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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.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=nursery-rearing

Evaluation of Reproduction and Raising Offspring in a Nursery-Reared SPF Baboon (Papio hamadryas anubis) Colony

Authors: Madeline L. Budda, John J. Ely, Sandra Doan, Maria Chavez-Suarez, Gary L. White, Roman F. Wolf

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: abortion, baboon, live birth rate, mothering score, nursery-rearing, reproduction

2013

Stress, the HPA axis, and nonhuman primate well-being: A review

Authors: Melinda A. Novak, Amanda F. Hamel, Brian J. Kelly, Amanda M. Dettmer, Jerrold S. Meyer

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cortisol, environmental enrichment, hpa axis, nursery-rearing, social housing, stress

2013

Early social experience affects behavioral and physiological responsiveness to stressful conditions in infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: Ina Rommeck, John P. Capitanio, Sarah C. Strand, Brenda McCowan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: emotionality, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal regulation, infant development, nursery-rearing, peer rearing, rhesus macaque, temperament

2011

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