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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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Manatees in Zoological Parks throughout the World: History, State, and Welfare

Authors: Yann Henaut, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, cognition, ecology, management, manatee, welfare, zoos

2023

Personality traits in captive Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Brazil and perspectives for the release of individuals

Authors: Karen Lucchini, Helena G. P. do Val, Rebecca Umeed, Cristiano S. de Azevedo, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Lucas I. dos S. Melo, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Bruna Bezerra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, boldness, conservation, rehabilitation, shyness, temperament

2023

TACTILE RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT IN CAPTIVE ANTILLEAN MANATEES (Trichechus manatus manatus)

Authors: Karen Lucchini, Rebecca Umeed, Paulo Jorge Parreira dos Santos, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Bruna Bezerra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: communication, manatees, tactile signals

2023

Tactile responses to environmental enrichment in captive Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus)

Authors: Karen Lucchini, Rebecca Umeed, Paulo Jorge Parreira dos Santos, Fernanda Löffler Niemeyer Attademo, Fábia de Oliveira Luna, Bruna Bezerra

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, Exploratory behaviours, Infant lifting, Tactile behaviours

2023

Visual and acoustic exploratory behaviors toward novel stimuli in Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) under human care

Authors: Aviva Charles, Yann Henaut, Michel Saint-Jalme, Baptiste Mulot, Alexis Lecu, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: auditory perception, manatee, physiology, social behavior, Trichechus manatus, visual perception, vocalization

2023

Studying Antillean manatees’(Trichechus manatus manatus) temperament in zoological parks: exploration of boldness, sociality and reactivity to humans

Authors: Aviva Charles, Yann Henaut, Michel Saint Jalme, Baptiste Mulot, Alexis Lecu, Fabienne Delfour

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: conservation, manatees, novelty tests, personality questionnaire, temperament, welfare

2021

Evaluation of adrenocortical function in Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Authors: Kathleen M. Tripp, John P. Verstegen, Charles J. Deutsch, Robert K. Bonde, Martine de Wit, Charles A. Manire, Joseph Gaspard, Kendal E. Harr

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acth, cortisol, glucocorticoid, marine mammal, stress

2011

Digesta passage rates in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Authors: Iskande L. V. Larkin, Vivienne F. Fowler, Roger L. Reep

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aquatic herbivore, fecal marker, marine mammal, mean retention time, sirenia

2007

Activity patterns and spatial use of facility by a group of captive female manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Authors: Chifuyu Horikoshi-Beckett, Bruce A. Schulte

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity, behavior, feeding, spatial use, trichechus manatus latirostris

2006

Social interactions in captive female Florida manatees

Authors: Jennifer Young Harper, Bruce A. Schulte

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aggression, association, conservation, ethogram, interaction, social behavior

2005

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