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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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Anthropogenic noise pollution reverses grouping behaviour in hermit crabs

Authors: Svenja Tidau, Mark Briffa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, environmental change, grouping preference, hermit crabs, intraspecific interaction, sensory environment

2019

In-Tank Underwater Cameras can Refine Monitoring of Laboratory Fish

Authors: T. Ellis, G. S. E. Rimmer, S. J. Parker, C. Joiner, M. Sebire, D. W. Verner-Jeffreys, J. Lines

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, end-point, fish welfare, laboratory fish, refinement, remote monitoring

2019

Opportunity for female mate choice improves reproductive outcomes in the conservation breeding program of the eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii)

Authors: Christine M. Hartnett, Marissa L. Parrott, Raoul A. Mulder, Graeme Coulson, Michael J. L. Magrath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavioural compatibility, genetic compatibility, mate choice, mate preference, olfactory communication

2018

Farmers’ perception of aggression between growing pigs

Authors: Irene Camerlink, Simon P. Turner

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, farmers, perception, pig, survey

2017

Impact of prenatal stress and environmental enrichment prior to weaning on activity and social behaviour of piglets (Sus scrofa)

Authors: Sophie Brajon, Nadine Ringgenberg, Stephanie Torrey, Renée Bergeron, Nicolas Devillers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: comfort, emotional reactivity, exploration, housing enrichment, prenatal stress, social behaviour

2017

The hemic response of white-spotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) with inflammatory disease

Authors: Amy B. Alexander, Lily A. Parkinson, Krystan R. Grant, Eric Carlson, Terry W. Campbell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cartilaginous fish, clasper, elasmobranchs, hematology, white blood cell count

2016

Group composition for fattening entire male pigs under enriched housing conditions—Influences on behaviour, injuries and boar taint compounds

Authors: Mirjam Holinger, Barbara Früh, Edna Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behaviour, androstenone, mounting, organic, skin injuries

2015

Social housing of non-human primates in a research facility: socialisation across macaque species and sexes

Authors: A. Rehrig, L. DiVincenti Jr, L. A. Schery

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cynomolgus macaque, interspecies, opposite sex, rhesus macaque, social housing

2014

Age over experience: Consistency of aggression and mounting behaviour in male and female pigs

Authors: Corinna C. A. Clark, Richard B. D’Eath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: development, individual differences, sex differences, social behaviour, sus scrofa, temperament

2013

Assessing the safety of collars used to attach predation deterrent devices and ID tags to pet cats

Authors: M. C. Calver, G. Adams, W. Clark, K. H. Pollock

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cat collar, felis catus, pet cats, urban wildlife, wildlife protection

2013

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