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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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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

Comparing hair cortisol concentrations from various body sites and serum cortisol in Holstein lactating cows and heifers during thermal comfort zone

Authors: Jalil Ghassemi Nejad, Bae-Hun Lee, Ji-Yung Kim, Byong-Wan Kim, Befekadu Chemere, Kyu-Hyun Park, Kyung-Il Sung

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: hair cortisol, heifers, holstein cows, serum cortisol, various body sites

2019

Behavior and Performance of Dairy Cows After Transfer from Tied to Cubicle Housing

Authors: Anne Pavlenko, Lena Lidfors, David R. Arney, Tanel Kaart, Andres Aland

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, cubicle housing, dairy cow, milk production, reproduction

2018

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND WELL-BEING SYMPOSIUM: Optimizing outcome measures of welfare in dairy cattle assessment

Authors: E. Vasseur

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Science

Keywords: agriculture, animal behavior, animal welfare, animal well-being, assessing lameness, assessment, behavior, cattle, cows, dairy, dairy & animal science, ensure high repeatability, farm, herds, lesions, lying, outcome measure, prevalence, time, training-program

2017

Barren diets increase wakeful inactivity in calves

Authors: Laura E. Webb, Bas Engel, Kees van Reenen, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, inactivity, stereotypies, veal calves

2017

The behaviour of housed dairy cattle with and without pasture access: A review

Authors: Gemma L. Charlton, S. Mark Rutter

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dairy cattle, indoor housing, pasture, precision livestock farming, technologies

2017

Daytime summer access to pasture vs. free-stall barn in dairy cows with year-long outdoor experience: A case study

Authors: Elise Shepley, Reneé Bergeron, Elsa Vasseur

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: dairy cows, experienced grazer, pasture, year-long outdoor access

2017

The effect of feeding enrichment in the milk-feeding stage on the cognition of dairy calves in a T-maze

Authors: Kelsey Horvath, Mariana Fernandez, Emily K. Miller-Cushon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cognition, dairy calf, enrichment, learning, t-maze

2017

A functional approach to the body condition assessment of lactating donkeys as a tool for welfare evaluation

Authors: E. Valle, F. Raspa, M. Giribaldi, R. Barbero, S. Bergagna, S. Antoniazzi, A. K. Mc Lean, M. Minero, L. Cavallarin

Publication/Journal: Peerj

Keywords: adiposity, body condition, condition score, disorders, domestic horses, donkey, equus-asinus, fatty neck score, milk, morphometric measurements, multidisciplinary sciences, ponies, prevalence, risk-factors, welfare

2017

How to measure dairy cows’ responsiveness towards humans in breeding and welfare assessment? A comparison of selected behavioural measures and existing breeding traits

Authors: Asja Ebinghaus, Silvia Ivemeyer, Vanessa Lauks, Laura Santos, Kerstin Brügemann, Sven König, Ute Knierim

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: breeding traits, dairy cattle, human-animal relationship, reliability, validity

2017

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