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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.
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Bold Frogs or Shy Toads? How Did the COVID-19 Closure of Zoological Organisations Affect Amphibian Activity?

Authors: Jack Boultwood, Michelle O’Brien, Paul Rose

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: amphibian behaviour, amphibian welfare, COVID-19, enclosure usage, evidence-based husbandry, visitor effect

2021

The Effect of Altering Routine Husbandry Factors on Sleep Duration and Memory Consolidation in the Horse

Authors: Greening Linda, Downing Josh, Amiouny Daniela, Lekang Line, McBride Sebastian

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bedding, behaviour, equine, light, nocturnal, sleep

2021

Ethological Studies on the Jellyfish, Crambionella orsini (Vanhöffen, 1888)(Scyphozoa: Catostylidae) in Captivity

Authors: KR Soumya, A Riyas, S Mithun, A Biju Kumar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries

Keywords: acclimatization, aquarium adaptability, Artemia, behaviour, feed preference, jellyfish, light response, pulsation rate

2021

Preference and Motivation Tests for Body Tactile Stimulation in Fish

Authors: Ana Carolina dos Santos Gauy, Marcela Cesar Bolognesi, Guilherme Delgado Martins, Eliane Gonçalves-de-Freitas

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: aggressive behavior, choice, motivation, social stress, welfare

2021

Caring for the horse in a cold climate—Reviewing principles for thermoregulation and horse preferences

Authors: Cecilie M Mejdell, Knut Egil Bøe, Grete HM Jørgensen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, blanket, equine, temperature, thermal comfort, welfare

2020

Evaluation of the Impact of Behavioral Opportunities on Four Zoo-Housed Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer)

Authors: Jennifer Hamilton, Grace Fuller, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, corticosterone, environmental enrichment, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, goal-based enrichment, nocturnal species

2020

Hens with benefits: Can environmental enrichment make chickens more resilient to stress?

Authors: Misha Ross, Quinn Rausch, Brittany Vandenberg, Georgia Mason

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: chickens, environmental enrichment, stress, welfare

2020

Increase in environmental temperature affects exploratory behaviour, anxiety and social preference in Danio rerio

Authors: E Angiulli, V Pagliara, C Cioni, F Frabetti, F Pizzetti, E Alleva, M Toni

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: anxiety, exploratory behavior, fish welfare, social behavior, zebrafish

2020

Multivariate Analyses of the Activity Pattern and Behavior of the Lesser Anteater on Open and Closed Days at Córdoba Zoo, Argentina

Authors: Florencia Chiapero, Héctor Ricardo Ferrari, María Valentina Prieto, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: enclosure use, human-animal interaction, Tamandua tetradactyla, time-activity budget, visitor effect

2020

Shedding light into the dark: age and light shape nocturnal activity and sleep behaviour of giraffe

Authors: Anna Lena Burger, Johannes Hartig, Paul W Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: giraffe, linear mixed models, nocturnal activity budget, rest-activity cycle

2020

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