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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.
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Behavioral interactions and glucocorticoid production of Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) mothers and foals

Authors: Corinne P Kozlowski, Eli Baskir, Helen L Clawitter, Ashley D Franklin, Tim Thier, Martha Fischer, David M Powell, Cheryl S Asa

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: affiliative behavior, agonistic behavior, equid, fecal hormone, mother-offspring, nursing

2021


Implications of human-animal interactions on mother-calf interactions in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dyad

Authors: T. Welsh, S. J. Ward

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, cetacean, human welfare, human-animal relationship, keeper, management, positive reinforcement, trainer, welfare

2019


Few sex effects in the ontogeny of mother-offspring relationships in eastern grey kangaroos

Authors: Wendy J. King, Anne W. Goldizen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: associative behaviour, distress call, kin cluster, macropus-giganteus, mother-offspring relationship, spatial proximity, weaning

2016


Influence of morning maternal care on the behavioural responses of 8-week-old Beagle puppies to new environmental and social stimuli

Authors: Giovanna Guardini, Chiara Mariti, Jon Bowen, Jaume Fatjó, Silvia Ruzzante, Adrià Martorell, Claudio Sighieri, Angelo Gazzano

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, dog, licking, maternal care, nursing, puppy

2016


The neurobiology of mammalian parenting and the biosocial context of human caregiving

Authors: Ruth Feldman

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: neurobiology of attachment, oxytocin, parental brain, parenting behavior

2016


Positive and negative gestational handling influences placental traits and mother-offspring behavior in dairy goats

Authors: Emma M. Baxter, Johan Mulligan, Sarah A. Hall, Jo E. Donbavand, Rupert Palme, Emad Aldujaili, Adroaldo J. Zanella, Cathy M. Dwyer

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, goats, handling, placenta, prenatal stress

2016


Polar bear mother-offspring interactions in maternity dens in captivity

Authors: Chad van Gessel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustic communication, maternity den, polar bear, ursus maritimus

2015


The influence of kin relationship and reciprocal context on chimpanzees’ other-regarding preferences

Authors: Shinya Yamamoto, Masayuki Tanaka

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: altruism, chimpanzee, mother-offspring relationship, nepotism, other-regarding preference, pan troglodytes, prosociality, proximate mechanism, reciprocity

2010


Maternal response to mother-offspring separation in the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: M.A. Bloomsmith, L.R. Tarou, S.P. Lambeth, M.D. Haberstroh

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral management, behavioural management, chimpanzees, despair, protest, social separation

2003


Space use and proximity of captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) mother/offspring pairs

Authors: Christopher Goff, Susan Menkhus Howell, Jo Fritz, Becky Nankivell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: development, housing, mother–infant, psychological well-being

1994


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