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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.
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Effects of honey locust seed pods on the behavior and nutrient intake of zoo‐housed François langurs and prehensile‐tailed porcupines

Authors: Noah T Dunham, Kaylin S Tennant, Andrew H Loudon, Patricia M Dennis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dietary enrichment, langur, prehensile-tailed porcupine, seed pods

2023

Zoo visitors affect sleep, displacement activities, and affiliative and aggressive behaviors in captive ebony langurs (Trachypithecus auratus)

Authors: Allison M Roth, Marina Cords

Publication/Journal: acta ethologica

Keywords: behavior, captivity, displacement, langurs, primates, sleep, visitor studies

2020

Non-invasive assessment of adrenocortical function as a measure of stress in the endangered golden langur

Authors: Jatin Sarmah, Chaya R. Hazarika, Elizabeth V. Berkeley, Stefanie B. Ganswindt, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acth challenge test, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, golden langur, non-invasive stress monitoring

2017

Random walk analysis of ranging patterns of sympatric langurs in a complex resource landscape

Authors: Rajnish Vandercone, Kaushalya Premachandra, Gayan Pradeep Wijethunga, Chameera Dinadh, Kithsiri Ranawana, Sonya Bahar

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: lévy flights, ranging, semnopithecus, sri lanka, trachypithecus

2013

Introducing Fecal Stable Isotope Analysis in Primate Weaning Studies

Authors: Laurie J. Reitsema

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: carbon, françois’ langur, lactation, nitrogen, nursing

2012

Social housing of surplus males of Javan langurs (Trachypithecus auratus): Compatibility of intact and castrated males in different social settings

Authors: Iris Dröscher, Corri D. Waitt

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: asian colobines, bachelor pairs, captive management, gonadectomy, mixed-sex groups, primates

2012

Revisiting Play Elements and Self-Handicapping in Play: A Comparative Ethogram of Five Old World Monkey Species

Authors: Milada Petrů, Marek Špinka, Veronika Charvátová, Stanislav Lhota

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: guenons, langurs, play-behavior, primates, signaling

2009

Head rotations in the play of Hanuman langurs (semnopithecus entellus): Description and analysis of function

Authors: Milada Petru, Marek Špinka, Stanislav Lhota, Petr Šípek

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: hanuman langurs, head rotation, play, play signals, semnopithecus entellus, social play

2008

Behavioral Abnormalities in Captive Nonhuman Primates

Authors: Avanti Mallapur, B. C. Choudhury

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: abnormal behavior, abnormal behaviour, autoerotic stimulation, begging, behavior, behaviour, environmental deprivation, gibbons, india, langurs, macaques, primates, social deprivation

2003

Change of enclosure in langur monkeys: implications for the evaluation of environmental enrichment

Authors: Katherine A. Little, Volker Sommer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity budget, environmental enrichment, hanuman langurs, mixed-species enclosure, naturalistic exhibits

2002

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