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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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Aggression and hormones are associated with heterogeneity in parasitism and parasite dynamics in the brown mouse lemur

Authors: Sarah Zohdy, Donal Bisanzio, Stacey Tecot, Patricia C. Wright, Jukka Jernvall

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behaviour, cortisol, lice, madagascar, primate, testosterone

2017

On-farm evaluation of the Salmon Welfare Index Model (SWIM 1.0): theoretical and practical considerations

Authors: O. Folkedal, J. M. Pettersen, M. B. M. Bracke, L. H. Stien, J. Nilsson, C. Martins, O. Breck, P. J. Midtlyng, T. Kristiansen

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, aquaculture, atlantic salmon, diagnostic, sea cage, semantic modelling

2016

Cumulative experience, age-class, sex and season affect the behavioural responses of European badgers (Meles meles) to handling and sedation

Authors: Q. Sun, C. Stevens, C. Newman, C. D. Buesching, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, badger, behavioural response, injection, restraint, sedation

2015

Ectoparasitic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) affect behavior and brain serotonergic activity in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): Perspectives on animal welfare

Authors: Øyvind Øverli, Janicke Nordgreen, Cecilie M. Mejdell, Andrew M. Janczak, Silje Kittilsen, Ida B. Johansen, Tor E. Horsberg

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, experimental infestation, neurochemistry, parasites, sea lice

2014

Colony foundation in the lesser kestrel: patterns and consequences of the occupation of empty habitat patches

Authors: Gustau Calabuig, Joaquín Ortego, Pedro J. Cordero, José Miguel Aparicio

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: breeding performance, colonial breeding, colonization, connectivity, ectoparasitism, falco naumanni, founder individual, habitat selection, lesser kestrel

2010

Towards a baseline assessment of organic pig welfare

Authors: J.E.L. Day, H. Kelly, A. Martins, S.A. Edwards

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, organic production, pig

2003

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