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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=killer%20whale

Assessment of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances and physiological biomarkers in aquarium-based bottlenose dolphins and killer whales

Authors: Leila S. Lemos, Estela Manfrin da Silva, Karen J. Steinman, Todd R. Robeck, Natalia Quinete

Publication/Journal: Chemosphere

Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, Hydrogen peroxide, Lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress

2024

Social games that belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) play

Authors: Heather M. Manitzas Hill, Nicole Ortiz, Katie Kolodziej, Jackson R. Ham

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Play

Keywords: beluga, cooperation, object play, social play, white whale

2022

Assessing North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Welfare

Authors: Katherine King, Melissa Joblon, Kerry McNally, Leigh Clayton, Heather Pettis, Peter Corkeron, Felicia Nutter

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare assessment, conservation, North Atlantic right whale

2021

Personality of killer whales (Orcinus orca) is related to welfare and subjective well-being

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Sara Ortín, Todd R Robeck, Miquel Llorente, Javier Almunia

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cetaceans, killer whales, orcas, personality, subjective well-being, welfare

2021

Circulating and Excreted Corticosteroids and Metabolites, Hematological, and Serum Chemistry Parameters in the Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Before and After a Stress Response

Authors: Steinman,K. J., Robeck,T. R., Fetter,G. A., Schmitt,T. L., Osborn,S., DiRocco,S., Nollens,H. H., O’Brien,J. K.

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science

Keywords: corticosteorids, endocrinology, feces, killer whale (Orcinus orca), stress

2020

Personality in captive killer whales (Orcinus orca): A rating approach based on the five-factor model

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Sara Ortín, Judy St. Leger, Miquel Llorente, Javier Almunia

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: animal captivity, animal ethology, animal personality, five factor personality model, test construction, whales

2019

Development of sociality and emergence of independence in a killer whale (Orcinus orca) calf from birth to 36 months

Authors: Sara Guarino, Heather M. Hill, Julie Sigman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cetacean, development, killer whale, maternal care, orcinus orca, play, socialization

2017

Pain and Laboratory Animals: Publication Practices for Better Data Reproducibility and Better Animal Welfare

Authors: L. Carbone, J. Austin

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: activity, critical-care, experimental surgical-procedures, killer-cell, liver-transplantation, metastatic colonization, multidisciplinary sciences, neuropathic pain, posterior parietal, reporting guidelines, spinal-cord-injury, systematic reviews

2016

Bird–Window Collisions: A Critical Animal Welfare and Conservation Issue

Authors: Daniel Klem

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, bird collisions, conservation

2015

Young Belugas Diversify Adult Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) Behavior

Authors: H. Hill, S. Guarino, S. Crandall, E. Lenhart, S. Dietrich

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: beluga, delphinapterus leucas, enrichment, play, social composition, social interactions, white whale

2015

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