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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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  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
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Assessing the Preference of Rabbit Does to Social Contact or Seclusion: Results of Different Investigations

Authors: Alessandro Dal Bosco, Alice Cartoni Mancinelli, Steffen Hoy, Melania Martino, Simona Mattioli, Elisa Cotozzolo, Cesare Castellini

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: group housing, motivational cage, preference test, rabbit does, social contact

2020

Capture Myopathy and Stress Cardiomyopathy in a Live-Stranded Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) in Rehabilitation

Authors: Nakita Câmara, Eva Sierra, Antonio Fernández, Manuel Arbela, Yara Bernaldo de Quirós, Marina Arregui, Francesco Consoli, Pedro Herráez

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal conservation, animal welfare, biochemistry, cetaceans, histopathology, immunohistochemistry

2020

Commonalities in Management and Husbandry Factors Important for Health and Welfare of Captive Elephants in North America and Thailand

Authors: Janine L Brown, Pakkanut Bansiddhi, Jaruwan Khonmee

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: asian elephant, body condition, glucocorticoids, glucose, health, insulin, lipids, North America, Thailand, tourist camps, welfare, zoos

2020

Evaluation of plasma corticosteroids associated with performance-based activity in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

Authors: Don R Bergfelt, Sydney Davis, Anne Conan, Michelle Martinez, Rocio Canales, Roberto Sanchez-Okrucky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aldosterone, bottlenose dolphin, cortisol, dolphin-human swim interactions, metabolism

2020

Fecal stress, nutrition and reproductive hormones for monitoring environmental impacts on tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: Samrat Mondol, Rebecca K Booth, Samuel K %J Conservation Physiology Wasser

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: adrenal, conservation physiology, stress-nutrition interplay, thyroid and reproductive hormones assay validation, tigers

2020

Hypoxia by Altitude and Welfare of Captive Beaded Lizards (Heloderma Horridum) in Mexico: Hematological Approaches

Authors: S. S. Guadarrama, H. Domínguez-Vega, H. M. Díaz-Albiter, A. Quijano, E. Bastiaans, P. Carrillo-Castilla, J. Manjarrez, Y. Gómez-Ortiz, V. Fajardo

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: altitude, blood traits, captivity welfare, Heloderma horridum

2020

Study on Daily Activity Pattern of Captive Lion (Panthera leo) in Siantar Zoo, North Sumatra, Indonesia

Authors: D. A. S. Siahaan, K. Berliani, A. Hartanto, H. M. M. Tanjung, Nurbayti,

Publication/Journal: Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Keywords: activity pattern, captivity, ethogram, lion, zoo

2020

Behavioral and physiological measures in dairy goats with and without small ruminant lentivirus infection

Authors: Aleksandra Górecka-Bruzda, Daria Reczyńska, Ewa Jastrzębska, Katarzyna Barłowska, Emilia Bagnicka

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavior, dairy goat, health, heart rate, SRLV, welfare

2019

Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Authors: Ali Kiani, Marcus Clauss, Sylvia Ortmann, Catharina Vendl, Elizabeth R. Congdon, Emilio A. Herrera, Michael Kreuzer, Angela Schwarm

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colonic separation mechanism, hindgut fermenters, methane, passage kinetics

2019

The effect of cage size on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G Borgmans, R Palme, A Sannen, H Vervaecke, R Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cage size, captivity, green anole, reptiles, stress

2019

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