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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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Survey of Geriatric Elephant Medical Care, Nutrition, Husbandry, and Welfare

Authors: Whitney Greene, Deena Brenner

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Keywords: elephants, geriatric

2020


Focal palatine erosion in captive and free-living cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) and other felid Species

Authors: M. Zordan, S. L. Deem, C. R. Sanchez

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: dental disease, molars, nondomestic cats, palatine disorder, palatine perforation

2012


The prevalence of osteoarthritis in wild versus captive great ape skeletons

Authors: Demelza J. Poe

Publication/Journal: Department of Anthropology

Keywords: aging, animal models, apes, bone analysis, chimpanzee, disease, diseases, dissertation/thesis, gorilla, medical anthropology, orangutan, osteoarthritis, wild vs captive

2009


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