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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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Provision of ultraviolet basking lights to indoor housed tropical birds and their effect on suspected vitamin D3 deficiency

Authors: Gabby Jeanne-Clare Drake, Robyn L Shea, Andrea Fidgett, Javier Lopez, Robert M Christley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: avian, mbd, osteodystrophy, tropical birds, ultraviolet light, uvb, vitamin d

2017

Radiographic diagnosis of metabolic bone disease in captive bred mountain chicken frogs (Leptodactylus fallax)

Authors: Jay D. King, Michael C. Muhlbauer, Arlington James

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: anurans, folding fractures, hypocalcemia

2011

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