow, individuality, livestock, vocal communication

2015

Relationship between reluctance to eat novel foods and open-field behavior in sheep

Authors: Juan J. Villalba, Xavier Manteca, Frederick D. Provenza

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: feed intake, hyperthermia, novel foods, open field, sheep, stress

2009

Behavioural and glucocorticoid responses of dogs (Canis familiaris) to kennelling: Investigating mitigation of stress by prior habituation

Authors: Nicola J. Rooney, Samantha A. Gaines, John W. S. Bradshaw

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cortisol, domestic dog, habituation, kennelling, stress, welfare

2007

Individualities in a flock of free-roaming greylag geese: Behavioral and physiological consistency over time and across situations

Authors: Simona Kralj-Fiser, Isabella B. R. Scheiber, Andrej Blejec, Erich Moestl, Kurt Kotrschal

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: affiliative behaviors, aggressiveness, corticosterone, handling, heritability, individuality, personality, repeatability, testosterone

2007

Immobility and supination in garter snakes (Thamnophis elegans) following handling by human predators

Authors: P.T. Gregory, L.A. Gregory

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animals, colubridae, escape reaction, female, handling (psychology), individuality, male, motor activity, nonmammilian viviparity, predatory behavior, reaction time, supination, tonic immobility response

2006

Aspects of reproduction in the eastern rufous mouse lemur (Microcebus rufus) and their implications for captive management

Authors: Dorothea Wrogemann, Elke Zimmermann

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding success, estrous cycle sex differences, primate, testicular size

2001

Early Temperamental Traits in an Octopus (Octopus bimaculoides)

Authors: David L. Sinn, Nancy A. Penin, Jennifer A. Mather, Roland C. Anderson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal behavior, octopus, octopus bimaculoides, temperment

2001

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