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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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Environmental and physiological determinants of huddling behavior of molting female southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

Authors: Laureline L. Chaise, Dominic J. McCafferty, Adélie Krellenstein, Susan L. Gallon, William D. Paterson, Marc Théry, André Ancel, Caroline Gilbert

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggregation behavior, habitat type, heat loss, meteorological variations, phocids, stomach temperature

2019


Does prolactin mediate parental and life-history decisions in response to environmental conditions in birds? A review

Authors: Frédéric Angelier, John C. Wingfield, Sabrina Tartu, Olivier Chastel

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: breeding success, clutch size, endocrine disruption, molt, parental behavior, prolactin, re-nesting, stress

2016


Effect of feeding graded levels of crude protein on nutrient utilization and feather growth in Lady Amherst’s pheasants

Authors: Saurabh K. Bajpai, Asit Das, Singray S. Kullu, Mohini Saini, Roshan M. Sarode, Anil K. Sharma

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: body mass change, chrysolophus amherstiae, dietary protein, nitrogen utilization, rectrice growth

2016


Elevated corticosterone in feathers correlates with corticosterone-induced decreased feather quality: a validation study

Authors: Christine R. Lattin, J. Michael Reed, David W. DesRochers, L. Michael Romero

Publication/Journal: Journal of Avian Biology

Keywords: birds, corticosterone, feather quality

2011


Surface temperature patterns in seals and sea lions: A validation of temporal and spatial consistency

Authors: Jeanette Nienaber, Jamie Thomton, Markus Horning, Lori Polasek, Jo-Ann Mellish

Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology

Keywords: eumetopias jubatus, harbor seals, infrared thermography(irt), phoca vitulina, steller sealions, thermal windows, thermoregulation

2010


Comparison of behavior, physical condition and performance of laying hens in four molting methods

Authors: Tsuyoshi Shimmura, Yusuke Eguchi, Katsuji Uetake, Toshio Tanaka

Publication/Journal: Animal Science Journal

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, induced molting, laying hens, non-feed withdrawal, welfare

2008


Hormonal correlations at transition from reproduction to molting in an annual life cycle of Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)

Authors: R. Otsuka

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: humboldt penguin, molt, testosterone, thyroxine, triiodothyronine

2004


Different colors reveal different information: how nutritional stress affects the expression of melanin- and structurally based ornamental plumage

Authors: Kevin J. McGraw, Emiko A. Mackillop, James Dale, Mark E. Hauber

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology

Keywords: brown-headed cowbird, condition dependent, house sparrow, molothrus ater, ornamental trait, passer domesticus, plumage

2002


Egg fertility among vasectomized and non-vasectomized male resident Canada geese at the Wildlife Conservation Park/Bronx Zoo

Authors: Kurt Hundgen, Bonnie Raphael, Chris Sheppard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: branta canadensis, canada geese, nuisance wildlife, population control

2000


Parental Care and the Prolactin Secretion Pattern in the King Penguin: An Endogenously Timed Mechanism?

Authors: V. Garcia, P. Jouventin, R. Mauget

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: animals, birds, breeding, female, male, newborn/physiology, prolactin, prolactin/metabolism, time factors

1996


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