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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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Activity budget of zoo-housed Dolichotis patagonum mates

Authors: Johan Baechli, Laura Marisa Bellis, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, ex-situ management, monogamy, rodent

2021

Oxytocin modulates mate-guarding behavior in marmoset monkeys

Authors: Jon Cavanaugh, Aaryn Mustoe, Stephanie L. Womack, Jeffrey A. French

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: 899®, aggression, L-368, mate-guarding, monogamy, oxytocin, pairbond, primates, Pro-OT, sociality

2018

Birds choose long-term partners years before breeding

Authors: Claire S. Teitelbaum, Sarah J. Converse, Thomas Mueller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: breeding, mating system, monogamy, nesting, pair formation, whooping crane

2017

Hormonal correlates of development and natal dispersal in wild female owl monkeys (Aotus azarae) of Argentina

Authors: Margaret Corley, Claudia Valeggia, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: dispersal, ovulatory cycling, owl monkey, reproductive suppression, sexual maturity, social monogamy

2017

Using behavioral observations and genetic markers to characterize the flexible reproductive system in an ex situ population of carmine bee-eaters (Merops n. nubicus)

Authors: Gina M Ferrie, Tyler Hether, Ocean R Cohen, Eran L Brusilow, Christy C Sky, Shawnlei F Breeding, Katherine A Leighty, Paul J Schutz, Chelle Plasse, Tammie L Bettinger, Eric A Hoffman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, colony, parentage, population, relatedness, reproduction

2017

Age and sex-specific mortality of wild and captive populations of a monogamous pair-bonded primate (Aotus azarae)

Authors: Sam M. Larson, Fernando Colchero, Owen R. Jones, Lawrence Williams, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: biparental care, keyfitz' entropy, life expectancy, monogamy, pair bond, senescence

2016

Central oxytocin receptors mediate mating-induced partner preferences and enhance correlated activation across forebrain nuclei in male prairie voles

Authors: Zachary V. Johnson, Hasse Walum, Yaseen A. Jamal, Yao Xiao, Alaine C. Keebaugh, Kiyoshi Inoue, Larry J. Young

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: functional connectivity, immediate-early gene, monogamy, pair-bonding, social attachment, social decision-making network

2016

Development of a partner preference test that differentiates between established pair bonds and other relationships in socially monogamous titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus)

Authors: Sarah B. Carp, Emily S. Rothwell, Alexis Bourdon, Sara M. Freeman, Emilio Ferrer, Karen L. Bales

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, monogamy, new world monkey, nonhuman primate, social attachment

2016

Dominance relationships among siamang males living in multimale groups

Authors: Luca Morino

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: flexible social system, intrasexual competition, mating success, monogamy, polyandry, reproductive skew

2016

Effects of acute corticosterone treatment on male prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster): Territorial aggression does not accompany induced social preference

Authors: Dimitri V Blondel, Steven M Phelps

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: corticosterone, microtus ochrogaster, monogamy, prairie vole, stress

2016

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