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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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Enhancing welfare in a mixed exhibit: The impact of dispersed whole food on activity levels and feeding behaviours of Mexican military macaws and red-billed curassows

Authors: Berenice Quintanilla, Alessia Diana, Marina Salas

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, bird, captive animals, chopped food, enrichment, Feeding techniques, Whole food

2023

Impact of Broad-Spectrum Lighting on Recall Behaviour in a Pair of Captive Blue-Throated Macaws (Ara glaucogularis)

Authors: Zoe Bryant, Eva Konczol, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: artificial lighting, behaviour, husbandry, Pstiaccidae, T5 lamps, ultraviolet light, vision

2022

Can behavioural management improve behaviour and reproduction in captive blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)?

Authors: Amanda Miglioli, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, birds, environmental enrichment, psittacines, reproduction

2021

Should zoo foods be chopped: macaws for consideration

Authors: Charlotte James, Andrew Nicholls, Marianne Freeman, Kerry Hunt, James Edward Brereton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: Ara ararauna, avian, evidence-based husbandry, food presentation, keeper time, parrot

2021

Influence of environmental enrichment on the behavioral variables of caged Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

Authors: Cristiane Tibério Checon, Derek A Rosenfield, Pedro Nacib Jorge-Neto, Cristiane Schilbach Pizzutto

Publication/Journal: Ornithology Research

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, hyacinth macaw

2020

How environmental enrichment affects behavioral and glucocorticoid responses in captive blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)

Authors: Ana Claudia de Almeida, Rupert Palme, Nei Moreira

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, corticosterone, quality of life, stress

2018

Environmental Enrichments for a Group of Captive Macaws: Low Interaction Does Not Mean Low Behavioral Changes

Authors: Jéssica Reimer, Caroline Marques Maia, Eliana Ferraz Santos

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, captivity, enrichment interaction, enrichment items

2016

Training Large Macaws for Artificial Insemination Procedures

Authors: Frédérique Leblanc, Géraldine Pothet, Michel Saint Jalme, Mathieu Dorval, Dalila Bovet

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: artificial insemination, macaws, training

2011

Feather-picking Psittacines: Histopathology and Species Trends

Authors: M. M. Garner, S. L. Clubb, M. A. Mitchell, L. Brown

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Pathology

Keywords: dermatitis, feather picking, histopathology, parrot, psittacine, self-mutilation

2008

Manual of Parrot Behavior

Authors: A. U. Luescher

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: companion animals, parrot, parrot behavior, parrot behaviour, psiattacines

2006

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